Application Details:
Version: | 2016 |
License: | Retail |
URL: | http://www.taxact.com/ |
Votes: | 0 |
Latest Rating: | Garbage |
Latest Wine Version Tested: | 3.18-staging |
Maintainers: About Maintainership
What works
Initial screen comes up. Can close the dialogue asking if you want to install the State version. That's it.
What does not
Cannot navigate through Q&A (buttons do not respond at all). Cannot import prior year tax return (nothing happens on screen, various messages scroll through on command window).
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When attempting to import the prior year's return (File | Import | TaxAct 2015 return), the following messages appear in the console window used to install it:
0009:fixme:mshtml:HTMLLocation_reload (0x4863ab8)->(0)
0009:fixme:ieframe:WebBrowser_Stop (0x47a6598)
0009:fixme:ieframe:navigate_url Unsupported args (Flags 0x33ea94 {VT_I4: 14}; TargetFrameName (null))
0009:fixme:ieframe:ClientSite_GetContainer (0x47a6664)->(0x33ee08)
0009:fixme:ieframe:DocHostUIHandler_GetDropTarget (0x47a6664)
0009:fixme:mshtml:nsChannel_AsyncOpen2 (0x52b7cc8)->(0xb32add8)
0009:fixme:mshtml:nsChannel_AsyncOpen2 (0x52d7498)->(0x9ec98d0)
0009:fixme:mshtml:nsChannel_AsyncOpen2 (0x52b5c08)->(0x97ebed0)
0009:fixme:mshtml:ActiveScriptSiteDebug_GetApplication (0x52d6458)->(0x9f8535c)
0009:err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {6c736db1-bd94-11d0-8a23-00aa00b58e10} not registered
0009:err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {6c736db1-bd94-11d0-8a23-00aa00b58e10} could be created for context 0x1
0009:fixme:msxml:ClassFactory_QueryInterface interface {342d1ea0-ae25-11d1-89c5-006008c3fbfc} not implemented
0009:fixme:mshtml:set_event_handler_disp unimplemented event L"dragstart"
0009:fixme:mshtml:get_listener_container unimplemented event L"dragstart"
0009:fixme:mshtml:nsChannel_AsyncOpen2 (0x4f6e680)->(0x7a31e70)
0009:fixme:ieframe:PropertyNotifySink_OnChanged unimplemented dispid 1005
0009:fixme:mshtml:ActiveScriptSite_OnScriptError (0x52d6458)->(0xbe260f0)
0009:fixme:mshtml:nsChannel_GetContentLength (0x52ae610)->(0x33cb10)
0009:fixme:mshtml:nsChannel_GetContentLength (0x175a08)->(0x33cb10)
0009:fixme:mshtml:nsChannel_AsyncOpen2 (0x52ae610)->(0xa0280f8)
0009:fixme:mshtml:nsChannel_AsyncOpen2 (0x52beb70)->(0xbf20aa8)
0009:fixme:mshtml:ActiveScriptSite_OnScriptError (0x52d6458)->(0x9ed9ed8)
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Seems that it is looking for some form of MSIE merely to render the application, but there no longer seems to be a workable version of MSIE (especially IE8) that can be installed under Wine.
Workarounds
What was not tested
Anything beyond installing, and finding the interface is non-responsive was not tested, because the application does not respond to input.
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
2018 pre-release is due to be available in December 2018, will test taht version then.
Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
Current | Linux Mint 19.0 Tara | Oct 25 2018 | 3.18-staging | Yes | No | No | Garbage | James E. LaBarre | |
Show | CentOS 7 | Jan 27 2017 | 2.0 | Yes | Yes | Garbage | Zarsh Mogon | ||
Show | Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Dec 09 2016 | 1.9.23 | Yes | Yes | Garbage | Ian Turner |
Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
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by chris319 on Monday January 2nd 2017, 19:10
by Zarsh Mogon on Friday January 27th 2017, 11:50
Once you get past the import issue were you able to step through the Q&A ok? I'm having zero luck with that on Wine 2.0 and wondered if you had any special set-up tricks you'd care to share? I'm on Centos-7 so a big difference there.... but still.
Thanks
Phil
by chris319 on Friday January 27th 2017, 13:45
I recently upgraded to Wine 2.0 final and nothing has changed.
I do not use the Q&A feature of TaxAct. I go directly to the forms and fill out Scheds A, B and D. as well as Form W2 and various 1099's. I tried accessing "Basic Info", "Life Events", etc. under Wine and nothing happened when I clicked on them. I do not know if the E-file function works but I am able to access the E-file center.
I strongly urge you to join the bugzilla and report your issues there. I'm told the developers actually do read the bugzilla, and I received a response to the bug report I filed on the import function, so they do see them.
I installed TaxAct under Windows just so I'm covered, but I would like very much to get TaxAct working under Wine so I can get off of Windows.
Best regards.
by Zarsh Mogon on Friday January 27th 2017, 13:58
Appreciate that feedback, sounds like I am seeing the same thing you are then and that is good to know.
Thanks,
Phil