all the prompts and explanations you need to move through the entire process without any difficulty. tells you what you need, where to find needed numbers, regulatory links provided if you want them.
What's great about it: EASY
What's not so great: NONE
Pros: My job status changed this year (switched jobs, lost a job, got a raise or promotion), I moved
I have been using this software for 20years or so. Its great software and I recommend it to any one that files their taxes. I used an accountant once.. he said I owed 3k in taxes. I went home got Turbo Tax figured out where he flat didn't do his job. Ended up getting about 1500.00 back.
Every year I complain that turbotax prints Smart Worksheets for federal (and state) taxes that I did not order on the print menu. Every year it continues to print them anyways. Even when I ONLY selected the actual tax forms to mail, it prints those two extra pages. Will Turbotax EVER fix this? Many years, different computers, different printers. Same issue.
What's great about it: carries previous year info forward
What's not so great: prints unnecessary and unrequested sheets