TurboTax Premier Federal + State 2007 | 
| From: Intuit
List Price: $74.95
Buy New: $14.98
You Save: $59.97 (80%)
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Rating:  65 reviews
Sales Rank: 104
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Mac Os X, Mac Os X Leopard
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Premier
Operating System: Mac OS X
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 1.4
MPN: 404197
UPC: 028287418912
EAN: 0028287418912
ASIN: B000W3T6NM
Release Date: November 16, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
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| Features:
| • | Guides you step-by-step through investments and rental property income | | • | Assists with stocks, bonds, mutual funds and employee stock plans | | • | Gives you tax-saving advice for 401Ks and IRAs | | • | Provides extra guidance for rental property income, expenses and refinancing | | • | Includes a download of one TurboTax State product - a $34.95 value |
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Product Description
TurboTax Federal + State Premier 2007 is great for maximizing deductions, investments and rental property. It guides you step-by-step and checks for errors asking you question in plain English then puts your answers on IRS- and state-approved forms, double checks your return for errors, and then alerts you to audit risks to help you reduce your chance of an audit. Also includes everything in TurboTax Deluxe.
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TurboTax Premier Federal + State 2007 guides you through your tax return, with simple-to-understand questions to help you finish and file your taxes. Find over 350 deductions, accurately value your investments, and account for life changes like retirement in order to get the largest tax refunds possible, guaranteed. If you need help, you can get advice from the Live Community with millions of taxpayers and experts ready to answer your questions. Get More Out of Your Investments
Whether you own stocks, bonds, mutual funds, rental property, or all of the above, TurboTax Premier helps you get your maximum refund - guaranteed. Explore More Than 350 Deductions
Kick back and watch as we search your return for over 350 deductions, including mortgage interest, donations, and education.
When you sell investments, TurboTax Premier helps you accurately report your profit. We find your purchase price in just 3 easy steps.
Discover Your Most Profitable Depreciation Method
TurboTax Premier walks you through reporting depreciation of rental properties. We even show which depreciation method will get you the biggest deduction. Find Over 20 Deductions for Landlords
From travel to advertising to insurance, TurboTax Premier uncovers every deduction for your rental property. Take a break while we do the handy work. Increase Your 401(k) Savings
Boost your 401(k) contribution without hurting your paycheck. Choose to put your refund into your 401(k) plan and watch your interest grow. Choose Easy
NEW. Reduce Your Risk of an Audit
Take comfort. TurboTax Premier shows you how unlikely your return is to catch the IRS' attention. We arm you with proof for your claims and help protect you from any IRS penalties. Import Your Investment Information
You don't have to find your statements (or understand them. Import your investment info from thousands of financial institutions, including Merrill Lynch and Ameristar. Easily Determine Capital Gains and Losses
It's simple. TurboTax Premier finds your capital gains and losses automatically. It keeps track of those that carryover to future tax returns - year after year. NEW. Learn from the Live Community
No research necessary. Just ask the Live Community questions and get answers for your situation. View advice from millions of taxpayers and experts right on your screen. INCLUDED. Prepare Your State Return
Watch your federal info instantly transfer into TurboTax State. You'll be half finished before you even start your state return. Includes Everything in TurboTax Deluxe Explore Over 100 Deductions for Life Changes
If you had an eventful year, congratulations. We'll handle your new situation upfront so you can finish your return with confidence. Here's how TurboTax Premier manages some of the possibilities: Sold Investments
TurboTax Premier finds the original purchase price of investments you sold. We automatically factor in dividends and stock splits - along with mergers and acquisitions - to keep your taxable gains low. Retired
It's simple. We determine how the IRS will tax your investment distributions - as regular income or at the lower capital gains rate. Plus, we tell you if paying estimated taxes will keep more money in your pockets. Rented Out Your Home
It pays to be a landlord. TurboTax Premier shows you how to claim your second home as rental property. Then we reveal 20 deductions for it, including travel, repairs, and insurance. Benefited from an Estate or Trust
If a K-1 (1040) form landed in your mailbox, relax. It's not as complicated as it looks. TurboTax Premier automatically calculates your taxes owed. Plus, we help you qualify for deductions, such as those for attorney fees and interest expenses. TurboTax Premier also handles buying a home, selling your home, getting married, and having a baby. Join the Millions Who Trust TurboTax
