Review by Percolato

I’ve been using software for tax preparation for years. For the last few years (through 2012) I used an H&R Block product (Tax Cut) and although I was generally happy with it, last year I tried the on-line version of TurboTax. That experience was positive enough that I was happy to give the packaged version of TurboTax a try this year.

Although I need to wait for some additional documentation from my bank and employer before I can finalize my 2013 taxes, my experience with TurboTax this year has been even better than last year. The interface is clean and the process is intuitive. TurboTax imported my tax returns, and all my personal information, from last year’s return. And when my employer makes my W-2 available for the year, TurboTax will import that as well.

In my opinion, far too many people pay others to do their taxes despite having no extraordinary circumstances. For most of us, products like TurboTax save money and make the tax-return creation and filing process much simpler.