This was my first full year of operating my own company. We are expanding rapidly, but in these early stages I did not want to waste capital on any administrative functions that I did not have to. Taxes was one of the areas that I was concerned with and Turbotax helped take a lot of the fear out of that issue
What's great about it: Nice step by step
What's not so great: not enough information in the detailed help
Pros: My job status changed this year (switched jobs, lost a job, got a raise or promotion)
I was very pleased with the ease of doing my taxes; however when it came to e-filing my state return, I did have difficulty following the instructions provided. It took me to too many screens and I had difficulty with my passwords(probably my fault) I am not very computer literate. The overall experience was good.
What's great about it: easy instructions
What's not so great: had trouble e-filing-trying to figure out how
The software more than met my expectations. It was easy to use, understand, and navigate through my taxes and the State taxes only took a few minutes to complete. I felt confident after the TurboTax reviews were made to check for error and audit issues. Overall great product I will use again next year.
What's great about it: The software was easy to use, understand, and navigate through my taxes.
What's not so great: Printed forms had to be ajusted to fit page.
I understand that you have to deal with the IRS regulations but this year for the first time there was a problem with my husband's THird party sick leave. With no amount in box 1, it said I couldn't efile. Luckily the turbo tax question/answer area lead me to know that I didn't even have to report this W-2, so I deleted it and then was able to efile my taxes. What a GREAT system! I've used turbo tax for years and now my children use it too!
What's great about it: It walked me through all the parts I had to deal with and showed me last years as a reminder! Great system!
What's not so great: It doesn't have my brokerage, ING, to download directly. I hate entering all these numbers! Please add them!
e-filed state return ok. Federal return required an update which I tried 5 times & did a review each time without satisfying anybody particularly me, I finally snail mailed a copy of my federal return which lowers my respect for Inuit.