I have never done e-file before and was quite apprehensive of doing it for the first time. It turned out to be much easier than I had anticipated. I just followed the directions (which are all quite easy to understand) and filled the data...and everything went through....both returns were successfully submitted in 2 hours...wow.
Every time I got to a key point in entering my data, the program would crash. This kept happening up to and including submission of my taxes. I had to save constantly to avoid losing data. This product does not work well on new M1 Macs using OS 12.3.1.
Cons: Time consuming, Hard to prepare, Hard to import documents
I have used this program for years, but this year I had to use the form for Obamacare. I could not type on the form. When I clicked NEXT, I got a pop-up telling me the auto filled form was done correctly. Then, when I went to efile, that form was not part of the return and the IRS rejected my return 2x. I finally printed the return and the form for 8962 and mailed it in
First verification that no errors on federal return completed but when it was time to efile it said there were errors which had to be fixed first but then it would not list the errors and no phone or chat support was available for over 1/2 hour. I could not hold that long and had to file printed. While they excel at the bulk of the product, this lack of support is too horrible to ignore.
I spent about 4 hours trying to figure out how to fix a bug in the software. Somehow it is generating an 'X' in both the "Filer" and the "Spouse" columns on the Michigan Schedule W - - even though the Software does not allow more than 1 person to be assigned to each W2. Hopefully this doesn't cause an audit flag from the state because the form was filled in wrong.
kept wondering about my return status are filing. after a 20 day pause, went in to check the status and discovered it was never sent! better ckeck on it!
The only thing that I'd like to see changed is instructions for 1099-S forms, and other odd types of income. Yes the IRS has a website, I get it but it could be beneficial to other users in the future.