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Have you considered any alternatives? I use taxcut but have used sites in the past like taxbrain.

chrisseaton 8y ago
Can you pay an accountant to do your taxes instead? I do that in the UK and they cost less than the prices I see online for US tax software. I just give him a pile of pay slips and receipts and he does whatever he needs to do to fill things in.
- Alupis 8y ago
  > I do that in the UK and they cost less than the prices I see online for US tax software... and he does whatever he needs to do to fill things in. Really? For less than $29?
  - chrisseaton 8y ago
    TurboxTax is showing like $250 for someone with a house, a job, shares, expenses, etc. Not sure how anyone of this works so maybe I'm wrong.
    - Alupis 8y ago
      The website price is rarely what someone pays in reality. Typically you buy it one year, at a store for some special price, and every year they mail you a CD with special reduced pricing to renew. I paid $39 this year for H&R Block Deluxe, which took care of everything you listed above. Includes 5 e-files too, so you can share it with friends/family.
tathougies 8y ago
For the vast majority of people, filing your taxes by hand is so easy, I'm not sure why more people do not do it. It also has the side benefit of making the government pay more to collect your taxes. The IRS is also extremely wonderful to deal with, and is happy to answer your questions. I've had questions about procedures before (even made a mistake), and you just call (or they call you) and you fix them.
- antidesitter 8y ago
  > It also has the side benefit of making the government pay more to collect your taxes. Why would that be a benefit? It means more taxpayer money is literally going to waste.
TallGuyShort 8y ago
+1 to getting an accountant. TurboTax is great if you just have regular income and common deductions. I've never felt satisfied with TurboTax any time I've had a question about anything. Every year I pay an accountant twice what I paid TurboTax, I spend less time going through the process (I literally save a folder of documents and dump it on her desk) and get far more. At the beginning of the year she does my return, hands me a stack of 4 ready-to-mail envelopes with all my estimated tax vouchers filled out, reviews my withholdings mid-year with me, and works with my investment guy to make sure they're both giving me good recommendations. I have so much less mental load to deal with - I love it.

Can you pay an accountant to do your taxes instead? I do that in the UK and they cost less than the prices I see online for US tax software. I just give him a pile of pay slips and receipts and he does whatever he needs to do to fill things in.

Alupis 8y ago
> I do that in the UK and they cost less than the prices I see online for US tax software... and he does whatever he needs to do to fill things in. Really? For less than $29?
- chrisseaton 8y ago
  TurboxTax is showing like $250 for someone with a house, a job, shares, expenses, etc. Not sure how anyone of this works so maybe I'm wrong.
  - Alupis 8y ago
    The website price is rarely what someone pays in reality. Typically you buy it one year, at a store for some special price, and every year they mail you a CD with special reduced pricing to renew. I paid $39 this year for H&R Block Deluxe, which took care of everything you listed above. Includes 5 e-files too, so you can share it with friends/family.

tathougies 8y ago

For the vast majority of people, filing your taxes by hand is so easy, I'm not sure why more people do not do it. It also has the side benefit of making the government pay more to collect your taxes. The IRS is also extremely wonderful to deal with, and is happy to answer your questions. I've had questions about procedures before (even made a mistake), and you just call (or they call you) and you fix them.

antidesitter 8y ago
> It also has the side benefit of making the government pay more to collect your taxes. Why would that be a benefit? It means more taxpayer money is literally going to waste.

TallGuyShort 8y ago

+1 to getting an accountant. TurboTax is great if you just have regular income and common deductions. I've never felt satisfied with TurboTax any time I've had a question about anything. Every year I pay an accountant twice what I paid TurboTax, I spend less time going through the process (I literally save a folder of documents and dump it on her desk) and get far more. At the beginning of the year she does my return, hands me a stack of 4 ready-to-mail envelopes with all my estimated tax vouchers filled out, reviews my withholdings mid-year with me, and works with my investment guy to make sure they're both giving me good recommendations. I have so much less mental load to deal with - I love it.