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eReaders doing Tax Returns-
TurboTax offers free tax filing on Android tablets this weekend only
30 March 2012 by Michael Crider http://androidcommunity.com/turbotax...only-20120330/ This brings up a good question. Who uses their Android Tablet or Apple TAblet or PC Tablet eReader to do that thing we all must do on occasion which is called "REAL WORK" like your 2011 Tax Return? Anyone? Let us know if you avail yourself of this offer and how it went. Please don't miss the "THIS WEEKEND ONLY!" Last edited by frahse; 03-31-2012 at 06:51 PM. |
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A tablet is not a reader. It's a multifunction device that can function as a reader if there is a suitable app installed.
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03-31-2012, 06:51 PM | #3 |
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Eek! I have the android tablet but it seems like more trouble than it is worth. How to do the carry-over etc. from my PC. Haven't actually filed yet but it is all done.
Maybe next year. Suspect that if I did not have complicated taxes I would rather just telefile rather than tablet-file. Helen |
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Helen Of course you can read web pages on all tablets that I know of. I should have said ereader and so should you. Last edited by speakingtohe; 03-31-2012 at 06:56 PM. Reason: postscript |
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I don't call reading devices ereaders because that is an incorrect term. eReader is an old eBook format or the name of the software used to view eReader format eBooks.
I call the dedicated devices readers and the apps are reading apps. |
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A tablet can be a reader but a reader can't be a tablet. I believe JS Wolf's point was that the OP's thread title is eReaders Doing Tax Returns then went on to post about tablets doing so. Hence the statement a tablet isn't a reader. The fact that you can read on a tablet is irrelevant to the topic. It's extremely doubtful to me that you can use an ereader, rooted or not, to file your taxes the way you could on a tablet. |
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I don't see your terminology as correct either though. Can you supply outside references for your choice of terminology? Did frahse violate an established terminology in such a way that he deserved a good reprimand. I plead ignorance in these matters and actually would like to know. Helen |
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Now that I've got an Airprint printer, I'm going all in with my iPad as far as my primary computing device. Come next year, if I can do my taxes on it, I will. The one thing I don't do on it though, is read books. My KT is much better suited for that. Of course, I do read magazines on it. Magazines look beautiful on the retina screen.
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I don't think that was JS wolf's point at all but who knows for sure. Quote:
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Actually implicit in my statement is the thought that eReaders have evolved. For example I could easily state that the older calculators and computing machines are not much like our current calculators and computers. The same thing for the old eReaders and the new Fire, iPad, Sony, Kobo, etc. with whatever applications or modifications you wish. |
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I don't know what you're all going on about ! Open yer eyes, for heaven's sake....
Frahse has contravened every MR code going, surely, hasn't he ? Where's the Mod's when we need 'em ??? He/she mentioned "TAX" !!!! Madness, madness ......... |
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Did anyone try out the tax program?
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When I saw the title of this thread, my initial thought was of an eink screen device like a Nook, Kindle or Sony ereader.
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