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Filing US federal taxes under Linux

linux.com — Filling out tax returns has traditionally been an area where Linux comes up short compared to the proprietary platforms, but you actually have several options for using commercial income tax products on a Linux platform. Here's a quick look at three commercial tax offerings I found that work just fine using Ubuntu 7.10 and Firefox 2.0.0.12.

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  • Aeuta, on 03/28/2008, -0/+2Alright I was looking at this and it struck me: WTF? Why don't we have open source tax software? I mean how easy is it to make? Sure you need to go through all the tax acts and stuff but think about it: a base engine which could do multiple languages, nations and most importantly get updated. Maybe there are other issues legally that I have not considered...

    But in essence you are paying for a spreed sheet? Something seems wrong with that picture.
  • Aeuta, on 03/28/2008, -0/+2But how much would it cost for the goverment to release software as opensource? It would cost at most like 10 million dollars (10 lawyers/accountants working) yearly to maintain for a nation like the US. But it would totally get rid of billions in unnessery fees for millions of people.
  • martalli, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Actually, you are paying for the expertise to navigate the extremely complex tax law (at least in the US). TurboTax is being constantly updated, mainly because of changing tax law.

    This is my second year of preparing my taxes with Linux/Firefox/Turbotax, and things have been going fairly well.

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