chrs1
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I have used turbo tax, hr block and taxact. They all seem to be about the same, however turbo tax really gouges business owers. Taxact provides the business and individual at the price hr block charges just for individual.
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Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:06 pm |
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chrs1
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very interesting and disturbing Tim. Begs the question, which company is correct. How much off were the results?
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Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:49 pm |
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LottomagicZ4941
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quote:
Originally posted by chrs1
I have used turbo tax, hr block and taxact. They all seem to be about the same, however turbo tax really gouges business owers. Taxact provides the business and individual at the price hr block charges just for individual.
One thing that really got my attention is they permit people to say not so positive stuff in their online reviews. They don't just cherry pick!!!!
Watch them pull the negs now that I said that.
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Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:44 pm |
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LottomagicZ4941
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quote:
Originally posted by coaster
....or maybe it's that they're not paying any attention to online reviews. 
I use to do reviews on amazon then they edited out something and basically they raised the price and in my review I was saying it was a good value. And it was when I posted that but they upped the price.
Think my last amazon review was for Rapture of the Deep.
"Rapture of the Deep is/was the 18th studio album by English hard rock band Deep Purple, released in November 2005."
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Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:18 am |
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johna
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Turbo Tax is very user friendly. I actually took the H&R Block tax prep course a few years back, and it was pretty comprehensive. I never worked for them because their pay was really low. It all depends on how complex your tax issues are. I feel comfortable with Turbo Tax, and it is cheaper.
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Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:03 pm |
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dthomas
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Trubo tax has always been a little questionable to me. I'd say go for H & R Block to be safe.
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Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:18 pm |
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littleroc02us
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Is there a good calculator to determine how to zero out your taxes so you don't pay in and you don't get a return. We messed up this year, we had a kid in 2011 and we got a return which I don't ever want, so I want to try and close to 0 as possible.
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Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:30 pm |
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littleroc02us
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Will try tonight...
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Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:44 pm |
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2StepsFwd1StepBack
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I've used TurboTax, H&R Block At Home and Tax Act last 3 years (2012, 2011, 2010), respectively. Prior to that, I had been using TT exclusively but was looking for a more economical version.
My benchmark was how they handle dealing with claiming dependents and credits if you are divorced. Granted, not everyone is divorced, but it's still a measure of quality of the s/w, IMHO.
Up until 2009, TT was I'd say a 3 on a scale of 1-5 based on above measure. Tax Act was awful, just awful! I could not make sense of their questions or guidance and had to resort to fill out the form directly. A give it a 1. H&R Block At Home was better than the older version of TT...gave it a 3.5 or maybe 4.
But this year's TT (for 2011 taxes) is significantly improved and I give it a 4, maybe 4.5 our of 5. Picked up the Deluxe F&S combo pak at OfficeMax for $39.95USD.
P.S. wrt a calculator... I believe TT has a function to help you calculate withholding.
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Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:48 pm |
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keithsan
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i use turbo tax: feel a bit stuck in it as it has all my info already. A pain to switch out now. That being said, turbo tax was offering free federal returns this year. Haven't tried it out but heard they advertisement, must be trying to get you to buy some addons.
good luck.
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