For web based software practically all work.Turbo Tax and H&R Block complain about the OS, but you hit continue and it works just fine. I've done both myself without any issues over the years with Linux. -- Jeremy MountainJohnson Jeremy.MountainJohnson at gmail.com On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Yaron <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: > > As far as I know, there's no native Linux tax software that can file electronically.. if there's even any tax software at all. > > For many years I've used TaxAct in a virtualbox/vmware. That worked fine. TaxAct online should be fine too. > > Last year I had a huge mixup so I had to use an actual CPA. This year even though everything's back to normal I figured I'd use a CPA /and/ do TaxAct online, and compare the two. My taxes are pretty simple and straightforward, really, but the CPA got me a bit more money back. This amount pretty much lined up with how muc moer the CPA cost than TaxAct did, but it came wth the piece of mind of knowing I didn't do ANY of the number-work. > > > > > On Thu, 28 Feb 2013, Jason Hsu wrote: > >> I am considering joining the 21st century by doing my taxes electronically instead of on paper. This would save me the hassle of filling in everything by hand, waiting for white-out to dry, scanning in the documents when I'm finished so I have a copy, etc. >> >> If you use tax software, what do you use that's available for Linux users? What are my options? >> >> I'm also considering filing my taxes online. What precautions (in addition to avoiding public wifi hotspots, using a firewall, using a secure pasword, etc.) do I need to take to ensure my security? >> >> -- >> Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list