[TriLUG] Tax Preparation

[Alan Porter via TriLUG]

I can't imagine anyone open-sourcing a tax preparation app, simply 
because
of the nature of the problem, liability, etc.  And keeping up with tax
legislation.  But maybe they exist.  Or maybe just "free filing" is
close enough to what you're looking for.

Last year, I finally abandoned the big tax software providers, and I 
moved
online to the scammy-sounding FreeTaxUSA.com .  I did check to make 
sure
they were recommended by the IRS and the NC-DOR first.

See:
* https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile/browse-all-offers/
* https://www.ncdor.gov/file-pay/efile-resources-taxpayers/nc-free-file

In the process of moving, I ended up filling out tax forms using 
FreeTaxUSA's
online service and also H&R Block's TaxCut (running on a Windows VM on 
Ubuntu).
And the results of the two matched.

Hope this helps.  And maybe someone here will enlighten us to other 
options.

Alan




On 2025-09-24 08:57, Ron Belcher via TriLUG wrote:
> Anybody care to recommend an open source income tax prep program for 
> Ubuntu?
> I have been using TurboTax on my wife's MS  10 machine for years. Now
> that is gone.
> Thanks,
> ron