TurboTax is a great product. It's nice and easy to use, resources are available for questions and concerns, and it connects with banks to make life even easier! But I wish it were easier to know why I'm being charged the amount I am. They have the advertisements everywhere about filing free, and they constantly barrage you with up-sales, but without ever selecting an upgrade, I'm charged premium. You can see some of the features they give you in premium, but there's no way to deny or reject those. I don't need 24/7 access, I don't need live assistance. If I wanted that, I would select it and pay for it. So how do I decline premium? You can't. I had to do some deep digging to find out that it is because my tax situation requires a form that is not included in the base package. Why can't they make that easier to find out? Just show me in the itemized list that I had certain forms that required the premium package.
I have used TurboTax for years and as always the experience is straight forward and the customer is guided through every aspect of preparing your taxes, especially the interest and dividend portions of income. Never needed to use the live tax helpline yet, but I'm sure its very useful.