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Open Source Federal Income Tax Software

Posted by kdawson on from the taxman-meets-penguin dept.

niiler writes "There is finally a usable US federal income tax program for Linux users who don't wish to file online. TaxGeek is a Mozilla-based US income tax program that includes Form 1040, Schedules A, B, C, C-EZ, D, E, K-1 (1065), SE (Short and Long), W2, Forms 8880, 8853, 8863, 8812, 5695, 4952,3903, 2106, 2106ez, 2441 with access to most other files as PDFs. It is intended to be extensible so that developers can easily add other forms that are needed without affecting the existing file formats and stored data. TaxGeek will also create PDFs of all the supported forms so that you can print them and send them in to the IRS. (PDF creation support requires the installation of Perl PDF::Reuse.) At this point, e-filing is not supported."

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  1. Taxes are for Suckers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Who still pays taxes? Posted anonymously because I'm not a moron.

  2. Other than Linux, why bother? by Registered+Coward+v2 · · Score: -1, Troll

    You can get the existing programs for next to nothing already, and they have experts who ensure the software is accurate and stand behind their product.

    Here you have something that may or may not comply with the tax codes - and I should trust it because it is OSS?

    If there are experts who are working on this I'd wonder about the legal advice they get - despite the disclaimer they could wind up being sued because of an error. As experts they can be held to a higher standard of care and you can't disclaim negligence, at least not in the US, as I understand the law (ANAL).

    Nice idea but unless all you want is to be able to print forms it's not worth teh risk - besides aren't there free web based packages already?

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  3. Personal Income Tax? by disturbedite · · Score: 0, Troll

    too bad there is no law stating that americans have to pay an income tax. the 16th amendment was not properly ratified and the supreme court has consistently ruled in the past that a citizen's (NOT corporation's) labor is his own property and can not be taxed by the government. its thanks to the stupid lower courts that ignore their responsibility to follow the supreme court's findings/precedents that confusion arose and sidelined the movement against 16th amendment/personal income tax.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America:_Freedom_to_F ascism

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