TurboTax Reviews

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1 stars
I am a biz owner and software developer. I need a tax software product to do my tax returns. I tried TurboTax for Business only to find out that it absolutely has to be installed on the “C” drive of a Windows system. Intuit doesn’t tell you that in advance. They also don’t tell you that their system “phones home” and provides them with data you might not want given to third parties, which they “give” to third parties (check out the .rtf file on the CD). But it doesn’t do this if you are running a Mac. While most people may not understand why someone would build a system with a very small “C” drive, the fact is, I have been doing this for more than 10 years. And Intuit will not assist you in this matter. In fact, I know how to change the install to put TT where I want it. And the program is set up to recognize that it is not on the “C” drive and delete itself. Good software sometimes has warts that are show stoppers. And none of this is spelled out on the box when you buy it.
Steve Thompson Comments [0]
5 stars

I've filed my taxes every year since 1999 using TurboTax desktop (Premier version in recent years). It's easy use and I've never had a problem.

Jim R Comments [0]
1 stars

Told me I didn't qualify for the $8000 tax credit when I do. It's seems impossible to communicate with them directly.

Tm Comments [1]
1 stars

Freezes up on my winxp and will not even work on win 7. Customer Service? Now to top it off, after I just bought 2009, I get a letter from the IRS for my 2007 tax return and Turbo Tax miscalculated the taxable amount of my retirement distribution. I now owe over $900.00.

Dave Comments [0]
1 stars

Turbo-tax forget it, to expensive, to many errors!

marty.s Comments [0]
1 stars
Been using it for years - found out it let me down in 2007 - letter from the IRS - it failed to file my SCH D - but the review stated - no errors found - low audit risk. RIGHT...
DC Comments [0]
1 stars
After three years in a row I will never use Turbo Tax again. There were some serious software glitches for their 2009 offering (2008 taxes) (and, no, I not a newbie when it comes to software, hardware, and how to use Turbo Tax or fill out a tax form). Examples...
  1. For three years in a row Turbo Tax failed to carry over important information to Schedule SE. I had to override.
  2. This year it forced a Schedule C onto my tax return even though I had no private business nor did I sell anything in a private business. It took my mutual funds of all things and called them Schedule C. I called the IRS and they said in no way did I need Schedule C. I overrode and deleted.
  3. Here is the real doozy. After getting my Federal return straightened out Turbo Tax took me to my state return and automatically carried over all my information. Oh, what a suprise I received when Turbo Tax reported to my state that I made $394,000 in 2008 which is $320,000 more than my wife and I made combined. I had to once again override and as it took me through the final steps of the State its Work Sheet, after I corrected it, showed I made $264,000. I had to override again.
    4. Lousy piece of software.
Jim Comments [0]
3 stars
I have purchased Turbo Tax in the past. This year I tried the free version. It looked like a good bet, and we are sufficiently poor to qualify.

I had already spent an hour entering data when I learned that it will not support a schedule C. (My spouse is a part-time minister.) I ended up using onlinetaxpros.com . That worked fine, but I resent the time I spent entering data into Turbo Tax.

Locksmith Comments [0]
2 stars
Compared to taxslayer, turbo tax is crap. I got about 4,000 back from taxslayer and turbo tax was only going to get me 900.
tony Comments [0]
1 stars
Greed has taken over the Turbo Tax providers, so I'm saying 'bye bye' to Intuit. Three years ago I tried Taxcut and at that time, it was a disappointment compared to Turbo Tax. I'll try it again this year and if I'm still disappointed, it's back to spreadsheet and JK Lasser. Who knows what I might discover when freed from the computerized mysteries of taxual computations.
Jim Schwartz Comments [0]
1 stars
TurboTax was the worst progam I have ever used. It led me to beleive that I had paid my taxes. I am now in penalty. I had to redo my taxes after wasting a hundred dollars on this product. Definitely not worth the money.
Kim Comments [0]
2 stars
Not so much a fan. Kept freezing up regardless of which browser (IE or Firefox) I'd use. Didn't provide recommendation for buying IRA instead of owing federal taxes. Other programs typically do this.
Shawn Comments [0]
2 stars
It didn't make it clear that it wasn't free if I had to enter 1099-B information.
Charles B. Comments [0]