Was very disappointed with the product this year. There were bugs -- stuck fields, bad prompts, etc. Not enough step-by-step and too much reliance on you editing forms yourself. On top of that they never mentioned that a couple of the state returns they wouldn't e-file for me. At this point, what am I paying you for... ?

Federal e-File involved printing, signing and scanning a form - very manually intensive. Unable to file state returns electronically - very frustrating/disappointing/ I used TurboTax Business because of my seamless experience with TurboTax for personal filing. Business does not feel as polished/mature.

usually Turbotax works very well; but not this time. Problems: 1. when purchasing Audit Defense, system failed few times, and finally after 4 tries, then it worked. 2. worst yet, when eFiling, system kept returning errors, that could not reach Intuit eFiling transmission system !! How can this be? Tried many times, reboot computer, restarted, same error... This is vital part of the eFIling !! I had no choice to quickly print then rushed to Post Office to mail it. Then after coming home, thought will try it again, the of course now it transmitted...

App works pretty well. Sometimes areas it would be nice to do better, and you can see reviews for it are good but not stellar, and cost is a little crazy. This app is required for a basic S-corp (LLC), yet the cost is so high, and doing a state return is $55 + $25 to transmit. Last I knew, the competition has a similar business app combined w/the personal, but here I'd have to buy a personal app, too, for doing my 1040. And, to talk to an accountant I need to pay $60.

I’ve found TurboTax Business very helpful for preparing and filing corporate taxes. The software streamlines the process, makes the required forms easy to access, and highlights potential errors before filing, which gives me confidence everything is being handled correctly. That said, there are moments where the instructions could be clearer. For example, when it comes to reconciling differences between depreciation calculated by TurboTax and depreciation per books, the software doesn’t always provide detailed guidance on how to make those adjustments. The same applies in some other areas where more explanation would help users understand not just what to enter, but why. Overall, it’s a very useful tool that makes filing much easier, but adding more precise instructions for special cases would make the experience even better.

Intuit's TurboTax Business (1120-S) desktop software greatly streamlined the process of completing the required S-Corp forms and enabled us to prepare, complete, and e-file the same day and for under $300. However TurboTax could only accomplish this after we spent days using QuickBooks to reconcile bank statements, re-organize expenses into final categories, including reviewing credit card statements, payroll and payroll contributions, independent contractor costs, insurance costs (BOP, Bldg, Health, etc), depreciation schedules, etc. While this generates a solid P&L and Balance Sheet - ultimately only the figures are needed complete their process. With that handy, TurboTax simply asks us to enter the numbers in its intuitive step-by-step process. That process took a couple hours, plus additional time as we identified revisions were needed, or more granular figures based on categories, depreciation tables etc. All needed to be entered manually since our QB was not installed on the same computer we used to prepare TurboTax Desktop. We also had transactions not detailed in QB that needed tax reporting (ie: credit card expenses), connecting was not ideal for us anyway. When completed, TurboTax completed a review and identified issues related to depreciation which we corrected, It also offered free e-file, which required printing an e-file form, signing, scanning, and uploading it to add to the filing. All was then submitted the same day to IRS and our State agency. A detailed file was provided to us in PDF download, and audit support protection offered for $60. We aborted the online TurboTax Assisted version since it would have cost about $850, however by downloading the desktop (Win or Mac), cost dropped to $190 plus state plus audit for about $300 total. Virtually identical process. For support, the online version was run in parallel at no cost, and a support ticket requested, however only used once for basic questions (form completion details). At the end we purged our online data (1 click). Downside to all TurboTax users: TurboTax doesn't offer guidance on how to categorize your expenses, when to depreciate, etc unless you hire their Live Assist of course (we didn't). It also requires the software to approve the details you enter before it will complete an e-file. If/when errors exist, it identifoes and provides suggestions on the cause and correction needed. Very impressive feature! If you cannot correct (or don't know how to), you can print and mail the return, but cannot e-file. For us, we solved the errors after some confusion and e-filed, however others may find it a challenging roadblock. Also, its difficult to see the entire return before filing, which is dozens of pages. Lastly, it stamps the signature line as 'Self-Prepared' - as a clear indicator to the IRS that this form was not completed professionally. While TurboTax got the job done with the information we had, there are many subjective decisions the really need professional guidance, and ideally review, long before the filing date. Going forward, I'll pay our accountant for that help, but feel confident we can handle the actual filing process ourselves. Hope your experience is as good.

When the return is complete, it shows no errors. Then when you go to E-file, it has errors. Would be nice if those errors were noted so that you didn't have to go back into the return to correct, and then restart the E-file process. They are usually missing signing dates, or phone numbers. Thanks.

I have used different versions of TurboTax for over 30 years. This year I had to take care of a trust return for my parents with the business version. It was the worst experience ever and this return should have been very straightforward, but this version was totally useless. The help center was terrible because I had to sign in everytime and the website would not let me continue past the first page because it kept asking me what type of plan I wanted to buy. This version will probably get me to find a different tax solution. It needs to improve by improving access to IRS forms and make the search function much better. The HELP was terrible!!!!!!

Perhaps it is a bug or perhaps the UI is just not intuitive enough to figure out how to correct the "calculation" TurboTax performed for a 2 member LLC where one member has an 80% interest and the other the remaining 20%. TT correctly calculated 80% of liabilities on the federal K-1's but did not on the State (CA) K-1's ...for no apparent reason and with seemingly no way to correct the incorrectly calculated numbers. Wasted hours trying to figure out how to correct the error and finally gave up and submitted anyway. Will see if CA flags it or not :-/

We have used Turbotax business for years. It's always frustrating that it's not web based. I use Linux primarily and have to change to Windows computer to install the software. WHY does business edition have to be a windows only download?? Also, the state filing drove me crazy. It stuck on Wisconsin Form 3 with our business name highlighted with no explanation. After a few hours of trying, finally found that the start page info had the name in Upper and Lower case. In the Form 3 it showed up as ALL CAPS. Changing to all caps on the intro page fixed it and it eFiled. Also, I had to change a large photo of the signed form 8453-PE to a smaller .jpg. Can't use a high res version directly from my camera. Reducing size made it send without the "internet problem" message. WHY is there no clear message about the size of the file? Very disappointed with Turbotax Business edition. May try something else next year.