1) All I need to do is file a 1041 for a trust. Many people are in this same position. Why doesn't TurboTax have a much simpler and less costly program to do this? We don't need everything else that TurboTax Business can do. 2) Why on earth is TurboTax Business unable to download the Trust information directly from my Broker, like TurboTax Premier does?!? Why, after paying so much for TurboTax Business, do I have to ferret out all those blasted numbers on the paper copy from my Broker and manually type them into the program?!? FIX THIS, please!

It's the only game in town for do it yourself corporate returns. Very difficult to understand without accounting background. Plus, the integration with Quickbooks is poor. Missing entries and lots of double entries, plus cost of goods sold calculations are different in both programs which throws all the calculations off.

1) Federal Program is near perfect. 2) State programs may need some work. PA Partnership is not e-file eligible. Don't know if that is a TurboTax issue or State of PA problem. Also, there was an annoying e-filing issue with the NJ Partnership regarding the "Validation_Failed - Error 54" notification. Based on the TT help / support community conversations, this was a widespread issue and covered multiple state entity returns (Partnership, Trusts etc). It took 2 calls to Tech Support along with hours of research & experimentation on my part to figure out how to solve the issue. This problem has also occurred in prior years based on what I found in the community support blog. There needs to be a permanent fix to this issue.

The help for first-time users is not great. I am filing for an Estate, and multiple times was presented with screens informing me that I had choices such as how to deal with a loss (carry forward, carry back) and then simply told what forms to use, but no ability to walk-thru doing that. Then my e-file was rejected and I was simply told a field was wrong, but no link to edit the field or any guidance of how to fix it. In the end, I was forced to print out the forms and file by mail because e-file failed repeatedly with no discernable way to fix. Very poor.

Make it for Mac so I don't have to suffer the disaster of Windows UX. Also, when launching forms, you make the size of a postage stamp. It seems basic that you should give users the ability to zoom. Finally, the constant upselling throughout the filing process is incredibly annoying. It would be best to give the user the ability to select all relevant products at the start so it feels a little less like financing a used car.

There is no information for owners of small businesses either in TurboTax or in the support system on how to correctly do a Balance Sheet, or what most of the terms even mean. This is an expensive program and makes so many assumptions about how knowledgeable that the Balance Sheet sectioin is totally unusable for someone whose business is NOT in financial areas. How would a guy running a small service business even use this. Balance sheets are not appropriate for small businesses running services. You need to include relevant examples of what each term means in terms of things a service business would do. For one small example, how does a car repair shop know what to enter for Accounts payable at the begininng of the year. Is it my rent for January, but I alrewady paid that in December of the prior year.

The agent I spoke with was wonderful. However, I needed to call because the software kept insisting that I complete a balance sheet even though none was needed. Somehow, when the agent was on the line, it stopped insisting on the balance sheet, even though I didn't change anything. Then, it kept wanting me to fill out a Georgia State form for people who are making films in Georgia. While the agent was on the line with me, during the final review, the system insisted that I fill out more parts of the film tax information. We finally just deleted the form in the Forms list and I finally got my returns eFiled. I suggest that you look for bugs in your software, and don't include the Georgia state film making form as part of the standard return. Ask if the user needs it, and if not, leave us alone!

AFTER YEARS OF USING THIS PRODUCT, HOW COME IT NEVER GETS ANY BETTER ??? WHERE IS THE SIMPLE "GO BACK" ACTION BEFORE ACTION BEFORE ACTION - LIKE JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER CUMMULATIVE PROGRAM IN USE ??? AND WHY, IF DESIRED, CAN'T WE GET A DISK COPY OF THE PROGRAM ANYMORE ??? FINALLY, AS A LONG TIME USER, WHY CAN'T I ORDER IT WITH A SERIOUS DISCOUNT ???

Normally, I would give this product a 5 star rating, but not this year. I completed my business tax return yesterday and, after running the error check twice with no errors recognized, I e-filed my return. This morning, I have received emails from the TurboTax filing center telling me that my Federal return was accepted. The email regarding my state return has a subject line that reads "TurboTax: State Business Filing Rejected - Action Required", though the email itself says "Great news, XXX! Your 2024 Georgia S-Corporation filing has been accepted." Since this is conflicting information, I opened the TurboTax software to check the status of my return there, where I find that indeed there is an error with my state return. Apparently, if the selection is made to pay my state tax at the entity level, additional information is required... this simple entry was not caught during the error check. As a result, I am now required to both amend my return and file a paper copy. Not only is this a huge inconvenience, the fact that this was not caught during the error check is incredibly problematic. Not good Turbo Tax.

Intuit needs to do a better job of explaining ACCOUNTING TERMS and the SPECIFICS of filing IRS tax forms accurately to the customer. I am a physician......I don't tell a patient "you have had a myocardial infarction"....I say, "you have had a heart attack". What I am suggesting is NOT ROCKET SCIENCE. Take 100 people with small businesses with NO ACCOUNTING EDUCATION and have them use a "beta version" of the upcoming year's S-Corp tax program. Then have them tell you what they didn't understand and ALSO have a CPA review their business records to see where they improperly filled out forms based on your beta version instructions. This should produce a vastly improved version of your software.