From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 6 17:46:15 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 923D416A400 for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 17:46:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout7.cac.washington.edu (mxout7.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72AA813C4AC for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 17:46:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from hymn05.u.washington.edu (hymn05.u.washington.edu [140.142.12.184]) by mxout7.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l16HkEou025143 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 09:46:15 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hymn05.u.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l16HkE5a032389 for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 09:46:14 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [192.55.52.1] by hymn05.u.washington.edu via HTTP; Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:46:14 PST Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 09:46:14 -0800 (PST) From: youshi10@u.washington.edu To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.2.6.92934 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='NO_REAL_NAME 0, __CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' Subject: Re: One hurdle left to switch X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:46:15 -0000 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