[olug] Tax Software Opinions

[Jeff Hinrichs]

+1
-Jeff



On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:

> I always do the free on-line stuff before I go see my tax guy.  It helps
> remind me of anything I may have forgot otherwise, plus it lets me see if
> I'm able to get to a close dollar amount to what they get to.
>
> I've been going to the same guy for the past 10 years, and each year his
> refund is anywhere from $600 to $1500 more than what I was getting on-line.
>  (My first year I had estimated we'd owe $1500, and we walked out with a
> $50
> refund after his $150 price.)
>
> Sure, they cost more than the $50-75 software options, but they've found
> 10x
> that in many situations.  Money left with the IRS is money I lost. :-(
>
> Just my $0.02 worth...
>
> Dan
>
> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 22:45, Chad Homan <choman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Every year I think this comes up.  This year I am considering abandoning
> my
> > usual
> > tax guy.  So the question is what's everyone else doing?
> >
> >   - Keeping a tax guy
> >   - Found some biatching linux tax software
> >   - Running XYZ in wine, works great (e.g. turbotax,  taxact)
> >   - I'm scared of wine, I use a VM for tax software (e.g. turbotax,
> >   taxact)
> >   - I'm not afraid of anything, tax online and who (e.g. tax slayer,
> >   taxact)
> >
> > Chad, CISSP
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