Several years ago I used "the other tax program" for a few years then tried this one to see what the difference was. The difference in ease of use made me into a total convert I have used this software for YEARS! A GREAT thing this year was I did not have pay for the State Income Tax form this year. I live in one of the seven states that does not have a state sales tax but this was the first year I could buy a version of the program that had ONLY the Federal tax form. So with all of this praise, why did I give a four star rating? Because this year I ran into a couple of glitches in the interview process that resulted in a number of flags in the final review that had to be corrected which was very <u>annoying</u> even if it did not take too long to correct. One involved separating sales data from a joint investment account and data from a traditional IRA distribution. The other involved a 1099-MISC for oil royalties my spouse receives. Other than these glitches, which I expect came about because the radical new tax law and which I fully expect will be corrected for the 2019 tax year, I will continue to use this program.
Pros: Easy to prepare, Maximizes refund, Easy to import documents, Fast
confident this was better than other brands. biggest concern for me was transferring data from previous year - i used HR's online version - and it was seamless. not much advice on how to save for future years though. but thats ok.
Pros: Easy to prepare, Easy to import documents, Fast
I thought I had filed my taxes. Overall, it's my fault. I didn't check the status of the return until it was too late. Now I will be stuck with penalties. You need email reminders near tax day that say Don't forget to file your return! A simple feature that would have saved me some money from my error.
Pros: Easy to prepare, Maximizes refund, Easy to import documents, Fast
It's really a great software but it is hard to pull your 2018 1040 package up without opening the whole software. Totally different from last year. I tried to send my friend a copy of her 1040 taxes, 2018 but couldn't send it to her. I might have to go back to Turbo taxes. Other than that it was fine!