Is there a Linux compatible TurboTax version?

[user17699716737]

So many people are switching to Linux, and away from Windows. I am curious which tax software will be offered for Linux version first? Will this be TurboTax, Tax Act, or someone else? Whoever does this first, will gain many new customers.

Like someone mentioned, I would not upload my data online because of both, privacy concerns and being dependent on Internet connection for the access.

Having double boot version for Windows and Linux is impractical for most people.

If Tax Act offers Linux version, I would switch in a heartbeat.

[M-MTax]

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@user17699716737 wrote:

If Tax Act offers Linux version, I would switch in a heartbeat.

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Never going to happen (you must be joking). Even almost no professional tax prep software supports Linux.

Re TaxAct, the desktop versions don't even support Macs.

[mgfrobozz]

I'm currently using vmware workstation (running in a linux desktop system) to run windows 11, in order to run turbotax. Intuit insisted on upgrading my windows 10 system to windows 11, but window 11 insisted on having the computer boot from UEFI, rather than BIOS. I eventually spoofed UEFI within vmware, and then went through a 3-day windows upgrade from hell. I eventually succeeded, but I'd hate to be faced with that mess again.

But it's vanishingly unlikely that Intuit will port turbotax to linux. This year, they were pushing me to start my taxes online, and if I didn't like that and wanted to switch to desktop, they would allow that. Frankly, making the switch from online to desktop sounds like a hassle, and requires human intervention along the way. Good luck getting a human on the phone these days! 

From the account below, It sounds like the online version does not support viewing the forms directly. To me, that is a deal-breaker: I have to be able to verify that turbotax is doing the calculations directly. In a previous year, I found that the state forms did not correctly process the percentage of US government interest for my mutual funds

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/can-i-switch-to-desktop-version-after-paying-for-...