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I have used TurboTax online for the last 3 years and the CD version for the 5 or so years before that. Only thing I don't like about their offering is requiring a higher level product for any inkling of stock activity. When I did the CD version years ago, I would use the Deluxe version which would begrudgingly allow me to enter my minimal investment activity. With the on-line version it requires the Premier version. I now cannot seem to be able to access the old forms view where you are presented with the actual forms instead of questionnaires.
I would still recommend TT though as it is very straight-forward in guiding you through entering your information.
I have used TurboTax online for the last 3 years and the CD version for the 5 or so years before that. Only thing I don't like about their offering is requiring a higher level product for any inkling of stock activity. When I did the CD version years ago, I would use the Deluxe version which would begrudgingly allow me to enter my minimal investment activity. With the on-line version it requires the Premier version. I now cannot seem to be able to access the old forms view where you are presented with the actual forms instead of questionnaires.
I would still recommend TT though as it is very straight-forward in guiding you through entering your information.
I used TurboTax for years until last year, when some glitch in it made it impossible to accurately prepare my two state income taxes (live in one state, have a pension plus income from another.) In previous years, it always double-counted the income, but you could manually override it. Last year it just kept telling me I owed no tax on the income ($60k) I earned in the state in which I earned it. I've been living in NJ and working in NY for forty years, and I knew that was absolutely wrong. Couldn't fix it, couldn't get help, said screw it and used Tax Act, which did it correctly without a hitch.
CreditKarma has free tax software. Never used it, used Turbo Tax for years.
I tried using CreditKarma last year (2017 season) and I must've been too early to the party because it simply wasn't calculating items correctly. They keep pinging me to use it, so I might run it as a comparison with what I have in TT. I figured the slight investment type income that I had was throwing it off. It will be a good double check.
I used TurboTax for years until last year, when some glitch in it made it impossible to accurately prepare my two state income taxes (live in one state, have a pension plus income from another.) In previous years, it always double-counted the income, but you could manually override it. Last year it just kept telling me I owed no tax on the income ($60k) I earned in the state in which I earned it. I've been living in NJ and working in NY for forty years, and I knew that was absolutely wrong. Couldn't fix it, couldn't get help, said screw it and used Tax Act, which did it correctly without a hitch.
I know what you mean with correcting the two state income items. I had to do that when I was running a side business out of DE.
I've been using the H&R Block software for years. What I really like is that I can walk into their office and talk to someone if there is an issue afterwards!
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