[vox-tech] california taxes online

[Peter Jay Salzman]

bleah.   i was able to enter all the information, but the "e-file your
return" link doesn't work.   at least the form wasn't as long as the
federal.   :)

i ran tcpdump to see if it might be a firewall issue, as in, perhaps it
did something wierd and didn't go over port 80, but no dice.  no packets
are sent when ever i try to send the form.

that totally sucks.  i'd be willing to bet that california has one of
the highest linux user densities in the country, and it totally SUCKS
that we're excluded from using the california tax franchise's online
filing.   grrrr....

pete


begin Peter Jay Salzman <p@dirac.org> 
> on page 9 there seems to be a "e-file your return" link.  click the link
> and it complains that i didn't fill out my name (i didn't fill out
> anything.  guess it checks the name field first).
> 
> it seems like it would work...   guess i'll find out in a bit.  :)
> 
> pete
> 
> 
> begin Stephen M. Helms <smh@silkie.org> 
> > 
> > Hello Pete,
> > 
> > I can open and edit a form with the Acrobat Reader v5.05.  The only problem is
> > that you cannot save the edited form without the full version of Acrobat.  So, I
> > am not sure how helpful this will be.  If you can type it all in correct the
> > first time and then print it, I guess it would be ok.  I am just not sure how
> > you would file it electronically.
> > 
> > Stephen
> > 
> > Quoting Peter Jay Salzman <p@dirac.org>:
> > 
> > > california online tax filing begins here:
> > > 
> > >    http://www.ftb.ca.gov/online/2EZ/Index.asp
> > > 
> > > they say that acrobat reader 5.0 is required.  it appears that version
> > > 5.0 is not available for linux.
> > > 
> > > if i'm right, linux users cannot file their taxes electronically in
> > > california.
> > > 
> > > i was able to download the form "begin your return"
> > > 
> > >    http://efile.ftb.ca.gov/2ez/ez.pdf?2002_29443
> > > 
> > > and view it with xpdf, but i assume there's some kind of form
> > > interface
> > > built into acrobat reader 5.0 that's not available with 4.0 (or xpdf).
> > > 
> > > has anybody been able to get this to work on linux?
> > > 
> > > pete
> > > 
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