Comments on: Best Online Tax Preparation Software For 2009: TurboTax vs. TaxCut

By: amol paithankar

amol paithankar — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:18:08 +0000

hi this is amol.i have work in USA in march-may 2008 in the mc donalds corporation.my social security number is 771-70-8562.thanks,give the imediete reply…

By: Raymond

Raymond — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:22:25 +0000

Early bird gets the early worm deals….I have a habit of always searching only for promotional codes and discount coupons before I sign up for any online service. Search for TurboTax codes or TaxCut deals online and you’ll find lots of money saving offers. Never pay full price is my life motto.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:14:40 +0000

I wish I’d come here 1st…or not waited until the last possible minute to do my taxes. I just dropped $100 at the TurboTax website for the pleasure of using their “free” software. So mad I could spit.

By: Roger

Roger — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:07:37 +0000

Seems that Turbo began to divide up portions that were previously part of the deluxe package and offer them as upgrades for $40.. Even though more polished and prettier, it doesn’t seem to work as seamlessly as “Tax Edge” back in the 80’s before Go-Daddy’s founder sold to Intuit….
I will switch to another program that offers as much as the Turbo “home and business” at half the price with unlimited preparations and pay extra to efile as soon as someone puts it on the market….instant mega-business, anyone?

By: Raymond

Raymond — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:45:26 +0000

Richard,

It’s all about the art of the upsell. Tax preparation and tax filing companies offer free tax services in the hopes of leading customers towards the path of paid services. It’s not really a scam…more of a promotional tactic. They offer you an irresistible tasty carrot and eventually gently nudge you towards the more expensive tax packages.

But regardless, I think the major tax software programs of Turbo Tax and H&R Block TaxCut are pretty top notch and this is not even a real sales pitch. I really don’t know how I’d be filing my taxes cheaply and efficienty without programs that these. I still remember the horrendous and mistake prone days of filling out tax forms by hand….the horror…

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:21:21 +0000

I think it’s BS that you have to pay to import last years’ data. I did my taxes online last year using TaxCut and they want me to pay them $20 just to import the data. What a scam.

By: nolosoft

nolosoft — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:35:31 +0000

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By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:21:27 +0000

TurboTax jumped prices in the middle of my filing. They quoted me $75.99 for the Home and Business Edition, but then charged me $99.95 at checkout, AFTER I DID ALL THE WORK!!! I called customer service and they said I had gotten an email notice of the price increase. Apparently it’s seasonal (as if the tax season isn’t season enough, apparently March 28 is the date of the price increase.)

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I get over 300 emails a day, 280 of which is spam. If they were going to go up on prices, the least they could do was make a notice on the website stating as much, with a little warning.

By: Screwed by Turbotax

Screwed by Turbotax — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:14:54 +0000

They made mistakes with Total payments & the Refund which was fixed by IRS
Turbotax made a $708.00 BuBu

By: Jim W

Jim W — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:28:19 +0000

Good Review of TurboTax and TaxCut Raymond. I personally use TurboTax – while pricier a bit compared to TaxCut, it’s a prettier online tax software program and more polished. TaxCut isn’t bad, but it’s just not as well put together…but only by a slim margin

By: Wise Finish

Wise Finish — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:48:34 +0000

This is a great review, thanks for posting it!

I was a huge TurboTax fan, but there are some things that surprised me with this year’s edition, specifically with the state portion. I just wrote a pretty lengthy review of TurboTax 2008 on my site, so I won’t repeat it all here.

As always, caveat emptor!

By: noodlenightgirl

noodlenightgirl — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:56:41 +0000

what about peachtree? also, you don’t get some of the services online as you would at a professional tax service, which is why you still see the stats that way. not everyone is capable of learning this new program and rush into meeting the april deadline. you will be surprised at how many people find this as “homework.” not everyone wants this now do they?

By: kwang

kwang — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:09:59 +0000

i use taxact