[lug] Escaping TurboTax to Open Source?

Bamm Visscher bamm.visscher at gmail.com
Fri Jan 12 09:08:05 MST 2007


I've used the online version via Linux and Firefox for the past couple of years.

Bammkkkk


On 1/12/07, Elyse M. Grasso <emgrasso at data-raptors.com> wrote:
> It's getting to be that time of year again... I've used TurboTax for nearly 10
> years, but reports are that Intuit is getting farther and farther from
> supporting opens source.
>
> I don't want to maintain a web-connected Windows box just to do my taxes. Last
> year I tried using a VMWare windows image, but TurboTax refused to update
> there, so I had to fire up an old Win2k box.
>
> I don't want to upload my financial data to a web-based tax prep site.
>
> Are there any tax prep options (with state support) that aren't so totally
> locked into Windows?
>
> Maybe I should go back to pencil and paper... my taxes this year should be
> simpler than they have been for a the past few years.
> --
> Elyse Grasso
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