Pros: Good help files, link to Lasser's Your Income Tax (Deluxe only), quick customer support, inexpensive Cons: navigation difficulties, lack of overrides, incorrect state calculations, possible formatting errors on printed returns
I decided to try E-filing this year -- but then I thought better of it after trying TaxACT for the Web.
First, let me explain my background in taxes. I've been a professional tax preparer (registered in California 1990-1997. I've stated...
Pros: Saves you money. Cons: Some prompts may be confusing.
TaxACT - Managing your finances online or on your computer purchasing their software For many years my husband went to an accountant to have our income taxes done. It didn't matter to me since we had a home based business and it was my ...
Pros: it did all the math for me! Cons: I wish I'd known it would do all the math, before doing it myself...
Now I love my husband, but he can be really lazy sometimes. Like when it comes to doing our taxes this year for instance. I finally got tired of waiting for him to get around to it, so he said "well, why don't you do them?" Me?! Is he kidding??! I ...
Pros: Easy to Use, Stores Information, Inexpensive. Cons: None.
Several years ago at tax time, I visited the IRS website prior to filling out my taxes. The website had a questionnaire that you could fill out, which would assist you in finding a free tax filing service. This piqued my interest, so I filled out the ...
Pros: Quickly and painlessly files my taxes Cons: Ads if you use the free service
Slowly but surely, I adapt to technological change. For several years, I resisted e-filing my taxes, mainly because I didn't want to try to figure out the entire process. Plus, I had heard there were fees attached, and I didn't want to pay. But ...
Pros: Free to fill out Federal taxes and e-file online (if you qualify) Cons: State filing extra, State property tax refund filing extra, Time it takes to fill out.
I have been doing my own taxes ever since I had a summer job back in high-school. I ignore all the tax filing fear-mongors, and tax preparer services when it comes tax time, because I figure if a fellow human being can do this, so can I. Needless to ...
Pros: Intuitive. Data entry by: interview, directly on forms or both. Cons: None unless there are problems when I E-file in April.
After using TaxAct Ultimate for my 2007 federal and state taxes, I highly recommend it. I am just a normal taxpayer with no interest in TaxAct beyond appreciating a good product and good value. For several prior years, I had used the on-line ...
Pros: easy Cons: VERY SLOW, too many pages to complete taxes, needs improved navigation
Here I sit completing my 2007 return and swearing once again that this will be the last time I use TaxAct Online. I get pulled in every year because they have my previous year's return & I think that they MUST have improved from the previous year. ...
Pros: Cheap
Free version available that includes federal e-file
Yielded same value as TaxCut
Cons: Bad interface
No audit support
Not be advanced enough
Need deluxe for decent documentation
For 2006, I tried TurboTax without really thinking. Afterwards, I found that TaxCut seemed to offer more features for the money. So, for my 2007 taxes, I decided to do a bit more research and stumbled upon TaxACT. Hmm, $5 cheaper than TaxCut Basic ...
Pros: none. all the items that were pros for me are actually charged extra every year. Cons: the entire service, complexity and customer service.
I used tax axt last year on the advice of my father in law. It was my first return altogteher and I spent a lot of time on it but mostly because of all the business expenses and complications.It was fine last year, I even paid the $14 for the state ...
Pros: Easy to read instructions and work through your return Cons: Online security issues and the amount of advertisements on screen as you work.
How do you get passionate and motivated to do your taxes. Each time this year (spring) I dread the tax prep drill, maybe - knowing that I owe the government after working hard and paying taxes all year. For the past two years I have paid back taxes to ...
Pros: A very comprehensive interview process.
As easy to use as Turbo Tax but less expensive Cons: Format is different from other available programs and require a slight adjustment.
I had been using Turbo Tax for the past three years and decided to switch to something different this year as a way of protesting Turbo Tax's elimination of both the Federal and State E-filing rebates. What cost approximately $30.00 at Costco for the ...
Pros: Simple, quick, and free federal Cons: State cost money, advertisements, load time
I ended up using TaxAct for the Web due to a recommendation from a friend. I used the online service to file my 2007 taxes. The pros and cons of the online tax service are listed below. In a nutshell, I found the pros to outweigh the cons and I will ...
Pros: Cheap, Effective, Fast Email support Cons: No stock importing. Help information for errors sometimes lacking.
I used TurboxTax before, this year I used TaxACT Online because it's free for Federal, $7.95 for state. I have many stock sales and home mortgage interest. They were all manually entered and correctly recorded by TaxACT.
The only problem I ran into...
Pros: cheap, easy to use, imports previous years data Cons: programming bugs make it very frustrating to use
I started using Taxact in 1999 after having problems with TaxCut. After all these good years, I am ready to drop TaxAct for one of the other products. Why all the trouble in Paridise? Well, the 2008 version of this product has several ...
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