[TriLUG] Tax Software

[Matt Flyer via TriLUG]

Out of curiosity, do you know what sort of things caused such a difference?  Was it different deductions and credits or was it simply calculating things against the tables differently?  Would you say your taxes are particularly complex?  I am now curious to run mine through TT for comparison, though like I said, they're pretty simple.  Do you know if there is an online try it and see?

In my case, the refund numbers made qualitative sense.  I had much less loan interest and this affected me a bit compared to last year.  I also heard a lot of complaints about people now owing the State and previously having a refund.  This makes sense in that we were warned about this happening with the rate changes and needed to recalculate the state withholdings.  I kept mine the same and my refund was reduced, as expected.  

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> On Mar 4, 2015, at 9:30 AM, Michael Czeiszperger <michael at czei.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> wrote:
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>> 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
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>>> On Feb 16, 2015, at 11:29 AM, Alan Porter via TriLUG <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
>>> 
>>> 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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