ETax

Australian income tax return software for the year 2013/2014

Application Details:

Version:	2014
License:	Free to use
URL:	https://www.ato.gov.au/individ...
Votes:	0
Latest Rating:	Bronze
Latest Wine Version Tested:	1.7.21

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Test Results

Old test results

The test results for this version are very old, and as such they may not represent the current state of Wine. Please consider submitting a new test report.

Selected Test Results

What works

Install, run.

What does not

Updater, help.

Workarounds

What was not tested

Pre-filling, rollover, submission, printing, anything else not yet mentioned.

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Additional Comments

Here's how I got it running (starting from a fresh wineprefix): Run winecfg, set Windows version to "Windows 7". On libraries tab create a new override for "dxgi", and set it to "native". Install gdiplus using winetricks: winetricks gdiplus Download etax installer: wget https://www.ato.gov.au/misc/downloads/etaxswap/etax2014_1.msi Install etax. Ignore the two crash dialogs that appear and uncheck the "run etax" checkbox at the end: msiexec /i etax2014_1.msi Run as normal from the created icons or from command line. Giving a bronze rating as I think there might be network issues that will prevent pre-filling and submission. If fixes to these can be found then would upgrade to silver.

selected in Test Results table below

	Operating system	Test date	Wine version	Installs?	Runs?	Used Workaround?	Rating	Submitter
Current	Arch Linux x86_64	Jul 22 2014	1.7.21	Yes	Yes		Bronze	Patrick
Show	Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu)	Jul 28 2014	1.7.18	Yes	Yes		Bronze	an anonymous user
Show	Arch Linux x86_64	Jul 26 2014	1.6.2	Yes	Yes		Bronze	an anonymous user

Known Bugs

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HowTo / Notes

Web-based MyTax available in 2014

There is a new web-based MyTax system that may be used for people with "straightforward tax affairs". More information here:

https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Lodging-your-tax-return/Lodge-online/

Installing

These instructions are starting from a clean wineprefix.

Run winecfg, set Windows version to "Windows 7". On libraries tab create a new override for "dxgi", and set it to "native".

Install gdiplus using winetricks:

winetricks gdiplus

Download etax installer:

wget https://www.ato.gov.au/misc/downloads/etaxswap/etax2014_1.msi

Install etax. Ignore the two crash dialogs that appear and uncheck the "run etax" checkbox at the end:

msiexec /i etax2014_1.msi

Run as normal from the created icons or from command line.

Using the Help System

The in-built help system will not work, however opening the HTML file in Firefox (Chromium does not work) will let you access all the help documents.

For a 64-bit Wine installation run:

firefox '~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/etax2014/help/client_nav.html'

For a 32-bit Wine installation run:

firefox '~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/etax2014/help/client_nav.html'

Updating

The inbuilt updater does not work for whatever reason. To update, reinstalling the latest version from the ATO website should work:

wget https://www.ato.gov.au/misc/downloads/etaxswap/etax2014_1.msi
msiexec /i etax2014_1.msi

Test Tax File Number

For testing purposes the following tax file number can be used:

123456782

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