VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH TURBOTAX THIS YEAR. I DON'T LIKED TO BE PUSHED TO EFILE, ESPESIALLY IF I'm GOING TO PAY ADDITIONAL TAXES. I WILL CHECK OUT NEW TAX PROGRAMS NEXT YEAR.
What's great about it: Turbo Tax is a money grabber
What's not so great: difficult to print return if paln to mail return
My return is fairly simple. I have some investment items but other than that nothing special. The federal and state income tax codes are NEVER simple, however. I've been using TurboTax since the Chipsoft days and have always found it easy and accurate. The one time I needed to have taxes done by a preparer, I ended up having to correct errors later.
What's great about it: Makes completing and filing pretty easy.
What's not so great: Could use more guidance on deductible taxes.
Very comprehensive, but if you are reasonably comfortable with knowledge of tax return take short cuts rather than go through exhaustive number of questions.
What's great about it: Like copying info from last year and current year info from broker account
What's not so great: Had difficulty again with foreign tax credit on very small amount