I have been using TurboTax now well over ten years. One of the features I liked about this year's version was how the help files ("explain this") read well and were concise in explaining the topic. I had a couple of new tax situations this year and found that the search feature in Turbo Tax also accurately directed me to where I needed to go in the application. About the only thing I did not like was the screen did not always show when it was processing my response after I clicked the screen prompts. Combined with the sluggishness in the application responding, I was sometimes thinking i had not pressed the button only to see the screen change 10 sometimes 15 seconds after I had acknowledged the prompt to go to the next screen. Overall, though, Turbo Tax Deluxe delivered and I remain very satisfied!
What's great about it: Easy to follow and understand
What's not so great: This year's version seemed to experience slower performance
Once I was able to get the updates downloaded onto my computer, everything was peachy. For some reason, the Utah state updates wouldn't download, even though I received an email stating they were ready. Once I re-booted my computer like 7 times (each time a bit more of the update went through), the entire update finally uploaded. Can't explain this, but it was frustrating... no problems downloading the federal updates...
What's great about it: fairly easy to do...but my taxes are pretty simple
What's not so great: hard time getting updates downloaded
I had problems trying to print my return. Print preview and actual printing as a Word Document or PDF file was only in ASCII code format and not useable.
Help function seemed inadequate and did not answer or solve my problem. A look at summary at the bottom of help pages suggest that the help information was not helpful to most users.
What's great about it: simple to use
What's not so great: Printing only shows up as an ASCII code document.
I have someone else file my return and I was unable to access my last year's return without having to purchase the new version of turbo tax. The person that does my returns purchases this every year. I should have access to these records regardless of if I pay for the program for the current year or not.