The download went fine, but when it was time to add last years(2025) return, the product wouldn't add either the regular file or the pdf I had saved on my hard drive. In fact the product locked up. That was very irritating and concerning. Eventually, I did a forced close and upon reopening, it allowed the upload of last years return. Taxes are stressful enough and I have all my necessary forms etc ready to go so it should have been straight forward. After all I was just adding data when it locked up.

The Turbo Tax Deluxe Desktop Edition 2025 was easy to install with no glitches! It also works perfect on Windows 11. I have been using these programs for well over 15 years. The downloading was quick and easy. The instructions were very clear and easy to follow to activate this software. The activation key makes it so simple! When they discontinued the CDs, I was disappointed but now I like this method even better!

I like the way Turbo tax takes you through everything, but I'm down to 4/5 stars now because I am getting tired of the embedded sales pitches. Why do I need a pitch to upgrade to premium level if I already bought the deluxe version? I obviously don't need Premium. Also disappointed in how the program handled income from a 1099-NEC for some one-time consulting work my wife did - it never showed up on the income summary and there was little informational advice embedded about how to mange the horrendous Schedule C I needed to fill out, necessitating multiple trips to the web for info instead. Not entirely confident I did it right, so I broke down and bought the Audit Defense thing just in case. Hopefully won't need it...

I bought Turbo Tax Desktop because I did not want to use Turbo Tax Online. I don't need multiple reminders that Turbo Tax Online is available, I chose my product thank you very much. I live in Texas, a no income tax state. When I file and choose Federal and State, it is smart enough to tell me I don't have to file a state retrun, why not just position to Federal only?

The product works as expected, but there is 1 huge area that needs resolving, We need a version of TurboTax released before Jan 15 of the tax year, so retired users can get a good estimate of the Federal Tax so they can adjust their final Federal Estimated tax payment before January 15. The preliminary version of TurboTax released prior to January 15 is so unusable and incomplete that it cannot be used to estimate your taxes.

Need to add back some of the detail screen for example for charitable contributions. Was not asked about basis for my IRAs. Not as user friendly as in previous years. Placing interest, dividends and investments all on same screen not helpful and a pain when returning to investment.

Every year I have to override one cell to file a proper return. As a result, I have to mail a hard copy. I think I should be able to e-file whatever form I want. If I need to sign a waiver of some sort, then include the reurmn to do so in the program, and e me e-file.

I always have used the downloaded version, I'm used to it. I am concerned about the online version. I need to talk with one of you about the pros and cons. I suggest having a quick overview of new tax law provisions at the beginning to know what to expect. I spent an hour or more looking this up myself . Also provide an easier way to figure out Identity Protection PIN - it's buried deep in the "Other tax situations" with limited explanation.

In some ways the tax program was more difficult than in past years. I found that questions were asked without explanation of their meaning. Things were explained better in previous years. regardless, I feel that Turbotax is the best tax program available'

The only issue I had with this year's software is when I went to print copies your forms are all PDF's. When my pc converted them to word documents, the cells and boxes where numbers were to go didn't line up, so now my printed documents aren't really good documents to look at.