The Detail checklists help significantly. However, you need to keep good notes and check off which check list you added certain items to. New home, home office, cars all added to my complexity of my return. However, I made it to the other side! Thanks for keeping up with all the updates.
What's great about it: The detail
What's not so great: The detail is sometimes confusing if you have a lot of items
Pros: My job status changed this year (switched jobs, lost a job, got a raise or promotion), I moved, I bought or sold investments
I am disappointed that TT does not support carryback or carryover of NOL. It is no doubt a complicated set of forms but that is why TT exists, too make things easier for taxpayers. I have used TT for many years and have been satisfied but this year was difficult due to a number of things. Also the ease of reporting 4684 items could be better. A spreadsheet format would help instead of repeatedly going back and forth on the worksheets. Also a control total to ensure that all items have been posted would help.
What's great about it: Familiar and good audit track. Easy flow of information details.
What's not so great: No support for form 1045 and 3805V reporting NOL and carrybacks. Not enough clarity in some explanations.
Will give negative reviews to anyone that asks. Others that I know have had similar problems and are extremely unhappy as I am. They also said they will not use TurboTax next year.
What's not so great: Unclear place to insert 1099-MISC that I always received in previouis years.
I have been filing using TT for abou t5 years now.... the ease of transporting the previous years info makes the process seamless and efficient...... If any recommendation at all , i would like to see more detail review results ......i am not sure that i trust just a "level of risk" graph.......it just seems "hoke-ish" to me ....... if I am at a medium to high risk I would like to know more details instead of just that "this year" is inconsistent with what i filed "last year"...... anyhow that's my 2 cents ...... gracias
This is a great program. However, leave yourself some time to figure out any glitches. They've got a great help dept. Just don't try to figure it out in the afternoon on April 15
What's great about it: Awesome tax software in almost every way
What's not so great: massive confusion on how 1099's are input and recorded