Relax. TurboTax is dedicated to protecting your personal and financial information. From the most advanced technology to our relentless Privacy Team, we have you covered. Your Information Travels Safely
We protect your info like the Department of Defense protects theirs. Before you eFile, TurboTax encodes your information with the most advanced encryption technology. Only our computers can decode it, so you don't have to worry about unapproved viewers. Your Computer Stores Your Information
After you eFile, rest assured only you can access your return. TurboTax CD and Download products store your information right on your computer. You control it. Our Commitment to You
Our Privacy Team's only job is to guard you and your information. Tax Forms
It's not as bad as it looks. Here are just some of the forms that TurboTax Premier Federal + State fills out for you: - Form 1040 Individual Income Tax Return
- Form 1040A Individual Income Short Form
- Form 1040EZ Individual Income Tax Return EZ
- Form 1040-V Payment Vouchers
- Form 1040X Amended Individual Tax Return
- Form 1099-DIV Dividend Income Worksheet
- Form 1099-G Certain Government Payments
- Form 1099-INT Interest Income Worksheet
- Form 1099-MISC Miscellaneous Income Worksheet
- Form 1099-MSA Medical Savings Account Distribution
- Form 1099-OID Original Issue Discount
- Form 1099-Q Qualified Education Program Payments
- Form 1099-R Distributions from Retirement Plans Worksheet
- Form 1116 Foreign Tax Credit
- Form 1310 Stmt of Person Claiming Refund
- Form 2106 Employee Business Expenses
- Form 2120 Multiple Support Declaration
- Form 2210 Underpayment of Estimated Tax
- Form 2210AI Annualized Income
- Form 2441 Child and Dependent Care Expenses
Plus tons more to get all of your taxes taken care of.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 60 more reviews...
 This Year's Turbo Tax Premier December 17, 2007
"Jerry" (California)
67 out of 69 found this review helpful
As a longtime Turbo Tax user (as long as I can remember), I was not so sure when the De Luxe version was no longer good enough and I had to upgrade. I have been entering deductions and credits thus far, as well as income items or estimates of income, to try this version out and to get ahead of the rush next year. This year's version is better than ever, easier to use, and well designed for novice or experienced Intuit product users. Turbo Tax is still the best tax preparation software on the market, and it gets better and easier to use every year. For novices, the interview is comprehensive, guides you through the process, and is not too painful even if it asks the occasional "stupid question" as it looks for nuances of income or deduction. For the experienced "old-timer", it is easy to get to where you want to be, and you are still prompted to think of all of those income and expense items that matter. This is software that is worth what it charges (and don't forget it is tax deductible!) both in terms of ease of use and savings it will help you find. And the free link to "Its Deductible" is a nice additional feature.
 Long time user December 30, 2007
R. Speizer (San Francisco, CA)
42 out of 42 found this review helpful
I have been using Turbotax since 1989. Back then the company was called ChipSoft and the program came on floppies!
Obviously I like the program.
Pros: Easy to use from year to year with importing features.
Can import data from your broker 1098/1099. (way cool!)
Can import w2 data (sometimes-I cannot as my employer does not support that)
Well organized.
Cons:
It can be hard to find specific special things to work on.
I have some odd rental stuff and the help for this is very poor.
The search to find special items is not good.
The only "help" seems to be excerpts from the IRS tax booklets.
Overall though I like it and have used it for years.
Considering that one of the big tax companies messed up my taxes the last time I used them and got me audited and was a mess. With TTAX I also got audited once but passed with a PERFECT score.
TurboTax is still the best, hands down! January 6, 2008
Bil. Alvernaz (Austin TX)
36 out of 41 found this review helpful
First off, I need to disclose that I worked with Mike Chipman (who designed and created TurboTax for his company called ChipSoft) to help him build his company - starting in the mid-1980s. I did the first comparative review of tax software for PC Magazine; and I picked TurboTax #1 way back then. And, what I have seen (I no longer work for the company producing TurboTax) is that each year TurboTax just keeps getting better and better.
From the very beginning, when TurboTax was one of the few tax prep packages that didn't have any problem printing to pin-fed pre-printed tax forms. Now a days, printing is a snap. Well, actually everything with TurboTax is close to effortless. The only "hard part" is digging out everything you need to "find the numbers" and info to "plug in."
The on-going question about tax software is "Yea, but can I really do taxes with my computer?" Oh, yea, you most certainly can ... and you should be.
