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Free Tax Preparation Software from TaxAct.com
Discuss (9) : History : Tell : Posted 5:33 AM PDT 04/12/08 by Ben
TaxAct is once again offering their free online tax preparation service. You can prepare and print your tax forms free, or E-file for free as well. They are a government authorized e-file provider. For a more mainstream program, TurboTax is available for online filing.
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#1   he162 - Posted 5:41 am PDT 04/12/08 (972 Posts)
Taxes are for little people.
#2   m0f0kid - Posted 6:13 am PDT 04/12/08 (201 Posts)
m0f0 uses this to put in bogus numbers to get a large tax return. In turn, buys crappy Apple hardware to go along with that tent.
#3   wormser - Posted 6:33 am PDT 04/12/08 (31 Posts)
Used it 2 years straight... pretty good. You're paying accountants to do the same thing - entering your w2 and 1099 info onto an electronic app anyway.
#4   fuckbilltang - Posted 9:02 am PDT 04/12/08 (1985 Posts)
#3, I hope people aren't really paying tax people to do only that. I do my own taxes, but I can see using a tax "expert" to help find more tax deductions and also help with your taxes if you have more than just a W2 and a 1099 form.

This year, I have a dozen or so tax papers due to my wife an I both changing jobs this year, refinancing the mortgage, taxes for two new cars, property taxes, and other miscellaneous items. I am using TaxAct to do my taxes, but I can't help but think I may be missing out on a deduction or two... I would hope that a tax "expert" that you pay for would know what deductions we may be neglecting to take and he/she would know if we were actually filling out all the other crap correctly.
#5   flynhawaiian - Posted 11:44 am PDT 04/12/08 (16 Posts)
easy to use software
#6   dcm32 - Posted 10:40 pm PDT 04/12/08 (131 Posts)
I've used this 2 years now, too. I like it.

Somewhat related:
www.fairtax.org
#7   Oio - Posted 6:40 am PDT 04/13/08 (1019 Posts)
used TaxAct for years and found it to be very valuable. It's definitely increased my tax refund each year. There are all sorts of obscure tax laws that the program detects, most of which would require a well-seasoned tax preparer who keeps up with the rule changes each year.
#8   m0f0kid - Posted 8:29 am PDT 04/13/08 (201 Posts)
if not careful, can also be an invitation to a nice little audit too!
#9   ecko - Posted 1:36 pm PDT 04/14/08 (27 Posts)
i dont want to do taxes
 
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