Comments on: TurboTax Rated the Best Tax Prep Software

By: Wise Finish

Wise Finish — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:48:19 +0000

I thought that TurboTax was great stuff, but I had some real surprises this year, specifically with the state portion. I just wrote a pretty lengthy review of TurboTax 2008 on my site, so I won’t repeat it all here.

As always, caveat emptor!

By: Trav

Trav — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:04:50 +0000

I used Turbotax until this year. I mostly used it as a spreadsheet — that is, I skipped the interview section and went straight to the forms.

The forms, and the general turbotax interface, have become much harder to navigate and now I can’t recommend turbotax anymore. Plus its price just increased pretty heavily.

I’m using TaxACT this year and, as PC Magazine says, it’s great for “knowledgeable filers” — if you already know the 1040 basics, it’s fast and simple.

For what it’s worth, Turbotax cheerfully refunded my purchase this year, no questions asked. So it’s worth a try…

By: cDOG

cDOG — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:05:16 +0000

I’ve been trying to log into Turbo for two days. Keep getting a 403 forbidden error. I followed all their steps and can’t log in. I used them before. My complaint was about a SSN. when trying to file electronically through them, they said someon already filed. manual filing no problem.

By: me

me — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:06:09 +0000

Turbo Tax has a bug, and I already spoke with 3 different ppl from the customer support, which does not have any clue what to do.
And they constantly redirect me to other ppl.

The bug is :

You can’t get the 7500$ tax credit for fist time homebuyers no matter what option you choose from the following options (peraphrased by memory):

1) Bought my home between april-2008 and december-2008
2) Bought my home between jan-2009 and juli-2009
3) None of the above

No matter what you select at the end you always get (by memory again):

You don’t qualify for tax credit because you didn’t bough you home between april-2008 and december-2008.

(or some such)

By: OAB

OAB — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:08:06 +0000

FYI – Vanguard is offering a 35% discount on TurboTax to account holders right now.

By: thomas

thomas — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:06:59 +0000

TurboTax is my preferred software. I’ve used TT and Taxcut in the past and for where I am now (house, itemized deductions, etc) TurboTax was much easier.

By: atty

atty — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:32:42 +0000

Agree that TurboTax is great. The multi-year benefits are helpful – especially if you own rental property – you just import last year’s taxes and take off.

Also – the It’sDeductible program really opened my eyes at how much clothing could be worth. Just remember to keep a photo of donated items. I take the digital pic and save it to my taxes folder.