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I don't particularly enjoy using TurboTax, but hey, who enjoys doing their taxes. However, after using it for 10 years, I'm pretty used to it. When I have a que

by dlevine 13y ago

I don't particularly enjoy using TurboTax, but hey, who enjoys doing their taxes. However, after using it for 10 years, I'm pretty used to it. When I have a question about how to do something, I can just look a a previous year's return and find a similar situation. While it isn't the most straightforward, at least it's relatively consistent. I've been told by friends that there are less expensive programs out there, but the ~$80 that it cost me to do my taxes on TurboTax (Deluxe + State eFile fee) doesn't seem horrible (ie it isn't worth it to switch to something else to save an insignificant amount of money). It does seem a bit backwards to have to pay to eFile in CA - I used to mail in my returns to get around this. But, at the end of the day, it's easier to just pay to eFile, and it only costs me maybe $20 more (plus I save a trip to the post office). Overall, I've optimized to just using TurboTax, and I'm sure there is some laziness involved in that decision, but overall, unless something else is much much better, there isn't too much impetus to switch.

clogston 13y ago
> Overall, I've optimized to just using TurboTax, and I'm sure there is some laziness involved in that decision, but overall, unless something else is much much better, there isn't too much impetus to switch. And in fairness, there's benefit to sticking with them year over year: that's a lot of data that gets transferred automatically. Most of the less expensive alternatives are horrid (I've used almost all of them). There's a good reason they're the king of their market. My point is simply that no one's giving them legitimate competition in the space and that surprises me. My evidence was only to point out the low-hanging fruit to go after (and while that low hanging fruit wouldn't be enough to sway a 10-year user, it's potentially enough to sway earlier users)
TwoBit 13y ago
I switched to TaxACT this year and it was at least as easy as TurboTax, much cheaper, and actually supports more functionality.

by dlevine 13y ago

clogston 13y ago

> Overall, I've optimized to just using TurboTax, and I'm sure there is some laziness involved in that decision, but overall, unless something else is much much better, there isn't too much impetus to switch. And in fairness, there's benefit to sticking with them year over year: that's a lot of data that gets transferred automatically. Most of the less expensive alternatives are horrid (I've used almost all of them). There's a good reason they're the king of their market. My point is simply that no one's giving them legitimate competition in the space and that surprises me. My evidence was only to point out the low-hanging fruit to go after (and while that low hanging fruit wouldn't be enough to sway a 10-year user, it's potentially enough to sway earlier users)

TwoBit 13y ago

I switched to TaxACT this year and it was at least as easy as TurboTax, much cheaper, and actually supports more functionality.