TurboTax - Linux?

[David Curry]

James Mckenzie wrote:

>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Curry <dsccable at comcast.net>
>Sent: Feb 17, 2005 8:15 AM
>To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>Subject: Re: TurboTax - Linux?
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>>For a convenient list of alternatives to TurboTax,  visit 
>>http://www.irs.gov and follow the links for "Free File".
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>I know about the IRS web site and this list. 
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>>You will eventually come to a page listing 18 computerized tax services 
>>that the IRS recognizes as producing acceptable digital tax returns - 
>>TurboTax, TaxCut, and 16 others.
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>Are any of these native Linux applications or are all of them Web or Windows based?  If so, list the Linux applications.  This would more likely get Intuit's attention.
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I have only briefly looked into one (http://www.taxact.com/) other than 
TurboTax and it offered both an online option and a downloadable Windows 
executable which I believe is opensource.

Those interested in finding an online service that does not ask for 
specifc browsers can explore their options.