Cheap TaxCut Standard 2003 (Software) (Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP) Price
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| PLATFORM: | Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP |
| CATEGORY: | Software |
| MANUFACTURER: | HR Block Financial |
| FEATURES: | Everything you need to complete your Federal return quickly and accurately, New, convenient, paperless payment options for taxes due and e-filing fees, Improved Error Check automatically reviews your return for common errors, Updated Tax Law Assistants help get the most from tax breaks, Updated H&R Block Advantage Report to improve your tax situation |
| TYPE: | Computer software (programs), Tax Preparation (Taxes), Accounting (Account) |
| MEDIA: | CD-ROM |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 735290101013 |
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Customer Reviews of TaxCut Standard 2003
Cheaper, less frustrating services are available. At $14.99 this is best deal you'll find at your local software retailer. However, this is not the best deal to be had. I purchased this product, went though all the forms and ended up with a return of $233. Confused (sure that wasn't right) I went though all the steps again only to get a return of $1978! When I went to e-file I had another surprise waiting, the software had to be updated before I could e-file, because "this product shipped before the final child credit forms were ready". This was a painless step (just selected "update" from one of the menus and waiting for it to download), but once it did finish I was now left with a return of $744.
Now, angry and looking for a second opinon I went to www.turbotax.com, their website allows you to enter all your tax information for FREE (does the exact same thing as this software only much better), anyway TurboTax's website confirmed the $744 return for me, but they also gained a customer for next year. You only pay turbotax.com when you e-mail and that's $19.99 (same price you'll pay for TaxCut to e-mail, but with TaxCut you have to pay $14.99 for their software.
So while this is a good deal, it's not the best and I think their wizard could be a bit more intuitive.
Accurate? Who are they kidding????
I've used many different pieces of tax prep software through the years, and this is by far the worst of the lot. Simply put, the programming is terrible, making the user jump through proverbial hoops to get anything but a single-income-source, vanilla return completed competently.
For example, answering one question incorrectly in the "interview" section can, not surprisingly, lead to a slew of related schedules and worksheets being added to your file that you don't need; which would be perfectly fine if it were easy to then remove them. However, that's not the case at all. To the contrary, this program makes it frustratingly difficult -- actually almost impossible -- to correct such mistakes without inspiring the program to then say your return is riddled with tax "errors" that must be fixed (or else you can't move forward).
In any event, this software could be a lot better. If you can enter all of your information correctly the first time through, then it's probably okay. But after spending an hour trying to undo one simple mistake that took 5 seconds to make, I won't use it again. Because user-friendly is supposed to be just that, and this isn't.
Don't use Amazon's dowload service
Other download services offer phone support. Amazon provides eform support. Amazon promises to respond within 24-hours, but this just isn't good enough. NOT industry standard. TaxCut2003 software wouldn't open after download, and it's three days until taxes are due. I'll probably head out to OfficeMax tomorrow, and have Amazon issue a credit.