mel@mtfmi.UUCP (M.HAAS) (12/30/87)
The 1987 forms look like real spaghetti. Does anyone have recommendations for reasonably priced PC software to prepare personal income tax forms? First hand experience with both good and bad programs would be most appreciated. Thanks. Mel Haas , [ihnp4!]mtfmi!mel
vijay@ihuxv.ATT.COM (Perumbeti) (12/30/87)
>The 1987 forms look like real spaghetti. Does anyone have >recommendations for reasonably priced PC software to prepare personal >income tax forms? First hand experience with both good and bad >programs would be most appreciated. Thanks. I am interested in this also and I am sure there are many others in the same situation. Please post your responses to the net. Vijay Perumbeti ihuxv!vijay
mdf@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mark D. Freeman) (12/31/87)
In <551@mtfmi.UUCP> mel@mtfmi.UUCP (M.HAAS) writes: >The 1987 forms look like real spaghetti. Does anyone have >recommendations for reasonably priced PC software to prepare personal >income tax forms? First hand experience with both good and bad >programs would be most appreciated. Thanks. I have been using Best's PC Taxcut for several years. I like the user interface much better than the other packages. This one is organized by item type (income, expenses, information, deductions, etc.) rather than merely 'computerizing' the forms. You give this program your data, and *it* figures out where everything belongs on all the forms. PC Taxcut used to be quite expensive (over $300), but last year they dropped the price to $75, removed the copy protection, and got to be much more reasonable to deal with. They actively encourage you to let your friends use it to do their taxes, in the hopes that your friends will be impressed and buy a copy. I have no connection with Best Programs, except as a satisfied customer. -- Mark D. Freeman (614) 262-1418 mdf@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu 2440 Medary Avenue ...!cbosgd!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mdf Columbus, OH 43202-3014 Guest account at The Ohio State University
mdf@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mark D. Freeman) (01/03/88)
In <4580@bellcore.bellcore.com> hundt@bellcore.bellcore.com writes: >|I have been using Best's PC Taxcut for several years. >| >|They actively encourage you to let >|your friends use it to do their taxes, in the hopes that your friends >|will be impressed and buy a copy. > >Hello, this is a potential customer calling. If they really *do* >encourage sharing, perhaps you'd be willing to send me a copy? I'll >pay postage & send you a disk... how 'bout it? > >Thomas M. Hundt / BELLCORE Morristown NJ / hundt@bellcore.bellcore.com Sorry Tom, The license says the program can only be run on machines I own. If you are really considering buying a copy, the do offer a 15-day money-back warranty if you don't like it. It shouldn't take you that long to do your taxes using this program, if you have all the data you need. The legal language in the license agreement may be contradicting their advertised encouragement to let other folks do their taxes on a registered copy of the software. Since I am not a lawyer, I'm not sure. I'll just play it safe. I have friends use it to do their taxes, but they do them here on my equipment. -- Mark D. Freeman (614) 262-1418 mdf@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu 2440 Medary Avenue ...!cbosgd!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mdf Columbus, OH 43202-3014 Guest account at The Ohio State University
medin@cod.NOSC.MIL (Ted Medin) (01/05/88)
I ususally do my taxes on a spread sheet so rather then everyone reinventing the wheel wouldnt it be nice if several people unscrambled the tax form for their spread sheet and then posted the dif file to the net? Comments please!