who has done turbotax?

[roliath]

mine is super simple. single, no kids, no dependents, one job, rent an apt, no loans, no additional income, no kind of deductions of any kind. i used to do it myself but h&r block does 1040ez forms for free so why the hell not? i walk in and walk out in 15 minutes and don't have to do shit but sign a couple things. still get the same amount as if i did it myself, without any work


my friends used to have ''people'' that would get them all kinds of money back.. they would always try to get me to use them but i denied. now i know of 3 of them that are getting audited... fucking dummies!

i'll just take my $1900 and be happy

Getting the same back, gonna buy a shotgun.

[Slowhand]

well these were people that had kids, house, etc. and were getting like 8 or 9k back. i know when something is too good to be true, momma didn't raise no foo!

I get that, but there's not really any room for interpretation of most of what applies to your average taxpayer after 25 years of the '86 Code. Getting creative with a return that doesn't have issues with an extremely narrow focus (there really aren't that many that the courts haven't addressed authoritatively) is just asking for trouble. Kids, houses, medical expenses, capital gains...the IRS has seen it all a eleventy billion times and just about every way you can try to game the system.

I've used turbotax for a number of years. Honestly, I'd pay wwwaaaayyy more for the "syncing to Fidelity" feature than they charge me.

I can only imagine how much time and effort that saves you.

[Leah]

Been using it for years.

[slow99]

I can only imagine how much time and effort that saves you.

Ha, I actually don't "trade" nearly as often as most people think. I'm highly regulated on that kind of stuff - it is a tremendous positive regardless.

[Slowhand]

Ha, I actually don't "trade" nearly as often as most people think. I'm highly regulated on that kind of stuff - it is a tremendous positive regardless.

Hadn't thought about that at all. I've had no desire to ever touch another individual return with an extensive amount of capital asset transactions since a professor assigned a tax return project with 6 pages of such transactions. Come to think of it, I've got no desire to touch another individual return of any kind (that isn't my own) ever again.

[Vertnut]

LOL @ turbo tax. I only use a CPA and he drives a Lambo so he must be doing something right.

Pattymelt?

[slow99]

Hadn't thought about that at all. I've had no desire to ever touch another individual return with an extensive amount of capital asset transactions since a professor assigned a tax return project with 6 pages of such transactions. Come to think of it, I've got no desire to touch another individual return of any kind (that isn't my own) ever again.

Yeah, our regulations are pretty strict. Still, I have about 40-50 transactions in any given year and that alone is worth it. Imagine these people who have thousands, dear god.

[Slowhand]

Yeah, our regulations are pretty strict. Still, I have about 40-50 transactions in any given year and that alone is worth it. Imagine these people who have thousands, dear god.

Thankfully it looks like most of my work will be split between our international and corporate groups, but I'll quit the day that someone tries to hand me the return of a day trader.

[racrguy]

Thankfully it looks like most of my work will be split between our international and corporate groups, but I'll quit the day that someone tries to hand me the return of a day trader.

[Slowhand]

I'll buy you a beer if you find a way to somehow dupe me into that mess.

[racrguy]

I'll buy you a beer if you find a way to somehow dupe me into that mess.

I was just fucking with you, I don't personally know any day traders, but I can see how it would go.

Me: Hey, can I get your help with my taxes? How much will you charge me?
You: CHOO CHOO$$$$$$ Sure thing, bring out your paperwork.
Me:


THANKS BRO!

You:

[Lason]

I use it every year. I e-filed this year on Jan 31st and it finally showed up the IRS site this morning and said my refund should be here Feb 21st.

Oh and yeah I tried using one of those people who "hook up" your taxes one year and I got audited that year. I learned my lesson real quick.

[unkoricky]

mine is super simple. single, no kids, no dependents, one job, rent an apt, no loans, no additional income, no kind of deductions of any kind. i used to do it myself but h&r block does 1040ez forms for free so why the hell not? i walk in and walk out in 15 minutes and don't have to do shit but sign a couple things. still get the same amount as if i did it myself, without any work


my friends used to have ''people'' that would get them all kinds of money back.. they would always try to get me to use them but i denied. now i know of 3 of them that are getting audited... fucking dummies!

i'll just take my $1900 and be happy

I'm almost in the same boat as you. I use H&R Block but do it online, simple.

My friends tell me to go to this Guy who can get you back more than expected...I dont trust that shit in the long run.

[GhostTX]

I use TurboTax. I gotta a couple more 1099 I'm waiting on before I start mine this year.

So far, so good. No audits. *knock on wood*

[The King]

State/local sales tax deduction FTW, expect that to go away for the 2012 tax filing though. That would be the tipping point for us to go back to using the standard deduction.

Used FreeFile this year with the fillable forms. No hassle, no cost.