XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, misc.taxes   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   > On 2026-01-28 01:37, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   >> I bought TurboTax at Costco today for $55.99 - $11 = $44.99 + 0% tax.   
   >>   
   >> At home I try to install it on Windows 10, and it says it won't load.   
   >> Apparently it needs Windows 11.   
   >> Why?   
   >> What on earth could TurboTax need that only Windows 11 can supply?   
   >>   
   >> Is there a known workaround?   
   >   
   > :-P   
   >   
   > Emigrate to a reasonable country such as Spain, where the tax software   
   > is created by the government and is free as in gratis. Even professional   
   > tax accountants use it. Bad news for software developers :-P   
   >   
   > The software runs in every operating system inside a web browser like   
   > Firefox. It connects online to the tax agency computers, and your forms   
   > are actually stored there, not in your computer. You might not like   
   > that, I guess. Who cares, you are going to submit the forms to them anyway.   
   >   
   > When you login in, it is possible that the government has completed the   
   > form for you, so you only have to review it, sign it, and pay (or be   
   > paid). In more complicated cases, they still fill in as much data as   
   > they know.   
   >   
   > If you don't have a computer or are not happy with a computer, no   
   > problem: just get an appointment at the tax agency and they will fill   
   > the forms for you. Gratis.   
   >   
   > Our taxes in action. The government tries to make paying the taxes as   
   > easy as they can. :-D   
      
   Yeah but, you forget that government = evil in US minds. Since Jan 2025   
   that is accurate, tbf.   
      
   The UK is not that easy, but then the vast majority of people don't need to   
   fill in a tax return themselves as it's all done by the employer.   
      
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