Is TurboTax any good? (married-no business-no kids)...........?
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I am a former accoutant and have prepared thousands of returns. Used to do them by hand before computer tax preparation. TurboTax is far more powerful than the original commercial programs that we used to use. Awesome is the word. I remember how many pencil erasers I would use up in a week, scary.\n\nI use both TurboTax & TurboTax for Business.
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The IRS has all their forms and pubs in click&fill PDF avaialble, if you wanted to do your own...\nhttp://www.irs.gov/formspubs/lists/0,,id=97817,00.html\n\nIntuit offers TurboTax which is pretty good:\nhttp://www.turbotax.com/
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I use Turbo Tax every year.\nI do both our taxes separately and then I do them jointly.\n Whichever way works out best for us is the return I submit.
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Turbotax, it is the best and easiest.
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Um, does this special economic status come with an actual tax break instead of a marriage penalty?\n\nOkay: \n1) Death/Living Will/Estate/Hospital benefits are easy enough to manage... simply fill out the paperwork. Even non-married hetero couples can do this. A lot of companies are now offering medical benefits to couples, regardless of marital status. As for "retirement" benefits, what century are you living in? No one gets a pension anymore, no one is going to see social security in 20 years, and you can easily will your 401k and IRAs to the person OF YOUR CHOICE without marriage. \n2) How does a gay couple get "knocked up"? So no, they should not be eligible for EIC. Of course, this really isn't an issue since most gay couples earn way more than the median hetero couple income. \n3) I don't recall getting a tax break for filing jointly. In fact, last time I checked, getting married actually gave the government more money for the various fees and name changes associated with the marriage. \n\nWhere do you draw the line for couples deserving special economic status? A guy with three "wives"? A guy with a wife and a "goat"? Personally, I find even the child tax breaks offensive. It isn't my fault I chose not to overpopulate the world.
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I just did exactly the same thing....and I used Turbo-Tax...very easy...they ask all the questions and have explanations to help you out....type in turbo-tax in search ...and there you are....good luck
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um i think you always have to pay taxes... but u get a good amount of money from the government for having certain amount of kids\n\nbut idk if thats worth it
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Their are many solutions available - and many small developer's have software that may meet your requirements with slight variances.\n\nHowever, one larger company called Intuit (maker's of TurboTax) has a product called QuickBooks.  They provide many different versions: Simple Start, Pro, Premier, Online Edition.  And they have add-on options, such as: credit card processing, payroll, and more.\n\nThis makes for a quick customizable solution from a trusted software developer.
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i have been using turbo tax since the start. before that used software designed for CPA preparers. turbo tax is excellent, especially for newbies at doing taxes.
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Good for her!!  And tell her to get a good tax accountant to help her file quarterly from now on.  What she pays the accountant will be worth every penny for the problems she will avoid.
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Let me ask you a question. If I could show you something that made absolute total sense, where you didn't have to stock, sell or deliver products to your friends, there was a fully refundable membership fee that you couldn't loose; yet; you could add an additional $20-30,000 to your income this year with many people reaching a six to seven figure income, if it wasn't Amway or any multi-level scheme... would you spend 30-40 minutes with me and have a look? Contact me through my 360 page and I will show you. Here is the tax info I use.
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I can HIGHLY recommend Turbottax for this question and ALL your taxes. It will print out all the paperwork for you and you can even send it in online instead of mailing it.\n\nhttp://www.turbotax.com/\n\nI am self-employed and have about four or five forms to fill out and it does them all for me perfectly.\nIt walks you through it and answers all your questions and asks all questions such as "Did you sell any real estate this past year?" It then asks what you paid and what you sold it for. You can answer Yes and see what it does ,if it puts in any amount you have to  pay. This is one great thing about it. You can try different things and dollar amounts and watch and see how it affects how much tax you have to pay. Then you can go back and change it and try some other amount.\nYou can download it online for $20.\n\nI can't do my taxes without it at all. Been using it for years and do mom's taxes with it too.\nYou can also buy it in office supply stores like Staples and Office Depot. It is SO worth the $20!
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You can use Turbo Tax at a 50% discount through Fidelity Investments. You don't have to have an account with them.
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taxslayer.com is pretty good
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I think with any rental situation you are pretty much looking to break even.  Considering mortgage, taxes, maintenance, etc.;  I would hope my rental income would cover all these expenses.\n\nI would expect some tax breaks and hopefully, home appreciation of 5-10% a year.\n\nJust my opinion.
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The wife and I use Turbo Tax Online.  It's great because they store your information for use for next year.  Plus, they pull fees right out of your return
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You can only file, this years and 2 previous years. I prepare taxes for low income families in my community. So i know what im saying. Im actually taiking courses every saturday with an irs agent as the instructor. I've done this for the past 2 years.