TurboTax Federal + State Deluxe Deduction Maximizer 2006 Win/Mac [OLD VERSION]
by Intuit, Inc.
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Software Reviews of TurboTax Federal + State Deluxe Deduction Maximizer 2006 Win/Mac [OLD VERSION]
Customer Review: Annoying and they messed up E-FILE
Summary: 1 Stars
This software now constantly tries to get you to upgrade to a "better" package - the schedule C for small business. I used to like TurboTax, but it has really gotten to be a pain.
And finally, I spent two days trying to e-file, always getting a Server busy message from Intuit. This is AFTER they got my credit card number and $34. to file the fed and state tax returns. So I had to hand assemble the return and make the trip to the Post Office. Intuit lobbied the Gov to let them keep this big $$$ plum, and then screwed it up. They had this same problem last year, and it is WORSE this year. Time to call all our representatives and get E-File FREE from the IRS. It saves the IRS money, far more than it costs. Why is Intuit allowed to suck this much more from us after making big profits on the package?
Customer Review: Great product until the very bad ending
Summary: 1 Stars
I use turbotax every year and I would E-file also. It says I can E-file for $16.95 and it even says that's all it will cost on one of the last windows. Then right before it is about to transmit it says $16.95 for federal plus $16.95 for state plus 2.5 percent what I owe to some "third party" company, thats $25 for each 1,000 you owe. If I'm paying some third company to transmit my return than why am I paying turbotax to do it also?
So ok I'll print it out and send it in. It wants to print out every worksheet and statement for a total of 53 pages. It no longer gives you the option to just print the pages you need.
I am now cornered into paying the extra $90 to efile or go through the torture of printing out 53 pages in which I need only 5 or 6.
Dirty trick.
It makes the total cost $130. It would of been cheaper and more efficent going to a good accountant.
Other than that the program has worked even easier than ever before.
Customer Review: Wicked Suprise Ending
Summary: 1 Stars
After years of e-filing fees being included with the purchase price, it would have been more forthcoming for TurboTax to put a large sticker on the front of their box alerting buyers to the price that they will pay for e-filing each return.
I lost the value of my entire state return - and then some - through e-filing fees: $44.95 (plus tax) for the program, $16.95 (plus tax) for each return e-filed (I filed two) and a little bonus fee to the company that handles the [credit card] transaction (that fee is never quoted in the program and I will have to wait for my credit card statement to find out what that is). In addition, anyone who chooses to have the fees deducted from his/her refund has to pay an additional $30.
The product does what it says. But, for the cost, and less-than-honest way in which the change occured (it almost seemed deceitful - hence the single star rating), I would have preferred to have given my money to my friendly neighborhood accountant.
People expect change, even if they don't like it. But, suprises that cost customers money are never welcome and drive customers away. Surely the marketing/advertising gurus can think of a way to alert the customer of a significant change such as this and even put a "positive" spin on it. "Filing fees only $16.95 [per return] - less than the cost of a tax professional . . ."
No more TurboTax for me.
Customer Review: It gets better every year
Summary: 5 Stars
I've used TurboTax religiously for the past 20 years (think 8086 running DOS in character mode). I can't say enough about the product. Our taxes and the tax system get more complex every year, yet TurboTax makes my life simple. Maybe you can find the competitor's product for a few bucks less, or some promo where they give it away for free, but, having the same quality product year after year and being proficient with their model outweighs the small price differential. During any given year, we use 5 versions of TurboTax - Federal + 2 states for personal income tax, and then Corporate Federal + State - all quality products. We have no reason to use any other product.Customer Review: Option transactions
Summary: 2 Stars
Turbo Tax is less than impressive in handling stock and option transactions. It seems to view short sales as errors, reporting that the date acquired is later than the date sold. It does not appear to have a provision for tagging a short sale. It does not appear to have a provision for properly dealing with dividends on stock held for more than 12 months, but covered by disqualifying call options. Its screens for schedule D and D1 are awkward - it would be much better to have one large table screen for all transactions, with tags to set short term and long term tax application, from which D and D1 could be formatted for filing.