My returns were rejected, because after importing my 1099s, I had added an act number to the name of the EIN, I did't realize that name was sacred to IRS. The error msg from TTAX could have spelled out exactly what I may have done to cause the rejection. I.E. "don't change the Payers Name or number". Would have saved me a lot of time.

Read this review if you need to file Form 1116. I have used Turbotax for more years than I can remember. I live outside the USA and file for USA plus foreign income. This is VERY complex, and Turbotax has taken up the challenge, getting better year over year. I can now handle the 1116 and worksheet mostly by answering the Step by Step questions. There is still some need to get into the forms, but that is quite straight forward. It wasn't so a number of years ago. Thanks, Turbotax, for listening to me and other customers, and continuing to make your product better.

Maryland allows an exclusion of $10,000 against National Guard retirement. There is no way to enter this amount in the state form. See MD Form 502SU, (p). You have to enter it in the Federal form as active duty retirement. Ever year the state contacts me about this deduction and I have to explain it to them. Should be able to enter it directly into the state form.

I have a complicated return. Have been doing my own return for a very long time (since graduated from college almost 33 years ago). Turbo Tax has been better most of the time than other software - do not like all the upsales - nor do I like the State e-file price - way too expensive. I have a complicated return - and often when the questions get very tricky - that is when Turbo Tax doesn't help very much. Most people don't have that, so I understand it isn't cost effective. Just be prepared that Turbo Tax may not answer all your tax questions - just 99% of them.

I used to do my taxes by hand. I tried a tax prep service once and found out that I knew more than their preparer did. I decided to try Turbotax and now I have been using it for over 15 years. It has always made filing taxes easy and helps to find those extra deductions to save me money.

I've used TT for about 20 year now and find it very simple to use. Love having the carry-over of personal data, and important tax info from prior year; simplifies entering charitable donations; also like the linkage to Its' Deductible!! Having the 5 year tax history enables me to do a quick comparison to see if I may have missed anything. I take some comfort in doing the final reviews since it always seems to catch some tidbits of info I left out.

I said to my wife today as we filed "do you remember when we did this by hand? Or how about when we had a CPA overcharge us for an incorrectly completed return (no lie). Sadly, yes, we do remember. And the day usually carried at least one acrimonious exchange between us before we were done. Now, a bit of work, a good tax prep software and we're done. Love it!

As the tax code becomes more complex TurboTax becomes more essential. It walked me through even the more complicated aspects in a clear and understandable way. The "more information" buttons were especially helpful. I'm glad I bought the Premier version to help with capital gains and losses -- I needed the hand-holding.

I really like the fact that the previous years information is pre-populated. It seems to be very difficult to find the downloadable product when you login in to TurboTax. It immediately takes you to the on-line product with no way of getting to the Download/CD version. Also, the help from the other TurboTax users seems to be of little value.

I love TurboTax Premier, it's easy to follow along, the guide tells you exactly what to do, you complete your return whenever you have time, no appointment necessary and a big plus is that it's very inexpensive. I really recommend it to file your taxes every year. You will not be disappointed!