Quicken TurboTax (Tax Year 2000)

Great for simple tax filings...I have used this for the past 4 years and it works great. I have only my mortgage and a couple of donations each year, however it can go much more in depth. Would recomend to anyone.

This product makes taxes very easy. It does put a bunch of ads on your desktop, but those are easily removed. The one thing I would recommend considering is that [...] also allows you to do your taxes on-line, without having to order the product. After rebates and everything, this on-line option ends up being the same price as what Amazon is offering (you'd save only the shipping and hassle of having to mail in the rebates). Also, you can get an additional rebate (on the on-line filing) through some on-line brokerage firms.

First off, do not fall into the "trap" of avoiding purchase by doing this online at turbotax.com !!!You WANT to be able to save your data on your computer, back it up on disk, and access the following year. Do some of you work out of your home? Did you recently buy a computer? Not only can you get a tax break on this home business purchase, but you can write off yearly depreciation. Unless you want to learn the IRS's depreciation schedule for all items, use this softtware, save your file and when the next tax season comes along all depreciation will automaticly be accounted for. Of course this is just one example of WHY you should invest $20 and buy the software.Need more reasons? If you ever have an audit, you can easily print out detailed reports with this software, and present them to an auditor. If you ever have gotten audited, you know how long and hard it is to do these reports by hand and calculator.Preparing your taxes are not as hard as it is made out to be, if you use this software. It asks you questions, you answer them, if you don't understand a question it will break it down into "Simple English" and even cite examples. The whole process takes about an hour.Have been using this software for four years now, no mistakes, no problems, and easier to do every year. This software keeps on improving. No need to spend a lot on the "deluxe" version, this will do all you need it to do. (If you are filing business taxes then you should get the deluxe version, this will not help you much).The best feeling is knowing that you did your taxes, and knowing that you did them at your pace, and ensured that everything was fine. When you hire an accoutant or go to H+R block, these companies have employees who do 40-60 returns a day! There chances of making a typo or mistake is much greater than yours.Do yourself a favor, invest $20 on this, do your taxes early, and have a fun April.

This is my third year using Quicken TurboTax and it will be my first year using the state tax version. I'm sold on it. I can't imagine going back to pen and paper to do taxes. The program takes you step-by-step through the tax process by asking you questions about the various sections of the forms. It also prompts you to make you remember about things that may have slipped you mind, like other deductions. And, it makes suggestions for deductions that you may not have thought about. At the end of the process you can print out the forms for mailing in the traditional format or in a format that's easy for the IRS computers to read. In addition, you can opt to file electronicly. The help section IS very helpful. It actually makes sense of the rules and instructions for filing your taxes and explains the relevant sections of the tax code in easy to understand language. My one suggestion is that you have all your papers with you before you start the process. You can, of course, save your work and come back to finish or edit it, but it is a pain to be half way through and remember that your mortgage statement is two floors away.My advice: Don't do your taxes without it.

This is a very nice piece of software. It guides through the entire process and even has diagrams of the forms so you know exactly which number to record from which box. The help section offers assistance on procedures you may not be familiar with. My favorite part is that if you use TurboTax year after year it will look at your old returns and see if your information is within reason as well as gathering name and address so you don't have to enter it again. My only problem is with investment income. The software does still require some knowledge on your end of different methods of reporting investment income, such as FIFO or average. But, all in all, a nice program that simplifies that task we all dread.

I have used Quicken's Turbo Tax Deluxe since 1996. The main difference between TurboTax and TurboTax Deluxe is the on-line reference books. Since I work in accounting, I prefer the extra detail to be handy. I have also purchased the State version annually, (MI)and have always ordered the disk version, because my computer was slow on downloads. Besides if you have a computer crash, or otherwise have to reinstall the software, it is handy to have the program on disk.In the five years that I have used this program, I have found the Easy Step review system to reduce tax preparation time from hours to less than an hour. The most time consuming part of tax preparation is now collecting all the paperwork. I have also taught my teen-to-young adult age children how to do their own taxes, using this software. This tax preparation software can handle complex returns, even filing 1040X an amended return which I did once, several years ago. Mostly I use it for ordinary stuff like mortgage interest, real estate tax, 1040A deduction calculations and such. I heartily recommend it as an excellent value and easy-to-use.

Last year I bought this from Amazon. We tried to mail in the rebate form and there was a requirement to attach the receipt.Just to make sure, we called Intuit and was told the rebate is not for online purchases, but for over the counter purchases only. We never got the rebate. Any one had any luck so far? I like buying it from amazon, but do not want to be cheated again.Still waiting for $5!!!!