Are there plans to release a desktop TurboTax for Linux, in particular Ubuntu, for the 2024 tax year?

[Mike9241]

@3ddoran considering government agencies, hospitals, schools and even megacorporations have been hacked, all probably using security measures greater that what yours provide, there's no guarantee you won't be hacked. but then again hackers may switch their focus from W10 to W11 and W11 is not a finished operating system. It may be more secure, but it is not hackproof.  

[greyman1952]

Yes, Windows 11 will need updates, too. And, Windows 11 machines will be actively receiving them.

After October Windows 10 machines will no longer be getting security updates, hence Intuit's panic.

Not everyone that uses Intuit's software can be trusted to use adequate additional aids to protect their data.

Can you imagine the outcry and damage to Intuit's reputation if half their customer base starts crying about getting their tax information hacked?

[Mike9241]

I worry more about Intuit getting hacked.  this has happened to many mega- corporations and government agencies just to name a few 

[NonyaBsnis]

Well, I guess Intuit will get at least one more year out of me.  I will have to continue using Windows in a virtual machine for work as they will not support VPN or remote desktop services for a Linux client.  I have zero intention of going back to Windows full time and will simply boot up a VM when needed.  Ugh.

[Mike9241]

the W11 requirement FOR NOW is only for desktop users. since Intuit apparently has dropped support for W7 it's only a matter of time before w8 and w10 will no longer be supported even for online and the browser requirements will likely be updated (my opinion).  

posted about January 2025

Minimum operating systems and browsers online Turbotax  - Windows

Windows 10.x

Firefox 68.x
Edge 17
Chrome 74.x
Opera 64.x
Windows 8.1

Firefox 68.x
Edge 17
Chrome 74.x
Opera 64.x

[JohnQT]

Is nobody here using VirtualBox in a Linux distro of their choice?  I already have TurboTax and other Intuit apps running in a VirtualBox virtual machine running Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021.  If Intuit's push comes to shove then I will bite the bullet and "upgrade" that VM to Windows 11.

My current host system is also running the same Windows Edition, as it includes the least amount of telemetry and "Modern" apps (even Microsoft Store had to be installed manually, that's how bare it is), and it also has Extended support from Microsoft until 2032.  But I'm ready to migrate my host system from Windows to Linux whenever that becomes necessary (i.e. sometime sooner than seven years from now).

Are there any serious gotchya's that I need to prepare for when migrating this VM to VirtualBox on Linux?  I plan to create a brand new VM in Linux and add the current virtual disks, so that should solve any path-related issues.  Anything else to look out for?

[JohnQT]

@llondel are your running your VM on Linux under VirtualBox or something else?  Any particular reason why you aren't considering an in-place upgrade of the VM from Windows 10 to Windows 11?  (Other than just hating Windows 11, which is a perfectly valid reason IMO...)

[JohnQT]

@NonyaBsnis can you also share what virtualization platform you are using on Linux?  Thanks...

[jjdawdy21]

Virtualbox 7.x will support TPM emulation required for Win 11. I can't speak for llondel but I use windows for ONLY ONE application and that is Turbotax and I currently run it in a Virtualbox Vm with a Win10 guest. Buying and "maintaining" an OS I have no other use for(and hate) is outrageous to me. 

P.S. Linux now supports Flatbpaks which isolates the app from OS dependencies/updates that could cause conflicts and failures. In short there is no "technical " reason to not support Linux anymore.

[JohnQT]

@jjdawdy21 thanks for that info, it validates my plan to just use my current "TurboTax dedicated" Windows 10 VM under Linux if/when that becomes necessary.

[llondel]

I didn't realise I could put Win11 in a VM on a machine with an "old" CPU, so that's helpful information, thanks. I only ever fired up my Win10 VM to do taxes - I'd run it in January to make sure it had everything in order and do updates, then a second time a bit later to do the tax stuff. It appears to have successfully installed Win11 in a Virtualbox VM so perhaps I will use Turbotax until Microsoft figure out how to break the VM solution.