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TurboTax Home & Business Federal & State Returns + Federal E-File 2013 - Mac/Windows
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Customer Reviews for TurboTax Home & Business Federal & State Returns + Federal E-File 2013 - Mac/Windows
Customer Rating
4
Almost great
on March 21, 2014
Posted by: dsbenson
Nearly everything about TurboTax is great. However, there are odd things left out of this program, given how long they've been doing it.
You can transfer return info from previous year, which is great. But there is no link between family returns, so if you have to file your children's taxes (for example) separately, you have to do a lot of manual data transfer. This seems like it should be totally automatic.
What's great about it: Easy to do taxes year after year
What's not so great: no integration across multiple returns
Pros: My job status changed this year (switched jobs, lost a job, got a raise or promotion)
I filled my taxes and wound up with a schedule D revisit that was not removable even after I had put ALL applicable updates onto the program. There was some confusion about a 1099-Misc that generated a notification that could not be dismissed nor fixed. I ended up having to redo everything from scratch - a real pain. I moved Foreign Interest from the 1099-DIV and adding it to the "Other" deductions. This actually reduced my return rather than increasing it as stated. To correct this, I ended up deleting the entry from Schedule A, deleting the 1099-DIV, and reentering it.
What's great about it: Picked up previous year for guidance
What's not so great: Generated notifications which I could NOT remove
I've used Turbotax last year and in the past to complete and file my own returns. Doing the return myself seems to put a little ease into the whole filing of the taxes. It has been overall a very good program and I will be using it again next year. I think the people at Turbotax work hard to keep up with the ever-changing tax laws. I did specifically struggle for quite a while this year when getting to the "check for errors" section at the end. This year the program sent me to M1PR form error, line 5 and it was requesting input. Long story short, this did not apply to me as a "renter" living with my girlfriend in our house that she is the sole owner on the mortgage (guessing the same or similar situation for many people). We share the expenses of the home so I guess Turbotax was seeing that as I would be requesting a rent rebate and something with the M1PR form? I had to get on the phone with turbotax and after 58 minutes, we figured out what needed to happen. The result included clicking the turbotax icon in the top left corner of the screen and searching for updates. There was an update (not sure why this update did not prompt me as there were 2 others that did while I was filling out my information). After an install, relaunch, and careful consideration NOT to check either box in the STATE section for the M1PR form, I was allowed to pass the evil tax gates and complete my return!
What's great about it: Complete and mostly easy to do on your own.
What's not so great: M1PR form and "check errors" gave me a headache
I have been using TurboTax for over 10 tears now and have found it to be the best personal software out there. We use the Home and Business version and TorboTax has found us deductions we would have missed otherwise. The price is well worth the savings and peace of mind that I got all the deductions I should.
What's great about it: Detailed walk through of all possible income and deductions