Turbotax is good for calculating deductions and credits that I wouldn't have thought of if I had manually prepared my tax return. It also computes the capital gain tax. I like filig on-line and get notifications on my refund status. I use Turbotax to prepare my grown children's taxes too.

Desktop version doesn't have a good flow. It would be OK if it marked everything that you reviewed as reviewed like the web version, but if you don't actually enter data for a topic, it looks as though you didn't look at it, so it just makes it very difficult to see what sections you've finished reviewing. makes it very hard to double-check what you still need to look at.

I feel Turbotax Premier covers all the issues well and calculates accurately, as far as I know. I have not experienced a problem or audit due to erroneous calculations on their part, only on my part. I feel confident that i have prepared an excellent return using Turbotax Premier.

I got stuck with a login issue, I used the Live Tax advice and quickly resolved the issue. Then I got stuck with the Federal Review and / Fix. The form would not advance. I used Live Tax advice again, however we went through lots of menus of grayed out options (likely due to I'm on a Mac). So I started my taxes again from the start. I got to the same section again. Then I had to pay for Live Tax Advice again, since I lost my previous privilege. The person I got to this time quickly showed me how I had to verify and validate my 1099's and cleared up everything. From there everything worked AOK.

There are a number of bugs with TurboTax and also trying not to provide the 5 eFiles that are included in the purchase. 1) TurboTax does not work on Windows 10, 2) QBI form is included with all tax returns done even though there is no Qualified Business Income, 3) When checking the actual forms and then returning back to the tax questions it does not return you to the proper place, 4) the errors at before filing are TurboTax created because TurboTax does not fill out the forms correctly or completely, 5) Entering in this text is hard because many characters are skipped as you type. These are just the top 5 off the top of my head.

The interface with the user could use significant improvement. For example, I did not discover what the system requirements for 2025 were until I tried to download after purchasing the software. Why not include SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS on the box— as many software companies do? At the end when customers are filing, saving, printing, the header states HERE'S HOW TO SAVE YOUR FILE. Below that the only link is PRINT RETURN. There is NO SAVE FILE AS PDF link! Nuts!! Most people are sufficiently stressed by the mere act of completing their taxes. Don't add to the stress by forcing people to guess what they need to do for such simple processes as saving the file. Your software is uposedly focused on average people completing their taxes, not technology nerds.

When I take a break, close TurboTax on my desktop and come back at a later time or day, it aways opens to the very beginning/start of the return. When I first started using TurboTax over 25 years ago, it always took me right back where I had last entered in information. I do not like that this is not still possible. It may be, but I do not know how to get that to happen anymore. Also, TurboTax is getting less easy to use.

The estimated tax section for federal taxes could be GREATLY improved by making it like the NC estimated tax section, which shows the $ values from last year, so you KNOW what where data was entered, and can enter the same $ value, plus any expected changes. I could find NO WHERE to put my social security earnings. My ROTH Conversions went buried under other income, which I could not find without asking help. Please...make this simplier.

Turbo tax makes data entry fairly simple with some simple links to my stock accounts. I wish there was an automatic interface to handle stock options and short sales without having to go in and modify the cost basis and sales information to account for losses. One minor complaint is the final tax review process. I thought I was all done and ready to file when I got an error message that said the latest version was not up to date. I had to get out of the final step only to reload the latest version of TurboTax. Yes, it's only a minor inconvenience but it seems that final software update should have been programmed in right before the final tax review. Overall. Turbotax is a great tool and timesaver.

Turbotax ease of use is awesome! The ability to download documents and review when otherwise would be very confusing is a great support feature. Mac OS compatibility is a win/win for me. The Accuracy is spot on, with any and every question that I have had. Turbotax will continue to be my one and only tax program.