I am using Linux since Sep 2004 and Ubuntu since July 2005. I was forced to use Windows for Bank of Baroda Netbanking and efiling of Income Tax Return.
Bank of Baroda changed in 2012 and I could use Chromium Browser with JRE 7 on Ubuntu.
Income Tax efiling utility worked only on Windows besides the Digital Signature upload and signing.
Since last two years my CA prepares the xml file of the Income Tax Return but last year I had to use Windows for uploading the xml file using Digital Signatures.
On going through Downloads on Income Tax efiling website I find that besides Excel utility there is Java utility which is having following instructions in Readme.txt
To run in LINUX
Change the ITR.sh file's permission, provide execution permission by executing the following command
> chmod 755 ITR.sh
run using the command "sh ITR.sh" or ./ITR.sh
This year I find that I could use Firefox with latest JRE 7 on Ubuntu for uploading and signing the Digital Signatures (DSC).
Thanks to the demise of Windows XP, the Income Tax Department had to switch to latest JRE 7 which works on Windows 7/8 as well as Ubuntu 12.04.
Bank of Baroda changed in 2012 and I could use Chromium Browser with JRE 7 on Ubuntu.
Income Tax efiling utility worked only on Windows besides the Digital Signature upload and signing.
Since last two years my CA prepares the xml file of the Income Tax Return but last year I had to use Windows for uploading the xml file using Digital Signatures.
On going through Downloads on Income Tax efiling website I find that besides Excel utility there is Java utility which is having following instructions in Readme.txt
To run in LINUX
Change the ITR.sh file's permission, provide execution permission by executing the following command
> chmod 755 ITR.sh
run using the command "sh ITR.sh" or ./ITR.sh
This year I find that I could use Firefox with latest JRE 7 on Ubuntu for uploading and signing the Digital Signatures (DSC).
Thanks to the demise of Windows XP, the Income Tax Department had to switch to latest JRE 7 which works on Windows 7/8 as well as Ubuntu 12.04.
2 comments:
This issue of filing tax returns on Linux kept me busy for quite some time.
I am using Mint 19.3 and found the following page very useful
https://www.duinsoft.nl/packages.php?t=en
It clearly explains the issue and gives the detailed step by step instructions for installation of sun kre which is needed.
After this one should follow help file provided by income tax department.
This works in Mint 19.3 as well.
There are following corrections in my earlier post
1 i tried it first on Mint 19.2 successfully and then it worked in Mint 19.3 too.
2 instead of 'Sun kre' read :'Sun Java'
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