Hi Geoff, Last year, I got e-Tax working on my netbook using Wine. I certainly had success in doing all the sections but I didn't try two vital things: 1) That pre-roll thing. 2) Submitting the actual claim. I ended up going to an accountant.
There was some work I had to do to get Wine working fine for e-Tax, just adding some extra windows libraries I think. There was a nice script that helped me install them that I found somewhere. So to sum it up, I was sort-of successful with using Wine :) Cheers, Dave On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Geoffrey <gcomb...@bigpond.com> wrote: > This month is the 1st anniversary of my installation of Linux Ubuntu. > I am extremely happy with the Ubuntu and use it for almost everything. > However there are several Windows vital programs that I must use for > which I have XP on a separate HDD. One of these programs is e-tax. > This is what the ATO has to say about OSs: > "E-tax is not compatible with Linux or Apple Macintosh computers. > However, e-tax has been tested successfully on an Apple computer running > OS X v10.4.11 with Virtual PC 7 software emulating a recommended Windows > operating system. Some Linux users have reported success using 'Wine', > but we have not tested this. Wine is a translation layer (a program > loader) capable of running Windows applications on Linux and other POSIX > compatible operating systems. > > We are committed to providing you with easier, cheaper and more > personalised service. Part of this initiative is a commitment to the > continuous improvement of e-tax. We will continue investigating ways to > make e-tax available on different computer platforms." > > I am looking to the future and wonder if any Australian users of Ubuntu > have been successful using 'Wine'. Note that I always roll-over > information from a previous year's e-tax. > > Geoffrey Combes > > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
