Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 09:46:14 -0800 (PST) From: youshi10@u.washington.edu To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: One hurdle left to switch Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0702060946140.1228@hymn05.u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0702060928290.1228@hymn05.u.washington.edu>
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On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 youshi10@u.washington.edu wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Kevin Kinsey wrote:
>
>> Philip Hallstrom wrote:
>>>> I'm chafing at the bit to get rid of Windows at home and move to
>>>> FreeBSD. I've even got my wife convinced that she wouldn't have any more
>>>> problems with KDE than she presently has with Windows. (Reality is
>>>> she'd have less!)
>>>>
>>>> There's just one problem. I can use gnucash to do my finances, but what
>>>> do I use to do my taxes? Without that, I'm stuck on Windows ('cause I'm
>>>> damn sure not going to do my taxes by hand!) I'd be willing to pay for
>>>> a tax program that runs on FreeBSD. Is there one?
>>>
>>> I haven't looked as my life is complicated enough that I get them done for
>>> me, but I could have sworn H&R Block and TurboTax and all those guys had
>>> completely web based solutions these days, no?
>>
>> http://www.irshome.com/index.php?tpid=10303&ttid=112&st=Tax%20Refunds
>>
>> Now, I guess the real question; who's used 'em?
>>
>> KDK
>> --
>> Love is a slippery eel that bites like hell.
>> -- Matt Groening
>
> Many software tax solutions go out of date too, really quickly (buy a software
> solution and it tends to only last a year). Better doing stuff online and then
> checking the option to have a CPA check over your data.
> -Garrett
Oh, another thing. I've used H&R Block's online tax accounting service, and although it's not the best interface, it's just as good as some copies of Turbotax that I've seen.
-Garrett
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