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Summary: Business module very weak
Review: I've been extremely pleased with the personal TaxCut for several years, moving over when TurboTax got too bloated and Intuit too cocky. However I've stayed with Business TurboTax because of the import capability from QuickBooks.QuickBooks, now also bloated and chock full of full of Intuit product promotions, has infuriated me with Intuit products in general. After reading about their fiasco with product reg protection in the personal TurbopTax, I decided to make the jump this year, import convenience be damned. TaxCut Platinum made sense since I'm using their personal module and I frankly expected the same level of polish on the business version. However running the 1120 module reminded me of the old DOS tax programs I used way back in the late 1980s. It really is sloppy and non-intuitive. As the others mentioned, I'm shocked that re-opening a company doesn't take you to an auto bookmark, but instead to the first interview page. And forms management is non-existent. It's nice to have a live Q&A window on each data entry sequence, but it's tiny and non-scalable. And maybe it's a registry bind with my XP Pro system, but I can't resize or minimize the program window - it's full screen or nothing. But it did prepare the return, and did so at half the price of Intuit's offering. Still, Block really needs to go over this thing though, because it's no where near the quality of their personal module.
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Summary: Great TurboTax alternative for home business taxpayers
Review: I've used TurboTax (top-of-the line model, for home-based business) for the past 4 years but when the price differential between it and this grew to $...I thought it was time to give TaxCut a try. I was concerned about its ability to import my last year's return from TurboTax without errors or glitches. TaxCut did this flawlessly. I found the process of completing the return quite similar; the "interview" method correctly filled in all but one form that I needed to file; that form I did manually, without any problem. The electronic filing went smoothly for both my federal and state forms; both returns were accepted within 24 hours. I downloaded the state form (free after rebate) and that was also very easy to complete. This software comes on two CDs, the "home" component and the "business" component. I am self-employed at home with a home office; I have no employees. I did not even install the business component of the software, it was not needed for what I have to do: the "home" CD has all the support you need for the home office deduction. In summary, the program worked great for me and I am now officially a convert. The only thing I remember TurboTax having that TaxCut doesn't have is the "talking heads" video clips from so-called tax experts, and these weren't that helpful anyway.
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Summary: Will Cost $15 more than you bargained for
Review: The program will not update. I purchased it April 9, and sat down on the 14th (procrastination is a strong suit of mine)to do my taxes using the business edition. Whenever I tried to download the latest forms It kept freezing up. You cannot submit it until it is updated. I visited the web site, did everything it suggested. Spent an hour on the phone with "tech" support, who basically walked me through what the web site said. Then said well you will have to call customer service to get the update cd. Customer Service Charged me [$$$] to overnight it to me. I understand they have to recoup CD and Shipping costs, but just put it somewhere where I can download it and I would be happy. The personal solution is good, the business is poor. Don't buy it.
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