[jbock13]

I guess I use the Turbo Tax free edition cause I never have to pay a filling fee? At least I'm pretty sure I don't.

[FigurinItOut]

all h&r offices do is plug your crap into the same software. we did it 1 year when my wife and i moved from ia to illinois. and i watched them. i was like, yeah never again.

i just do turbo tax and have never had an issue.

You must be smarter than me, RM! Like I said, I entered all the data Turbo Tax required, but it said I owed hundreds more than I thought I should. After Cider recommended "Best of Both" with H&R Block, I went to them to see what the difference would be. HUGE DIFFERENCE! An actual human being reviewed the data I entered in on the H&R website for only a few $$$ more. Saved us hundreds! Well worth the few extra bucks.

Here's a comparison of the two. (H&R Block "Best of Both" = $79.95. Turbo Tax = $49.95.)http://www.hrblock.com/taxes/products/33_compare.html

P.S. I don't work for H&R Block. I just love their "Best of Both" program.

[RubberMallet]

straight from the h&r block website? lol.

[FigurinItOut]

straight from the h&r block website? lol.

Wasn't intended as a commercial, RM, just information for those who might be interested in having some human support at a reasonable price in addition to the do-it-yourself software. I've experienced both products and am just saying that the security of having a professional human being for just a few bucks more has been worth it for me. It gives me a greater degree of confidence -- and support if I'm audited.
Maybe you'll like these links better. They evaluate more the software itself, which gives a slight edge to Turbo, but I'm sold on the added human support. That was my point.

http://www.tax-compare.com/tax-return-s ... /best-both
http://blog.greensherpa.com/index.php/p ... -for-2010/

[RubberMallet]

i've used "human support" multiple times with turbo tax. chat and phone. no problems.

[LUminary]

The bad thing about Herman Cain not being around anymore is that he was on to something with the tax-reform issue. We won't hear much about it now. Not that a flat, fair or simple tax system would ever get by the senate or house, but it is nice to dream about paying a flat tax and I would be in favor of eliminating deductions. I guess all of that would put H&R Black and TurboTax out of business. Oh well. I use a local attorney who has been around forever and calls himself "The Old Tax Man." He's right. He's old and a tax man.

[phoenix]

My wife is an accountant (not a CPA yet, but soon). She worked for an accountant last tax season and did nothing but individual taxes from January to almost May. Now she's working for a local CPA, and is his tax specialist. So she does our taxes, along with most of our relatives' taxes too.

[FigurinItOut]

i've used "human support" multiple times with turbo tax. chat and phone. no problems.

Good to hear, RM. Turbo's very good at answering questions. I used a private CPA for years when I had to file as self-employed. H&R's Best-of-Both gave me the same type of service I got from my CPA but for much, much less and only a little bit more effort on my part. Didn't get that from Turbo.