I find turbotax to be deceptive. You go online and look up different tax programs and turbotax says they a free...TURBOTAX is NOT free. Don't be deceived. Even very basic taxes like mine, they find a reason to make it cost $100 for a federal refund. And then they tried to find every way possible to get more money from you if you aren't paying attention. Do not use your refund to pay the bill that shouldn't be there, they will try to charge you $40 more. Stay alert because all they want your CASH.
TurboTax may or may not be smarter than me, but it definitely gets there 100 times quicker! My taxes have a few unusual quirks, and I learn something from Turbo Tax every year. Example: this year Turbo Tax came up with two entries that did not make sense to me. I did a little research on the IRS instructions for those particular lines on the 1040, completed my own worksheet, and voila...it all made sense and TurboTax knew what it was doing all along!!
I have been using turbo tax for 5 years and turbo tax makes each year using it very nice and fast so i dont spend to much time on taxes or worrying about it not getting done on time
I enjoyed TurboTax during its earlier years. Now, they really push upsells, misleading prices, and hit you with them all after you have done the work of putting in all of your information. It's a shame they lobbied so hard to make Americans rely on their service.