This is getting easier each year. It captures my historical data so I can concentrate on updating the sections that were used last year and not stress on the many fields that are not relevant.
What's great about it: Turbo Tax remembers my history
What's not so great: Setting up each of my charitable donations takes time
I give turbo tax a B. I have been using turbo tax for about 10 years and generally like the program. My only dissatisfaction is that it is not designed to completely handle K-1s issued by Master Limited Partnerships.
What's great about it: Handles most common tax situations easily.
What's not so great: Does not completely handle K-1s.
Overall Great - Just an issue with saving .tax2013
on March 18, 2014
Posted by: Micbator
Overall this is a good application that helps the not so savvy tax people out in the world. We were a bit nervous because this year we had an online etsy account and received 1099K forms, but once we got to the schedule C things became clear what to enter. So I would recommend it. The only con I experienced was when I went to save the file, I kept getting a 543 error. The online help said it was probably because of a remote network disc that is no longer available or I was saving to a corrupt disk, neither of which was the case but although I got the error the file did still seem to save okay. Hopefully it's resolved for the 2014 version.
What's great about it: Very helpful software that guides you through the process
What's not so great: I kept getting an error when saving the document.
Pros: My job status changed this year (switched jobs, lost a job, got a raise or promotion)
Easy to use, I'm confident in what I get. Reasonably straightforward, clear pathways, understandable instructions, fair guidance for doing taxes, Not easy to utilize to find answers or guidance for "non-standard" or seldom needed inputs, items or issues. Have some difficulty with the HELP function as this does not provide the kind or type or some times clarity that I am looking for and questioning. READY FOR TAX SIMPLIFICATION!
What's great about it: Good and effective method for doing individual taxes. Have used TurboTax for more than 10 yrs. Will use again
What's not so great: Help is not that helpful! Need to know the answer to sometimes ask the question...not what I want.