Happy Spring!
Thanks to everyone for your support on my sister's new liver. It's working and she will be out of the hospital soon I hope. Special thanks to those of you who signed your organ donation cards after my posts.
On another note, has anyone used Turbo tax to file? I've been paying an accountant for the last several years and I'm thinking maybe I should do my taxes myself. Do these software packages make it easy if I have a) a dependent family member who gets a disability tax credit, and 2) a student with education deductions? Let me know your thoughts. I have last years forms from my accountant that I can follow as a secondary check to make sure I'm in line with previous returns.
Turbo Tax and Liver update
March 20th, 2011 at 02:53 pm
March 20th, 2011 at 04:23 pm 1300638185
Glad to hear your sister is doing better!
March 20th, 2011 at 05:12 pm 1300641129
I was in your shoes many years ago and then i just got tired of paying $300 for my rather simple taxes. Provided that your tax situation doesn't change much from ojne year to the next, I found that it was very helpful when I did my taxes myself (using just the IRS booklet) to have my previous year's return in front of me, the way the accountant did it. I could compare line by line to make sure I wasn't drastically changing anything aside from the actual numbers.
Good luck!
March 20th, 2011 at 05:35 pm 1300642511
I found their online "interview" was more indepth then turbotax'.
My taxes are not that complicated, but with DW's student loan and some unemployment she recieved, TaxAct sort of reminded me about things I had forgotten I could deduct.
Another added plus, only 17.95$ for both state and fed online filings.
Both TaxAct and turbotax are both better options for an average person, in my opinion. Unless your Buffet or Gates.
March 20th, 2011 at 08:47 pm 1300654040
Try freetaxusa.com $10 for both state and federal for me. TurboTax online would have cost me $110.
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Jerry