Excellent product, intuitive to use, great step by step. raises all the right questions. Extremely helpful in doing a sole proprietor business would be a nightmare otherwise. checks for all the available deductions. keeps excellent records great help from loading last years taxes.
What's great about it: ease of useod information, help screens excellent
What's not so great: a fer areas a little confuding
TurboTax 2013 Home And Business-"smooth as butter"
on November 14, 2014
Posted by: BobHewitt
Our experience with TurboTax 2013 Home And Business was "smooth as butter"! We really liked it!
We are moderately experienced with TurboTax software, having used it for several years. We usually go to the "Forms" part, and use last years stored records as a guide, in order to not "miss anything". This way we complete our taxes much quicker.
Then we go back through with the "Step-ByStep" Guide Me approach to check ourselves.
What's great about it: Thorough coverage of all tax issues available to "savvy users".
As always an excellent product and helps streamline and properly develop and deliver my annual income taxes.
However, several changes in 2013 that degrade/detriment the product: 1. "Save As" function removed - does not allow for audit trail as tax forms are updated, corrected, and what-if runs are made - cannot go back to previous version to check for entry chnages 2. If user makes erroneous entries, program automatically saves file not allowing to close document and reopen to previous "good" state 3. RE: Misc Itemized worksheets - removed the "sort table" capability - no longer can sequence entries for either alpha or numeric sorting It is regrettable these changes were made - they degrade the quality of the product from a user perspective - suggest future editions reinstate the capabilities. Other items may have been changed that I did not notice or become impacted by. The product quality remains generally good, but this made the 2013 experience less enjoyable (if preparing taxes is a "fun event"). Thank you.
What's great about it: See below
What's not so great: See below
Pros: My job status changed this year (switched jobs, lost a job, got a raise or promotion)
This was a complicated year for me. I sold a home, financed another, and had questions about both transactions. The Help screens answered my questions to my satisfaction. I have tried a rival 1040 prep software and find TurboTax to be much more comprehensive. Thanks for a great product.
Overall my TurboTax experience has been a very good one. The electronic question and answer system works very well. There were a couple of areas where I wished I was an accountant so that I would be able to more easily answer the questions. Next year I will definitely use TurboTax.
What's great about it: easy to read the large fonts
What's not so great: some of the questions needed better explanations
I have been using Turbo Tax for many years now. I love how last year's info gets transferred automatically to the new year. I have had a few times where a question I needed answered wasn't in the Help Center info. You can contact an actual English speaking human and get any question answered within minutes. Thanks Turbo Tax!!! See you next year!
What's great about it: Easy to use - just answer the questions
What's not so great: Can't always find the answer to my questions on the 'Help Center: