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TaxAct 2015 Desktop comes in four different editions: Free, Basic, Plus, and Premium. Please specify which edition you tested in your test results.

Application Details:

Version: 2015
License: Retail
URL: http://www.taxact.com/
Votes: 0
Latest Rating: Bronze
Latest Wine Version Tested: 1.9.21

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What works

Just about everything, including e-file. Sometimes TaxAct loads other websites for extraneous functionality; these don't always load OK in IE8, but the URL can be copy-pasted to a Linux browser.

Upgrades work OK but only in virtual desktop mode.

What does not

Upgrades when using window manager control mode.

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Additional Comments

Need to install IE8. This test was against the Premium edition.

selected in Test Results table below
Operating systemTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?Used
Workaround?		RatingSubmitter
ShowPuppy Linux Tahrpup 32bitOct 28 20161.9.21Yes Yes BronzeD Ahoppin 
ShowUbuntu 16.04 "Xenial" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Oct 02 20161.8.4Yes Yes Bronzean anonymous user 
ShowDebian GNU/Linux 9.x "Stretch" x86_64Mar 06 20161.8.1Yes Yes SilverJerry Quinn 
CurrentUbuntu 15.10 "Wily" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Feb 29 20161.8.1Yes Yes GoldIan Turner 
ShowDebian GNU/Linux 8.x "Jessie"Feb 29 20161.8.1Yes Yes GarbageNorman Ramsey 

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Can't get TaxAct to run at all
by Paul Gruver on Saturday March 12th 2016, 8:16
I am running "openSUSE Leap 42.1 (x86_64)" on an AMD-64 machine, and using Wine 1.8.1. I've tried using both a 32-bit and a 64-bit WINE environment. The application opens up, OK, but then freezes, I can't even close the application.

Are there any configuration tricks I'm missing?

This is doubly frustrating, because TaxAct 2014 worked perfectly!
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RE: Can't get TaxAct to run at all
by Ian Turner on Saturday March 12th 2016, 16:55
Couple of questions:
1. Did you install IE8? TaxAct requires it.
2. Did you try running in desktop mode rather than window manager mode? Sometimes TaxAct opens windows which can only be seen in desktop mode.
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RE: Can't get TaxAct to run at all
by Paul Gruver on Saturday March 12th 2016, 17:49
OK, I went into winetricks, and gave TaxAct a 1024x768 virtual desktop. That seems to have fixed my problems. Everything seems to work, although the Q&A doesn't seem to remember where I was. The data I entered is all there, and in the right places.

Thx.
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RE: Can't get TaxAct to run at all
by Janos G Komaromi on Wednesday March 30th 2016, 7:49
How do I run it in desktop mode?
TaxAct2015 did work a couple of weeks ago, and now it starts but I can't click on it and can only kill it. So I suspect for some reason (maybe Ubuntu updates in the meantime) now it would only run in desktop mode. So here is my question: "How do I run it in desktop mode?"
Thanks
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RE: Can't get TaxAct to run at all
by Janos G Komaromi on Wednesday March 30th 2016, 13:12
Sorry, I should've done some research before posting this question. SOLVED - ANSWER:

wine explorer /desktop=,
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Updates
by Ian Turner on Monday February 29th 2016, 5:45
Updates are possible under Wine but you have to set Wine to "Virtual Desktop" mode; for some reason the update system does not work under window manager control mode.
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taxact15 e-file may not be possible with wine 1.8
by Zarsh Mogon on Friday February 26th 2016, 8:10
I tried tp step through the e-file process and at one point it opens IE8. IE8 comes up blank so it is hard to tell what that step does. If I close IE8 it looks like it resumes the e-file process but I don't know if something critical should have happened when it opened IE8. I can open IE8 independently of Taxact and see that some simple websites load but the taxact website does not.
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RE: taxact15 e-file may not be possible with wine 1.8
by Ian Turner on Monday February 29th 2016, 5:43
E-file works OK for me on Wine 1.8. You do not need to use IE to e-file successfully.
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RE: taxact15 e-file may not be possible with wine 1.8
by Zarsh Mogon on Monday February 29th 2016, 9:42
OK thanks Ian - good feedback.
When e-filing under wine there was a pop-up with the IE icon that was blank.
From testing e-filing on a real windows 7 machine (not wine) I could see that if it had IE8 installed there was a script error pop-up and an out of memory runtime error pop up. With IE9 installed (on win7) then Taxact goes to the step where it asks you to verify your identity for the IRS.
When running from wine I jump past the "E-Filing - Verify your identity" screen and never see it. Are you seeing that screen?

Many thanks
Zarsh
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RE: taxact15 e-file may not be possible with wine 1.8
by Ian Turner on Monday February 29th 2016, 20:32
Are you talking about the screen where it asks for your driver license information? I skipped that one.

Otherwise, I'm not sure which screen you're referring to, and at this point my return has already been filed so I can't reproduce the steps.
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RE: taxact15 e-file may not be possible with wine 1.8
by Zarsh Mogon on Monday February 29th 2016, 20:41
Hi Ian,
No worries, I realised you can jump past the tax id verification screen ok and just verify later with previous years results. Appreciate you telling me it was possible as it spurred me on to persevere.

Cheers
Zarsh
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