[ubuntu-in] Accounting and Tax software (was regarding Java JRE versus openjdk)

[Gora Mohanty]

On 24 July 2014 15:57, Ramnarayan.K <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Gora
>
> Thanks
>
> will / rather am checking it out, out of interest - I usually do it
> directly - am helping a few other file their returns along with doing their
> annual accounts as well.
>
> will recommend it to others.
>
> However you may have opened a pandora's box (of questions)
>
> 1. Do you know of any company / organization that creates accounting
> software that is Linux based  and includes tax stuff
>
> two options had been recommended earlier and after contacting them the
> result has been a dead end - inspite of the rave reviews available on the
> internet.
>
> http://kalculate.com/ rs 5500 for a pro version single license running
> open lx os ??
>
> and http://www.gnukhata.org/ - who got back saying they will get back
> again but never did
>

Haven't tried kalculate, but my uniformed impression is that it requires
OpenLX, and I am not sure how actively the application, or the OS, are
maintained.

I had thought that development of GnuKhata was also stalled, but there
seems to be recent activity on the source code versioning system linked to
from their site. I will look again into GnuKhata.

Cannot commit to anything at present, but Taxspanner is working on a book
of accounts system, and in principle we want to open-source it. The
development needed, and the mechanics of actually open-sourcing the code
probably makes this at least a year away.

All in all, the situation is pretty sad when it comes to open-source
accounting software.

Regards,
Gora
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