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| From: H&R Block
List Price: $29.99
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Rating:  72 reviews
Sales Rank: 1056
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Macintosh, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Federal + State Win/Mac
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Macintosh
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 1036600-06
Model: 1036600-06
UPC: 735290102058
EAN: 0735290102058
ASIN: B000K2P9HM
Release Date: November 15, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 16-20 of 72
 Works just fine. February 10, 2007
J. Vinopal
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I use windows xp. I've used taxcut for the past 2 years and turbotax prior to that. My return contains w2s, sched C + 1099s. I track everything in quicken and with my own excel spreadsheet. Start to finish my taxes took 30 minutes. No crashes, no issues.
The things I didn't like were:
* the video about "whats new for 2006" took too long to start playing. I don't care about flashy rotating graphics -- just tell me the dope!
* comparing your return to last year's return doesn't sort 1099s by name, it uses numerical order. So if you delete 1099 #1 everything is off by 1.
* software update leaves the "update your software" window open such that its a little unclear if you need to punch more buttons. they should either close the window or use a modal dialog.
I don't know whats up with these 2 star reviews, except for the mac folks who may have valid gripes and the guy with the ESPP complaint. You people who thought e-file was free previously... uh get a clue. Taxcut was $40 last year to cover it. Its _never_ been free.
Lastly its really obvious that the turbotax beta people were all instructed to review the product. I think that is unethical and it makes me wonder if they're stacking the deck over here as well.
 Good as far as it goes January 26, 2007
Jon-Jay Tilsen (New Haven, CT USA)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I don't need all the bells and whistles; I just need a program that can provide the forms with instructions and do the math. Unfortunately, TaxCut too often refers me to IRS instructions on the IRS website and to manual worksheets for common tax situations.
To process a 1099-G, a refund on last year's state tax, the program referred me to a lengthy IRS publication, without even giving me the page or section reference. I had to fill out a manual (paper) worksheet and return the answer to the program. TaxCut already had all the data that was needed, but made me do the work anyway.
To calculate variations on Kiddie taxes, the program makes the same requirement. It had all the data but they didn't bother writing a routine to do the calculations for me.
The interface is somewhat cumbersome. It needs a good engineer who knows how real people work.
Finally, it would be nice if TaxCut could offer two states with the program. If a competitor offers that feature, it would be decisive in my purchasing decision next year.
 You had better be a tax expert February 4, 2007
MG
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
If you don't have a very good understanding of the tax laws, TaxCut won't help you at all. I had one child caught in the vicious new version of the kiddie tax. TaxCut does an '8615' for the parent and then wants you to print and copy into the child's 8615. The TaxCut instructions for doing so don't match the forms. Good luck. And why, if both are being done with TaxCut, doesn't Tax Cut transfer teh needed info automatically. Further, on the sale of a mutail fund, Taxcut fails to explain that you have to enter the sale info twice, once for short term gains, once for long term gains, as if it were two sales. I had to open schedule D and review what is was really looking for to get the sales split up properly. It is not that taxCut doesn't work, it is that the instructions are useless. Again, if you don't know the laws relating to your taxes, and you can't look at them and understand where things need to be changed, you'll get in trouble with Taxcut.
And yes, very annoying that I still can't file, because wven with the 1/31 update, TaxCut is still not right, and I am waiting for the NEXT update.
If you have a mac .... forget this product February 7, 2007
R. Dunkle (Portland, OR, USA)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I spent 2 days, many hours on the phone the phone. The program does not work with OS/X (10.4.8). The program does not install properly. The navigation icons are missing, and there are multiple xml reading errors. Could not import 2005 TaxCut return. The help button/menu actually crashes the program. The tech support will tell you things like... you have a "bad .exe file".... "press Alt-Tab" to get to the registration screen. I tried on 2 macs. Downloaded twice. Finally, I went to request my money back the website failed with some backend Oracle database error. There is a total lack of quality control on this Mac version.
Terrible February 10, 2007
P. Kendall
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This software does not handle common Roth IRA issues correctly. When I contacted (and paid for) an H&R Block Tax Advisor, I was told that the software has some limitations handling Roth IRA contributions and that I needed to visit an H&R Block office!
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