No tax support for Mac or Linux yet

The Australian Taxation Office has advised Australians using Apple or Linux operating systems that they will be unable to lodge tax returns electronically using the ATO’s e-tax software unless they use a Windows emulator or a kiosk in one of the agency’s shop fronts.

Last year, 1.9 million Australians lodged their tax returns online using the ATO’s e-tax software. But e-tax still only works with Microsoft’s operating systems; Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4, XP Service Pack 2 (32-bit) or Vista Service Pack 1 (32-bit).

However, e-tax is not compatible with Linux or Mac OS X, but according to the ATO, it has successfully trialled e-tax with Macs running OS X 10.4.3 with Windows emulator software.

Source: View full Post at ZDNet

Tags: Apple, ATO, Linux, Tax