I'm wanting to be all linux by this summer, I currently am still dual-booting between win98 and mandrake 8.1.
Two windows programs that I like alot are Quicken Basic, and TurboTax basic.
I have already installed gnucash for linux and have set-up all my accounts already. I like it just as much as Quicken (and it's free!!). One down and one to go...
So I was wondering if there was something like turbotax that I could use under linux. The US tax laws change all the time, so turbotax has to be semi-redone every year.
Even though I only need turbotax once a year, I still would like something like it for linux.
Is professional & reliable tax preparation software (US) something that's available for linux? I don't want to go back to manual preparation (even though I'm an accountant) because I like to prepare it in turbotax and then electronically file it... that way I get my refund in something like 2 weeks.

My first posting here.
I believe that wine will run Turbotax.

Well, then hopefully wine will be easier to use by the end of this year. I have not even looked into it due to the fact of all the questions & problems that I read about wine on these boards. Since I'm still a definate newbie, I don't want to mess with complicated stuff just yet.

Ok thanks!!

I've been using TurboTax for years for my own and one or two other returns. In 2004 I am returning to the business (which I was in 30+ years ago), studying for the EA exam, which starts tomorrow. I have heard that one can't use TurboTax professionally but I'm not sure just why. Apparently it will only do five returns, but if one has to pay for a new copy after every five returns it's still cheap compared to most of the competition.
I tried to run TT 2002 under CrossOver (includes wine but is more user friendly; it runs QuickBooks Pro 6.0 just fine for me) and Linux and couldn't get it to go. I talked to someone in San Diego when I reinstalled on my portable (which won't print, but that's a Windows problem), and was told that the problem will be fixed with TT 2003.
I have asked for sample CDs from a number of providers, and so far none of them works with Linux.
Have you found out anything more since your 1/24/02 post? I'm very interested in anything else you learn. I'll keep you posted on what I find out too.

intuit tried to implement some very intrusive copy-protection for the 2002 edition, cnet had a bunch of articles on it earlier this year. that may have been part of the problem -- they were forced to discontinue it due to huge customer backlash, so maybe the 2003 version will be more Linux-friendly?

Thanks, sounds reasonable. I hope it works this year!