the form filling out went well I was unhappy that I have job related expenses but can't fill them out without having an office I don't have an office yet it is assumed that I do. I just have expenses that are involved that I cannot claim.
For the 2013 Fed return it asks if I received a state tax refund. I did; a MN property tax refund. I inputted the amount here just as the program shows I did last year. This year, the program takes this amount and erroneously indicates this amount is a MN refund due to me on my MN tax forms. It did not do this last year. It is in no way a refund due to me this year and would just result in problems with my state return. To avoid this, I was forced to change the amount of MN tax refund received in 2013 to zero even though that's not true. Another problem - this form will not submit saying my nickname can only contain letters and numbers. I have my name printed and that's only letters, nothing else. Does it have to include numbers? If so it doesn't say that. Finally got it to submit by including numbers and eliminating caps. Sloppy sloppy sloppy!
Overall...very pleased with TurboTax. At age 72, I am still able to follow the detailed instructions. Not sure how much longer I will be able to do my own taxes, but I am sure I will use TurboTax.
I PREPARED MY OWN TAXES BY HAND SINCE I WAS 15 YEARS OLD. FOR THE LAST 8 YEARS I HAVE USED TURBO TAX AND i WOULD NOT CONSIDER USING ANOTHER SERVICE. I HAVE REVIEW OTHER OPTIONS AND NONE COMPARE TO TURBO TAX.
This is the 4th year I have used TT. The screens are intuitive, and I like that you can jump around if needed. This year was the 1st year that TT didn't auto-update whenever I opened it. I had to do it manually to get past the "IRS hasn't released form" roadblock. And when the form was downloaded, I found a disconnect between the form instructions and how it actually calculated sales tax. The instructions say to enter cost excluding sales tax, but if you do so the program says you can't deduct the sales tax because it does not match your previously entered general rate. You have to include the tax to get it to match.
Been a TurboTax user from its inception, yea! Its easy to use.
I used a downloaded version last year and a CD version for 2013. TurboTax could not find my 2012 returns for some reason- I had to search and direct it to the file myself!
In Florida, where I live, we don't file a State return. This area of filing state tax return is a bit confusing. Why go there if it is not required!?