Are you forced to buy windows in order to solve certain tasks on the internet e.g. like certain banktasks and to update garmin gps maps and other

[David Fletcher]

On Thu, 2014-07-31 at 09:32 -0700, Kenneth Marcy wrote:
> On 7/31/2014 8:31 AM, user1 wrote:
> > Are you forced to buy windows in order to solve certain tasks on the
> > internet e.g. like certain bank tasks and to update garmin gps maps etc
> 
> National and state tax return preparation on your own computer using 
> Linux continues to be a challenge not only in the USA but in other 
> countries as well.

I'm part way through completing my tax return now, but waiting for the
final document I need to complete it.

So far I've had no issues at all with using HMRC's on line tax return
with Mint 17 and Chrome. Let's hope this applies through to completion!


> 
> An interesting question is whether the appropriate governmental entities 
> should provide timely appropriate software for personal tax return 
> preparation.  Whether that software should be created by the government 
> entity itself, or under contract with a private organization, whether or 
> not commercial, is an adjunct question.

As stated above, this appears to be what HMRC have done, on their web
site.

Dave

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