[TriLUG] Ask TriLUG: Best Tax Filing Software?

[Igor Partola]

I used H&R Block and TaxAct in the past. I like TaxAct better as it
had support for multi-state returns (not sure if H&R added it this
year). Worked beautifully on Chrome in Ubuntu and did not complain
about wrong OS/browser as far as I recall.

I did find a small error in their calculations that added up to about
$30 more in my favor for an MA return, but the point was a bit
ambiguous so I can see how their software did not ask the right
question.

<rant>The really sucky thing about these two pieces of software, which
is probably because of the way taxes work more than anything, is that
they do little to explain what applies to you and what doesn't. They
will have text like "Write down the total amount of qualified expenses
in this box". What are the qualified expenses? Well: "Under certain
circumstances, they can include X, Y, and Z." What about my
circumstances? No answer.</rant>

Igor

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Alan Porter <porter at trilug.org> wrote:
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> I always love these questions where someone asks a crowd for the
> "best", when each person usually has only ONE.  That means each
> response will either be "mine is great" or "mine sucks"... no
> real way to compare.
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> I doubt too many people have tried more than one tax software
> this year.
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> (Back on topic, I used TaxAct downloaded version, ran it on
> WinXP in a virtualbox, e-filed federal and state, and got my
> federal refund, still waiting for state.  It was all painless,
> and I would go so far as to [☝Like].)
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