For 2026, just like every previous years, there were persistent errors that prevented filing. Hours of online searches followed by deleting multiple forms and re-running the app finally eliminated the unknown problem ("STDREF marked as estimated", whatever that means). At least I was able to update the app this year, unlike the previous two years. TTax's idea of "help" is asking other users to address workarounds to their bugs rather than actually supporting their product. If you don't expect much you might like the product.

This was the most frustrating year with TurboTax in the Home and Business desktop version for Mac. In the Easy Step it tells which forms "Needs Review" but you cannot presshat red button and edit from Easy Step. You must go to Forms to edit so much more cumbersome to edit than in prior years. Charities was tedious to edit and trying to create additional entries for each charity was cumbersome and would get in a loop of not able to edit or cancel.

The were a couple of bugs in the program that bothered me. First of all, I rent a farm, but that is not my mail buisness. I only had on 1099-MISC, but it asked me to fill one out 3 different times. It also wanted the farm info in my Schedule C, which was fine, but it conflicted with some of the other stuff pertaining to my primary buisness. i had to create a second Schedule C. Also, I had to pay in, and it is the 15th so my check was due in the Post Office today. But, by the time I got everything done, they were closed. So, for the first time, I chose to e-file so they would get my "check" in time. I normally will take everything to the post office and send it certified mail. That way I have a receipt showing the date I dropped it off. So, since I e-filed this time with the auto-debit, I was going to print out the screen showing the date and time I sent it. But, when I went to try to print it, the program's screen switched and said it may take up o 48 hours before the IRS processes. That is fine as long as there is a record of me sending it on time. And, of the time I am typing this (4-15 at 10::05 p.m.) I still havn't found how to get back to the original data screen I was wanting to print out.

CA tax module does not handle IRA distribution well. My 1099-R Col 16 is empty, software said just use the $ amount in Col 1 or 2 to put it in Line 4 --IRA distribution adjustment. It made a big refund for me, but I know this is not correct. After reading the rule of federal and CA, both treat taxable the same way, there should not be an adjustment to put in Line 4. I put zero in Line 4 and it show due amount for me.

I have been using this program for years and this was the most buggy version I have seen. It did work in the end but given that I am not only work in the financial arena and also manage a team of Software Developers for a mid size bank and yet I still had issues completing my taxes says a lot. To add insult in injury, I always buy the home and business version and this year, I had to buy another version to complete my mothers estate taxes Ironically, it appears that the cost of the Turbo Tax Version I needed was more than the taxes owed.

used for a decade it does the job and no calculation errors. wish it did all of philadelphia taxes which I still do by hand. however it could use better coordination between forms as sometimes unneeded forms appear I repeat the process said forms disappear. the download of 1099 from financial institutions are far smaller and often it makes mistake, so its mostly unhelpful as in the end still requires hand fixing

I had issue downloading data from my Vanguard account. Had to enter it manually. Took several calls to TurboTax and Vanguard to figure out how to input the data manually. We jointly determined that the problem was caused by Vanguard transitioning my old account to a new brokerage account. The Turbotax people actually determined the problem but it took several phone calls back and forth. Could have been quicker. then you get 5stars.

Asking for 1099-C without a way around it.. Had to go back and manually skip that screen. Accidentally added state and could not remove. Not even support person could remove. Prompt for Account info 3rd times after already validated. Can upload image using phone with online version but not available via desktop. But with images via phone it didn't capture corectly. very quirky this year!

I did not see MAGI calculated for my return. I had to do it myself. As a consequence I found I needed to make an IRA contribution to avoid exceeding the IRMMA threshold for the next tier. That caused me to need to file an amended return. It would be most helpful if Turbo Tax included the MAGOi number and provided a table of MAGI thresholds foestimated IRMMA tier thresholds.

I used this Desktop version on a MacBook with OS 26.3.1. It frequently hung up, had "spinning circle of death..." causing me to restart the program. Generally wasn't easy to use. I've used TurboTax for years and this was the worst version to date. In the State version, it did not identify or calculate that I needed to pay for late estimated tax payments.