[Gllug] Tax returns on linux

[Chris Bell]

On Mon 28 Feb, NorthLondon John wrote:
> 
> There have been a number of mentions about the lack of Free tax 
> software for the UK on this list (if memory serves me) and on some 
> other UK lists (AFFS, again if memory serves me).
> 
> This question has now (this weekend) come up on the Ubuntu users list 
> as well; it appears to be a major block to UK business linux usage.
> 
> So, is anything happening on this front? Is it likely to happen? Is 
> anyone interested in actually contributing to such a project?
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
> www.ubuntulinux.org
> linux for humans
> 
> 
   There is a version of the commercial "Sage" package available for Unix
compatibles, but I have been told that it is not file compatible with the
usual M$ version, and I do not know the price. It may be an up-market
version, because I would expect it to be the choice of larger corporates.
   There have been visits to the GLLUG stand at Olympia for a few years by a
Japanese(?) gentleman who spoke about a project to design a universal system
to which you could input a file containing the local tax laws and it should
"just work", but when I mentioned this to an accountant he just laughed and
said that we do not have tax laws, only (flexible) guidelines.

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Chris Bell

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