[COLUG] RE: Tax Prep on Linux

[Christopher Harting]

I guess I haven't accessed TurboTax from my ThinkPad (RHEL, Firefox) for this tax year.  I can access it from XP/Firefox with no issues, but when I discovered that my employer offered a significant discount for TurboTax, I tried signing in but was stopped at the compatibility page.
Speaking of discounts, check with your financial institution or employer to see if they offer a discount for TurboTax or Tax Cut -- in my case, both offer discounts on TurboTax.
 
Tax Cut is a different 'skin'?  The only reason I'd change 'skins' at this time would be IF I could import my previous year's tax data from TurboTax or my financial info from Quicken, options that are no-brainers under TurboTax...


Chris Harting
clharting at rocketmail.com
"To be stumbling along in the dark, happy in the knowledge that our guides can see, is not at all the same thing as walking in the light" -- F.J. Sheed, Theology for Beginners

----- Original Message ----
From: Josh <josh at globalherald.net>
To: colug432 at colug.net
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 2:13:50 PM
Subject: [COLUG] RE: Tax Prep on Linux



You 
know, 
for 
several 
years 
I 
used 
Intuit's 
TurboTax 
on 
the 
Web 
without 
issue.  
Yeah, 
it 
complained 
about 
not 
being 
compatible, 
but 
that 
never 
posed 
problems.

This 
year, 
it 
complained 
about 
not 
being 
compatible, 
but 
it 
would 
NOT 
let 
me 
past 
the 
"you're 
not 
compatible" 
page.  
So 
I 
opened 
up 
a 
chat 
window 
and 
asked 
the 
rep 
why 
I 
had 
been 
able 
to 
bypass 
the 
incompatibility 
screen 
and 
file 
taxes 
for 
the 
past 
few 
years 
with 
no 
problems, 
but 
now 
I 
can't. 
"Oh, 
we 
fixed 
that 
this 
year!"

Or, 
more 
to 
the 
point, 
broke 
it.

After 
that 
conversation 
I 
used 
H&R 
Block 
without 
issue.  
I 
was 
able 
to 
bypass 
their 
"you're 
incompatible" 
page.  
(CentOS 
5.1, 
FireFox 
2.0.0.11) 
I 
find 
that 
very 
ironic 
because, 
at 
least 
as 
of 
last 
year, 
H&R 
Block 
is 
just 
a 
different 
'skin' 
on 
TurboTax.  
(I 
guess 
the 
H&R 
Block 
company 
didn't 
want 
to 
write 
their 
own 
web 
app, 
so 
they 
just 
purchased 
the 
services 
from 
Intuit...)  
I'm 
not 
sure 
if 
that 
is 
different 
this 
year 
or 
not.

Good 
luck!
Cheers,
-J

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