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Last year, Turbotax made an error on one of my forms in the on-line version. It was very easy to correct uncheck a box , but I could not do so through the interview process.
I was told by their staff that they disable access to the actual tax forms in the on-line versions. Furthermore, let me also point out that some states allow free state filing on their websites. The state programs offered by Turbotax et all do nothing but import your federal information. I still do it on paper. Yes, I even read the books. I do use a spreadsheet to predict things forward for the next year. TaxAct just effectively ended its desktop software.
They claim the IRS made them do this. It is insane! They force you to be online and thereby exposing yourself to attacks. The IRS only asked software companies to build in password security which they had any way. There was not hing forced. No sense in this! Thanks for any thoughts. Can anyone provide further information on this excel workbook? Like, is it safe to download?
I downloaded it. It works well for projecting the federal income tax if you are familiar with the forms. I found the link at the bottom of my All Accounts page after I purchased the download. It appears to give free Federal and State returns. Someone mentioned that the free version is available to accounts with a certain value.
Thank you Barbara. I had stopped using TurboTax years ago because it was expensive. Also, the instructions Harry provided for accessing the download were very helpful. On this topic, I must disagree with you and as it turns out most of your other comment posts. Since I switched to using a Chromebook about 5 years ago and yes, using the cloud for my hard drive … my life has become much less complex and I have saved money to boot.
What does a Windows or Mac cost these days? I have no idea! How much time do you devote to maintaining the OS of said machine? As far as safety, yes, places are being hacked.
If Turbotax my vendor of choice exposes my data, at this point in time, I will be very surprised … If Google is hacked my online drive … we are ALL in trouble! So you have to ask yourself are you safer on your Windows machine exposing your data or at Turbotax or Google???
Refiling an old return? I just had to do such a thing, refiling my and returns … I found the online programming very easy you do have to commit to one vendor for ease to get the job done. I have nightmares thinking about what I would have had to do if the return was on an old program and computer. My first computer was in We constantly monitor our competition, user activity, and journalistic awards. We scour and scrutinize blogs, sites, aggregators, RSS feeds, and any other available resources, and editors at all levels of our organization continuously review our coverage.
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