problem with your software is it sometimes pulls stuff out of thin air and acts strangely. example: while going through my income it suddenly came up with wanting to declare my Canadian pension income. it's never asked that before and I've used turbo tax for years. besides I've never worked or did anything in Canada. But after adjustments it gets the job done.

Turbo Tax is overall a good tax perpetration my experience over the years has been taxing with the downloads freezing in mid process. This year it was good quick down load and as usual the install took some time but that is a given with the software. I can not speak on compatibility because most of the inputs except financial down loads are manual. Have not used any other tax soft ware ex. tax act so I can't comment.

I have used Turbo Tax for many years and continue to use it because of the people who have been so quick to help me get over some bumps that I was totally unaware of until I got more and more involved. This year was fortunate to have Aaron assist me. He was and is fantastic. I am 86 years old and not a technological genius! I'm sure as we continued to help me,there were times he had to be frustrated yet he never seemed to exhibit it. I was totally impressed with his knowledge and expertise, he was able to guide - even me to success. I will continue to look to Turbo Tax for the 2026 edition.

Normally, I do my Turbo Tax on a Mac but this year my Mac wouldn't accept the O/S update to 14 so I transitioned to my Dell laptop. Not sure if that made a difference, but this year was definitely more difficult than previous years. It didn't ask me about my Social Security so when I was done with the income section, I tried to go back into it but the program wouldn't allow it. I had to wait until I got to the final review and then go back and add it. I tried to use your online help feature but the comments in there were years old. Several other instances caused wasted time as the program seemed to jump around and go back to previous sections. All in all I was disappointed with the functioning of the program and whether or not that had to do with Dell version or not, I guess only you can answer. I still appreciate Turbo Tax but will probably update my Mac for next year. Also when I tried to print the final forms, all it would let me do was create a PDF. Couldn't just hit the print button and get a copy.

Foreign Tax Paid was improved this year to allow more than 1 worksheet, which was helpful. But the instructions in that section were somewhat vague, and after reviewing Worksheet 1 I had to make edits because the first country's dividend entries were double-counted. Also, the default print settings result in images only 40% of actual size in the center of the page. It wasn't until I had printed the first time that I knew I had to change the print settings by expanding the details and making the adjustment. Very frustrating.

could not upload CVS files for crypto transactions like I could last year what happened to this feature? When trying to file online could not use a credit card with an expiration month past 10. It just wouldn't come up in the dropdown box. I had to switch to another credit card with a month less than 10. Couldn't resize the window to show the entire dropdown list if there was a 11 or 12.

I had to call for support because you could not toggle between the "Step by step" and the "forms" without completely losing my place. For example I made and error in entering the RMD amount (because of lack of guidance) Saw the error on "forms" and could not get back to step by step to correct it. Working with the support person we finally found it after 20 plus minutes or so. The point is that it should not be necessary. I've using TurboTax since the 1980s and it has been harder to use during the last several years.For example, it is now very confusing to enter RMDs that have had partial distributions via Charitable Donations. There used to be questions about that to guide entering the data. Now I did not see that. I thought TurboTax kept a record from year to year of the "Basis" for my IRAs. Is that form 8606 or something like that. Now could not find it and Turbo Tax asked me for it ---- it is gone!

TurboTax has a good, simple platform to file taxes. However, they have turned their platform into a intrusive add-on sales machine that constantly askes about purchasing upgrades or pushing you to their online version. Product is becoming less appealing every year.

There was no ability to enter a person who can discuss this return with the IRS if needed. That should be a question Turbo Tax asks, in case the preparation of the return was assisted by a relative. In my case, preparation was for an elderly parent who needs someone who can answer questions from the IRS, should they ask.

I most needed turbo tax early, - end of December till 15 Jan 2026 - in order to determine my tax liability for lump sum distribution of Social Security. Turbo Tax was not updated for key interfaces until end of January 2026. But the Federal Tax IRS information was also not complete as late as Jan 21, 2026 for IRA Distributions. Turbo Tax would not allow partial inputs for key elements in attempting to manage my liabilities for 2025. I framed my taxes manually early January in order to pay 4th quarter Tax payments. Early April, I returned to Turbo Tax and updated to finalize tax filing for 2025. The software hung up on the previous inputs accomplished in January. I completed my taxes manually. After complete, I started Turbo Tax over with a new file and it worked smooth. Generally the flow was good, with notes, recommendations, and explanations. Not having the forms available during the program made it difficult to follow some of the instructions. Bottom-line, Turbo Tax provided a good backup to my manually prepared forms.