Comments on: PC Magazine’s 2009 Editor’s Choice: TurboTax

By: jman

jman — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:08:54 +0000

Guys- turbotax has multiple errors (yer even after all patch updates added)that cost me big. Even the home intest mortgage deduction was not worked correctly in 2008 personal return for fed income tax!
- I had CPA review all taxes after another turbotax error stated I could hold off on filing. Outrage- multiple basic issues we simply NOT valuated correclty even though they WERE entered correctly. In all cases error against me and artificially raise the amount I thought I was to pay.

At this pont we wonder if these “errors” were errors at all?… I mean someone has to pay for all these stimulus plans? Stealing an extra $1k or $2k from each working/honest tax payer each year could help out dont you think?

By: NinjaLibn

NinjaLibn — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:29:48 +0000

I got in the habit of using TaxCut because I use a Mac, and for several years TurboTax wasn’t offered for the Mac.

I guess it all comes down to how complicated your return is. I itemize and work in two states, but other than that my returns aren’t all that complicated. It does irk me that I spend all year tracking my charitable deductions on a spreadsheet, then I have to re-enter all that data, even though I have the grand total right in front of me. Is TurboTax any smarter about this?

I’ve stayed away from TaxAct and other online-only programs because I am very leery of posting my tax info on a company’s Web site. They may be as honest as the day is long, but I am very skeptical about Web security based on some of the consumer identity theft disasters we’ve seen in the past few years.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:41:44 +0000

TurboTax for sure. I’ve tried on two separate occasions in the past few years to use TaxCut to save a little money. Both times I’ve ended up taking advantage of H&R Block’s money-back guarantee and going back to purchase TurboTax. In general it does a much poorer job of explaining things than TurboTax and, in one instance, it just flat did things incorrectly.

There are some nice things about TaxCut and you may want to give it a try if you want to save a little. But, for me, I’ve wasted too much time on TaxCut already.

By: thomas

thomas — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:38:23 +0000

I was TurboTax all the way, and then tried TaxCut and have used it the past 2 years. I think this year I may go back to Turbo as it prompted me for other savings techniques.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:26:06 +0000

I’ve used TaxAct and Turbo Tax and I found that TaxAct was better. I found that going back and changing an error in Turbo Tax messed things up, and I’d end up starting from scratch. I’ve used Tax Act the past 3 years and have had zero problems.

By: F2O

F2O — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:55:32 +0000

TaxCut – I’ve used it for about 5-6 years now. It seems like I always find a discount code somewhere and get it just about free every year.

By: nickel

nickel — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:32:32 +0000

I’m a long-time Turbo Tax fan, but that’s probably because we haven’t used anything else.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:00:22 +0000

I use Turbo Tax online and I think they do a great job. I haven’t used any of the other online services tho. One way to save money is to use an online service for your Federal Return and then if your state has it file online thru them. I live in Maryland and they have iFile which is free and is easy enough to use.