I Got Ripped at Jackson Hewitt. Cost more to have them do my taxes then I
ended up getting back.
That's what I get for taking out my IRA early and having to cash it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Smoot" <rsmoot@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] H&R Block
> Mark Polhamus wrote:
>
>> Richard Smoot wrote:
>>
>>> Anybody doing their tax online in Linux?
>>
>>
>> I've used Linux/Mozilla (1.4 & 1.73 if I remember correctly) with
>> Intuit's TurboTax online service with no major glitches. When you get
>> near the end it says it requires a recent version of Acrobat reader, at
>> which point I switched to another Linux machine with the latest reader
>> installed. I haven't actually submitted the e-file yet, but it seems to
>> be working.
>>
>> To get to the free online TurboTax you have to go in through the IRS
>> website, there is no free option if you go to Turbotax directly. I assume
>> it's the same with the others.
>>
>> I wish the government would stop protecting the tax preparer/tax software
>> industry and let us e-file directly. This is such a crock!
>
> I already had my tax figured when I went to H&R Block. If the books they
> give
> out are good enough preparing your mail in tax, why can't you e-file
> without
> all this bullshit.
> Opera is better than FireFox for H&R Block's website. The sidebar help
> does
> work in it. They were not very useful. When I get to the end after
> starting at the
> IRS Free site as a returning user, I do not get a place to Free File.
> I have downloaded the fillable PDF from IRS which I am just going to mail
> in.
>
> Richard Smoot
>
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