So, educate 'em. On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 13:51, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > bleah. i was able to enter all the information, but the "e-file your > return" link doesn't work. at least the form wasn't as long as the > federal. :) > > i ran tcpdump to see if it might be a firewall issue, as in, perhaps it > did something wierd and didn't go over port 80, but no dice. no packets > are sent when ever i try to send the form. > > that totally sucks. i'd be willing to bet that california has one of > the highest linux user densities in the country, and it totally SUCKS > that we're excluded from using the california tax franchise's online > filing. grrrr.... > > pete > > > begin Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > on page 9 there seems to be a "e-file your return" link. click the link > > and it complains that i didn't fill out my name (i didn't fill out > > anything. guess it checks the name field first). > > > > it seems like it would work... guess i'll find out in a bit. :) > > > > pete > > > > > > begin Stephen M. Helms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Hello Pete, > > > > > > I can open and edit a form with the Acrobat Reader v5.05. The only problem is > > > that you cannot save the edited form without the full version of Acrobat. So, I > > > am not sure how helpful this will be. If you can type it all in correct the > > > first time and then print it, I guess it would be ok. I am just not sure how > > > you would file it electronically. > > > > > > Stephen > > > > > > Quoting Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > california online tax filing begins here: > > > > > > > > http://www.ftb.ca.gov/online/2EZ/Index.asp > > > > > > > > they say that acrobat reader 5.0 is required. it appears that version > > > > 5.0 is not available for linux. > > > > > > > > if i'm right, linux users cannot file their taxes electronically in > > > > california. > > > > > > > > i was able to download the form "begin your return" > > > > > > > > http://efile.ftb.ca.gov/2ez/ez.pdf?2002_29443 > > > > > > > > and view it with xpdf, but i assume there's some kind of form > > > > interface > > > > built into acrobat reader 5.0 that's not available with 4.0 (or xpdf). > > > > > > > > has anybody been able to get this to work on linux? > > > > > > > > pete > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > vox-tech mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > vox-tech mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > > > -- > > Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D > > _______________________________________________ > > vox-tech mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
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