Using TurboTax makes getting taxes done an easy task. It's easy to figure out exactly where all of the information from each form goes, and what you need to do to finish. I use it every year, and it's only getting better!
What's great about it: Easy to manage and quick to navigate.
It was faster than doing it by hand and having to round up all of the necessary forms. I didn't have to worry that I'd made a mistake on my math. BUT, the new software needed to be updated. And it didn't do it until after I went all the way through it. It left me searching for where to enter various info only to give up and then have the blanks show up after the update. Also would be nice if it calculated how much scholarship money was not for qualified expenses and entered it in the appropritate blank. All of the info had been entered. I had to google it to find out how to do it. Also, I only accidently found out from somewhere else that I had to pay taxes on that money.
I've used TurboTax for several years now, and I've been very pleased with it. It's always worked great, but you seem to improve it and make it easier to use every year.
I did noticed a problem last year, and it still exists in this year's version. On the screen where you are able to edit, add, or delete various income categories, the tax exempt interest and dividends are lumped together with the taxable income and the tax exempt category is left blank.
The tax exempt income is entered correctly in the forms but, since it is not broken out and shown as tax exempt on the edit screen, this leads to confusion and suspicion that it may not have been entered properly.
I hope you can correct or explain this in future versions of TurboTax.
Another area of concern is having to recheck and answer questions already done when going back to review or edit a section. Should retain already filled info..
Otherwise I love using TurboTax and see myself using it for years to come.
What's great about it: importing all previous info from prior returns
What's not so great: some questions and tips are still a little hard to understand as a lay person.