[geeks] tax software rant

[John Francini]

I've been using TurboTax (and before that MacInTax) for over a decade 
now. The product has gotten slicker and (dare I say it) easier to 
use, at least for me. (I use the conversational method instead of 
just an automated forms filler-outer.)

I filed electronically, and it DID get the 2005 AGI right. (I checked 
it against the 2005 form before I filed, just to be sure.)  It even 
carried over the magic 5-digit numbers the IRS has you pick out as a 
one-shot PIN (as a signature equivalent).

Just my $0.02.

John Francini


At 22:55 -0600 4/16/07, Dan Duncan wrote:
>My 2006 e-filing was rejected by the IRS because the number reported
>for my AGI for 2005 to sign the return did not match my actual 2005
>filing. I opened up Taxcut 2005 and looked and sure enough it doesn't
>match. The problem: Taxcut 2006 IMPORTED my 2005 return from Taxcut
>2005! How could the AGI NOT MATCH? That's a pretty critical problem! I
>don't know what sort of chimps they use to test this software, but
>they need to train them a little better and/or beat them a little bit
>more.
>
>Does anyone recommend Turbo Tax?
>
>
>--
>Dan Duncan
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