Tax Software (TT vs. TC) (1 Viewer)

[Mike Voigt]

TC worked great for me. Already have my refund

Mike

 

[Ken Chui]

Same here with the refund. I've been using TC for about three years now (including this year's return) and would recommend it to first-time users.

 

[Armando Zamora]

Have you guys considered preparing your taxes online? For the last 2-3 years now, I've been preparing and e-filing my taxes online. TaxCut has an online prep and e-filing service. With this route, you don't have to load any software onto your PC.

 

[WayneO]

I've used TaxACT Online for three years now. I believe their is just a regular software version as well. I just login every year and update the previous years info and I'm done. Since the first time using it, I've gotten married, bought a house, started paying off school loans.........it's been painless and easy to file.

 

[Andrew Grall]

I have used TaxCut for the last few years and will probably use it again this year.

The only downside... I have to file partial years in 2 states this year. So with TaxCut Deluxe, I will have 1 state for "free" and will probably have to pay more for the other state... Or is there somewhere where you can do detailed state taxes online for free?

 

[LewB]

Time to revive this chestnut ...
Any NEW reasons not to switch from Turbo Tax to Tax Cut ?
I plan on switching from TT to TC this year because of the changes Intuit has made to Quicken, here's why:
In past years, when buying TT, you would get a rebate from Inutit that would cover the cost of the 'Basic' version of Quicken for the new year.
This year, you get the same rebate (up to $30), but the 'Basic' version of Quicken has ben replace by the 'Starter' version. The Starter version does not allow you to import your data from a previous version of Quicken. If you want this year's version of Quicken to migrate from last year's version, you need to buy the 'Deluxe' version of Quicken for around $60.
Now Intuit guarantees that they get at least $30 from it's established users that upgrade to this year's version.
Yeah, I got spoiled by the 'free' upgrades, but I really don't need anything more than the basic Quicken.

 

[Greg*go]

Was this questioned ever answered? Can you e-file multiple returns if you purchase either TT or TC?

 

[Chris]

You can definitely file multiple returns from TaxCut. I've done that, I don't know about TT.

 

[Greg*go]

You've done multiple e-file returns or regular returns? I suppose it's ok if I only get 1 e-file. I'd just like to know what I'm getting. The TC website doesn't specify how many e-files you get.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Has anyone looked into the online version of TaxCut this year? The previous two years, I've used the basic online TaxCut for $9.99 plus e-file to great success. This year, the basic online version is nowhere to be found, replaced by a "Premium + E-file" which is $19.95 but includes the e-file. I'm single, a renter, with one source of income and no investments so I don't need anything fancy.

 

[DaveF]

I'm total confused as to why they're offering a deal on personal finance software that's 3+ years old!

Oh, this thread is from 2004...

But I'm interested in the quality of TaxCut (packaged, though, not online). I'm upgrading my personal finance program, and I figure I might as well get tax software to play with as well.

 

[Greg*go]

Anyone have an answer to this?

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Thanks so much for the link! For once, being young and poor is an advantage rather than a disadvantage.

 

[TonyD]

hmm , i just ought the $40 tt software.
maybe i should have picked up tc.

 

[Michael Harris]

I used the on-line version of Turbo Tax since I get a corporate discount and my W-2 info can be imported in. Since I'm a first time home buyer I needed the help of a tax prep package. It was nice seeing the refund numbers go up as I started to add the interest, points, property taxes, etc. to my deductions. First time I had enough deductions to itemize. Well worth the $25.00 I spent.

One nice thing about Virginia is that you can do your state return on-line for free through their Department of Taxation's website. Something the feds don't allow due to the power of the tax prep lobby.

 

[LewB]

I found 1 VERY important difference (at least to me) between the 2 programs. Turbo Tax allows you to import info for your brokerage accounts, while I did not see that included with Tax Cut.
I've become used to (lazy) importing my brokerage info when doing my taxes.
I will stay with Turbo Tax even though I'm not crazy about Intuit and the way they support Quicken.

 

[NeilO]

I've used Tax Cut for the past few years and had used Turbo tax before that. They both seem to work just as well as each other as far as I am concerned. Tax Cut has had better deals when I've gone to purchase it. I just got it (Premium Fed +State) plus Veronica Mars S3 (for "free") today. Plus I have a $10 rebate certificate I can send in.

The only unfortunate thing is that I just noticed that they don't support WindowsME any more. So, I need to use a different PC in the house (which has XP). I also really should get a new computer for my nominal home stuff (it is about 7 years old), but I'll address that in another thread.

Neil