[TriLUG] Tax Software

Wed Mar 4 09:39:57 EST 2015

> On Mar 4, 2015, at 9:32 AM, Jonathan Mainguy <jon at jmainguy.com> wrote:
> 
> Note that getting more from one company or another does not ensure your taxes were filed correctly.

No, but the same could be said of using a human accountant as well.  I’ve been using TurboTax for 8 years now, and three of those returns survived IRS audits, so I have more confidence in those results over a relatively unknown company that processes vastly smaller number of returns.

> 
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Michael Czeiszperger via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org <mailto:trilug at trilug.org>> wrote:
> I’d rather support a local company so gave these guys a try, but for some reason TurboTax was in my favor by $2,597 with the exact same information. Even with paying more for TurboTax I’m way ahead going with them.
> 
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> > On Mar 2, 2015, at 9:29 AM, Matt Flyer via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org <mailto:trilug at trilug.org>> wrote:
> >
> > I gave them a try this year.  Seemed to work just fine for me, but my taxes are pretty simple: W2, some 1099-Div, and the typical property and real estate tax deductions.  Filed electronically and returns accepted, fed within 20 mins, state within 2 hours.  At $34 out the door including filing and being able to use Linux, I'm pleased.
> >
> > The only negative I can think of in terms of online tax work is that they have a lot of information that they need to seriously safeguard and I assurances don't mean squat if they get breached.  Of course the same thing applies to the big players too.
> >
> > Guess it's time to file for a credit freeze to be safe(r).
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> >> On Feb 16, 2015, at 11:29 AM, Alan Porter via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org <mailto:trilug at trilug.org>> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> There's a local company that was started by two guys from IBM
> >> who got sick of all of the upselling in tax software.  They've
> >> been around for about ten years now.
> >>
> >> https://www.onepricetaxes.com/aboutus.jsp <https://www.onepricetaxes.com/aboutus.jsp>
> >>
> >> Up until last year, their mailing address was this guy's
> >> house in Morrisville.  It looks like they have grown to the
> >> point of having a real office on Dillard Drive near Crossroads.
> >>
> >> The one year that I used their service, I found that they did
> >> not handle earnings from S-Corporation ownership, so I could
> >> not complete my return.  They gave me a refund and said they
> >> would add that feature to the next year's software.
> >>
> >> Alan
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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