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Good morning do you folks know which websites give free tax programs for downloads [we prefer turbotax]? What programs do you folks prefer to use thankyou
John, H&R Block's Deluxe with State (under $30 at Amazon) worked very well after we jumped through some hoops. But our return wasn't complicated. Easy to navigate and to go back and correct or change earlier input when necessary. I think you can e-file federal for free, but we printed ours (to mail with a check).
Had trouble getting it to install on 5 year old MacBook which we hardly ever use. After entering the data, it calculated the tax but refused to print return because it was in a "read only" configuration. Phoned HR and got tremendous walk-through support for properly installing. Included downloading a newer OS from Apple. So in our case, the HR support was great.
Hi Sven, I thought Deluxe no longer covered Schedule D and Turbotax forces you to move up to Premier. Or is it the case that the forms exist, but there is no interview to walk you through filling them out and you have to do it manually?
Anyway, I got too irritated with Turbotax's money grab two years ago and switched to HRBlock. Has a few quirks, but imported easily from TT files and is getting everything done for half the price of the software.
Deluxe has all of the Schedule D (and C, and ...) software restored this year.
For simple stuff, I suspect that any respectable software will do fine. But watch out for anything even slightly off the beaten path.
When Intuit removed some of the Schedules from Deluxe, I tried H&R Block's software. I found that it did not handle a textbook situation correctly. Unfortunately I don't remember what that was.
I contacted their support. I pointed to an example in the IRS publications, and said that their software did not come up with the result that the IRS said it should. Their response was that they don't give tax advice.
I wasn't asking for advice, I wasn't using my personal data but the exact figures from the IRS pub. I was suggesting that they might want to check out their software against examples that the IRS graciously provided.
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Regards,
Ted
http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertberger/2015/02/02/how-to-find-truly-free-tax-software/print/
Tax Software:
http://www.top10taxsoftware.com/?kw=free tax software&c=76775298057&t=search&p=&m=e&adpos=1t2&dev=c&devmod=&mobval=0&network=g&campaignid=200711577&adgroupid=9622471377&targetid=kwd-25458350&interest=&physical=1016663&feedid=&a=1100&ts=&topic=&upf=&gclid=CNjGwYfehssCFQ-raQod-F8GIA
Had trouble getting it to install on 5 year old MacBook which we hardly ever use. After entering the data, it calculated the tax but refused to print return because it was in a "read only" configuration. Phoned HR and got tremendous walk-through support for properly installing. Included downloading a newer OS from Apple. So in our case, the HR support was great.
http://www.amazon.com/Block-Deluxe-State-Software-Refund/dp/B01617VVCQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455995456&sr=8-1&keywords=tax+preparation+software+2015
Several of the negative reviews mention issues running the Mac version. If you have a Mac, you need Apple's 10.6 SnowLeopard OS to run it. But it's also available in the Windows version if that's what you use.
kind regards
I thought Deluxe no longer covered Schedule D and Turbotax forces you to move up to Premier. Or is it the case that the forms exist, but there is no interview to walk you through filling them out and you have to do it manually?
Anyway, I got too irritated with Turbotax's money grab two years ago and switched to HRBlock. Has a few quirks, but imported easily from TT files and is getting everything done for half the price of the software.
lrwilliams
For simple stuff, I suspect that any respectable software will do fine. But watch out for anything even slightly off the beaten path.
When Intuit removed some of the Schedules from Deluxe, I tried H&R Block's software. I found that it did not handle a textbook situation correctly. Unfortunately I don't remember what that was.
I contacted their support. I pointed to an example in the IRS publications, and said that their software did not come up with the result that the IRS said it should. Their response was that they don't give tax advice.
I wasn't asking for advice, I wasn't using my personal data but the exact figures from the IRS pub. I was suggesting that they might want to check out their software against examples that the IRS graciously provided.
TT handled the example properly.