[NTLUG:Discuss] If anybody cares

[Fred James]

Leroy Tennison wrote:
> Hmmm, I see.  Odd, line 31 (and what I did of page 1) could be filled 
> in but not line 32.  Weird.  Thanks for the information.
>
> Maybe we should start telling our governments "Stop creating a 
> monopoly" (I'm sure they would pay attention...).
>
> On 06/05/2015 08:30 AM, Fred James wrote:
>> Leroy Tennison wrote:
>>> When you say "most", what doesn't it do?
>>>
>>> On 06/02/2015 08:45 AM, Fred James wrote:
>>>> Ralph Green wrote:
>>>>> Evince has worked fine on every form I have tried in the last couple
>>>>> of years.  This used to be a problem.  Why deal with the poor quality
>>>>> of Adobe software these days?
>>>>>
>>>> I have always like Evince (and Okular, too for that matter) ... 
>>>> just tested Evince on the 2014 (tax year) Ontario form ON428 ...
>>>>     does "most" of the stuff
>>>>     doesn't do it all
>>>> ... still need acroread for that ... sorry ... sad for me, too.
>>>>
>>>> I have acroread 9.5.5 (rpm, bin, and tar) downloaded, and they all 
>>>> work on Mageia 4 64bit ... does the ON428 form. Warning ... do not 
>>>> install higher version than 9.5.5 ... seems to cause font issues in 
>>>> 9.5.5 (my best guess), and won't run anyway.
>>>> Regards
>>>> Fred James
>> Leroy Tennison
>> You should be able to get a copy of ON428 at this URL ...
>> <http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pbg/tf/5006-c/5006-c-fill-14e.pdf>
>> ... at the top of page 2, you should find "Step 2" ... that is an 
>> example of a "fill-in" that neither Okular or Evince will "fill-in". 
>> Does that help?
>> Regards
>> Fred James
Leroy Tennison
If you has to file a FBAR with the US Treasury, you would find and even 
tighter strangle hold
     One can only file online (no paper filing)
     One must use the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader to file
I am beginning to wonder if it wouldn't be a (semi) good idea to buy a 
cheap laptop and load on acroread, and then just save it for the 
government filings?

Well, I just found some refurbished laptops (Window 7) online in the 
$150-$175 range ... cheaper than hiring a tax preparer, even if it only 
lasted one year.
Regards
Fred James