Not long after TurboTax first hit the streets, we started hearing from people about how TurboTax kept them from making dumb mistakes and also how TurboTax helped them find additional deductions. One year we based the advertising campaign on "love letters" we got from people who used TurboTax to "double check" the work done by their accountants and CPAs. The bottom line (no pun intended) was that TurboTax found hundreds and thousands of dollars worth of additional or overlooked deductions that the tax preparers had completely missed. The key point here is that TurboTax won't let you miss anything. There is a "down side" to that in that the "interview" process of TurboTax does take some time. But, after you go through in and "plug in" the data, your taxes are pretty much done.
The final check for mistakes or missing information is flawless, too. TurboTax really does DO IT ALL.
I can't say enough good things about TurboTax. Over the years, my wife and I have tried other tax prep programs ... we always come back to TurboTax. This year I was lucky enough to participate in the beta testing process for this year's version of TurboTax ... I was even more impressed with the company, because they listened to ALL of the input we beta testers provided ... and that made the program even better. And, let me tell you, it is no picnic testing TurboTax ... they push you to try just about every feature (and rightly so), so you learn even more about just how great TurboTax is.
You can't go wrong with TurboTax ... after all this time, there still isn't a better tax prep package. Oh, yea, one other thing, next year when you do your taxes with TurboTax, it imports in all of the data from this year, so you don't have to worry about social security numbers and a whole bunch of other stuff. Also, TurboTax has tax planning built into it, so after you file your taxes, you can keep track of things (and changes in your financial situation with respect to tax consequences) right in TurboTax, too ... you can't beat this product. For anyone who thinks he or she has to pay someone to do you taxes, FORGET ABOUT IT. TurboTax is the only way to go!
If you still aren't convinced, go ahead and let someone else do your taxes. Then, buy a "close out" version of TurboTax in April or May. Then "run the numbers" to see if your tax preparer missed anything. Odds are, you'll want to file an amended tax return (which, you guess it, TurboTax can, indeed, help you with that, too!).
Bil. Alvernaz (bil@alvernaz.com)
 California calculation errors for stock options February 23, 2008
David Weber (Palo Alto, CA)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
This product worked really well until I got to the California return. As other reviewers have stated, the program makes a significant error calculating California taxes when it comes to employee stock options. The program double-counts profits for AMT purposes, and so it calculates that you owe more tax than is correct.
Even worse than the software having the bug, the response of Turbotax support has been very disappointing. I emailed them with a description of the bug on February 1, and then I discovered a workaround to the bug on my own and emailed them with that solution on February 4. They sent me an email back thanking me for my feedback but said they couldn't guarantee that a patch would be issued.
They have a live community forum, to which I also posted a description of the bug and a workaround. But this only produced a few replies from other people who are also seeing the same bug. And the search engine for the forum is so poor that it is nearly impossible to find the post that I wrote, even if I type the exact title of my posting in the search engine window.
Other people on the community forum (as well as other Amazon reviewers) have reported this bug as well. I found one post on the community forum stating that an update would be available on February 15, but as of today (Feb 23), the error still exists. Also, once an Intuit employee answers a posting, it seems to be marked as "solved" and no follow-up postings are allowed (even if it is not really solved.)
Had I not carefully reviewed the forms this program generated, I would have paid thousands of dollars more to California than I owed, so I cannot recommend this program despite the otherwise superior user-interface. In past years I have always used TaxCut, which is more difficult to navigate but has never produced an error like this.
For anyone else in my situation, here is a workaround to the problem:
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On the Federal forms menu, on each Capital Gains Worksheet, line 38 gives a choice to report the transaction as single-line or multiple-line. Multiple-line is selected by default. By selecting single-line on each transaction, my California AMT and my total California taxes were reduced substantially.
The fact that "single-line reporting" shows a different result than "multiple-line reporting" proves without a doubt that this is a Turbotax bug. There should be no difference in the tax calculated due to the reporting format.
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Easy to Use. Complete. Professional. January 26, 2008
Jeffrey E Ellis (Naperville, IL USA)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
TURBOTAX is everything it is advertised to be.
I started using TurboTax in 2002 and have used it every year since. As my tax situation has grown more complicated with investments and a business, it has more than met my needs. It is easy-to-use, complete, and hassle-free.
I take comfort in knowing that it doesn't overlook deductions, credits, or expenses. Once I have gone through the interview process (which is ridiculously simple), I know I have touched all the bases.
Its Deductible is so good I bought it outright a couple of years ago. For charitable donations of clothes, mileage, and money it is excellent. To have a software package that properly values a short sleeve silk women's blouse in good condition is worth its weight in gold.
TurboTax has saved me money on taxes and given me peace of mind.
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