Application Details:
| Version: | 2009 |
| License: | |
| URL: | https://www.ato.gov.au/individ... |
| Votes: | Marked as obsolete |
| Latest Rating: | Bronze |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 1.1.33 |
Maintainers: About Maintainership
What works
Etax2009 version of July 13, 2009.
1. Installation started by:
$ msiexec /i etax2009_1,msi
2. Reading of taxpayer's 2008 .TAX file for data unlikely to change (rollover).
3. Entry of income and CGT data, writing of .TAX file and calculation of tax.
4. Print out of tax return for records or paper lodgement with ATO.
5. Reading of .TAX file by etax2009 running under MS Windows XP for prefilling, registration or Internet lodgement.
6. Reading of .TAX file partially prepared and written using XP by etax2009 running under Wine.
7. Check for etax2009 updates and error messages.
What does not
1. Companion help program.
2. Secure communications with ATO (prefilling, registration and lodgement).
Workarounds
What was not tested
My tax affairs are simple so most of etax2009 was not tested.
Additional Comments
1. I installed msxml4.dll and msxml4r.dll using winetricks for etax2008 and they are still necessary. 2. Etax2006 and etax2007 worked better.
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Show | Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" | Dec 06 2009 | 1.1.33 | Yes | Yes | Bronze | Garry Brooke | ||
| Show | Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Jun 30 2009 | 1.1.22 | Yes | Yes | Bronze | Robert Backhaus | ||
| Show | Debian GNU/Linux 6.x "Squeeze" x86_64 | Oct 29 2009 | 1.0.1 | Yes | Yes | Bronze | an anonymous user | ||
| Current | Debian GNU/Linux 5.x "Lenny" | Jul 22 2009 | 1.0.1 | Yes | Yes | Bronze | an anonymous user |
| Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
In order to do any testing on this program, a "TFN" or Tax File Number is required. "123456782" passes validation, and can be used to test operation of the software.
It is not, however, a valid number at the tax office, so you cannot use it to test verification or lodgement.Use the latest Wine:
Make sure you are running the latest version of Wine (currently 1.1.26). You can check your version with the command:
wine --version
If you do not have the latest version, follow the instructions at Wine Binary Downloads
Use winetricks:
You need msxml via winetricks. Run this command:
wget http://kegel.com/wine/
Installing ETax:
Once you have the etax install file, run it with Wine:
$ msiexec /i etax2009_1.msi
Hopefully the entire process will complete successfully. If you encounter a problem, please file a bug or post a comment.At present, securely verifying your identity and lodgement does not work. These steps must be carried out on a windows machine.
The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. WineHQ is not responsible for what they say.
by Garry Brooke on Monday December 7th 2009, 20:07
by Garry Brooke on Wednesday December 9th 2009, 23:35
I now think the problem might be that eTax is looking for components of Internet Explorer in order to communicate with the ATO. I will install IE 6 and give it go. I also have an incomplete Gecko installation that might be a problem with eTax Help and maybe comms too.
Cheers.
Garry
by Jen on Friday August 14th 2009, 22:41
Keep getting:
err:msi:copy_package_to_temp failed to copy package L"etax2009_1.msi"
fixme:msi:MSI_OpenDatabaseW open failed r = 80030002 for L"etax2009_1.msi"
Am following all the prompts, please help!!!
by Robert Backhaus on Friday August 14th 2009, 22:54
The first thing to do is get a little more information. Could you turn on a few debug channels (eg. WINEDEBUG=trace+file wine msiexec etax2009_1.msi ). This should tell you where it is attempting (and failing) to write that file, which should tell you where you need to give yourself write permissions.
by Jen on Sunday August 16th 2009, 0:27
by Robert Backhaus on Monday August 17th 2009, 0:49
The output of the program indicates that you forgot the -i from the msiexec command string.
Try it again, with the correct command string. If it does not work, try it with 'err' instead of 'trace' in the WINEDEBUG string. that will hopefully tell you what file it was unable to write.
by Patrick on Monday August 3rd 2009, 23:39
www.ato.gov.au/individuals/content.asp?doc=/content/73931.htm
they state:
"The Tax Office will continue investigating to make e-tax available to different computer platforms."
So perhaps if we gave them a little encouragement they might be able to make future versions Wine compatible. It would certainly be easier for them than a complete Unix/MacOSX port.
by Hew McLachlan on Tuesday August 4th 2009, 6:41
by Meela on Saturday August 1st 2009, 19:50
Thankyou!
Meela