[Gllug] Tax returns on linux

[Jason Clifford]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Alain Williams wrote:

> One problem with this was the UK Government portal where you are able
> to submit tax forms online. AFIR you could only do so from a M$ machine
> since they used proprietary M$ protocols. I don't know if this is
> still the case.

PayThyme from Clockwork is payroll software which supposedly works with 
the govt. gateway system for submitting returns.

> > > So, is anything happening on this front? Is it likely to happen? Is 
> > > anyone interested in actually contributing to such a project?
> 
> You would need to have an accountant on board as well as FLOSS people.

This is one of the things I've asked AFFS to consider as a good way to use 
some of the money UKFSN raises. Writing software is a fairly trivial 
matter - it's keeping the tax data up to date that requires regular 
attention.

Jason Clifford
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