Review by monkuboy

I guess this review is kind of late considering April 15 is two days away but better late than never. This is the 5th or 6th year in a row I have used TaxCut and like the previous years, I am quite pleased.

Since I used it in the prior year, all of the information I entered was carried forward to the current year to use by the software. That makes it a lot easier.

I don’t have a real complicated return. I do itemize deductions but the most complex thing I deal with are gains and losses on sales of stocks. Even so, I HATE filling out IRS and state tax forms and HATE EVEN MORE the stupid instructions that come with them that only an idiot could have written. So I am happy to fork over the money for TaxCut and let their much easier question interface lead me through the process, as well as let them determine if I am subject to alternative minimum tax and all these other things thrown in by slimy politicians with ulterior motives.

Several reviewers have complained about the price increase for the 2007 version and I have to agree, I am not happy either. But considering what you pay to have someone prepare your taxes, it is still pretty reasonable. And I also find it is well worth it to let the program do my taxes instead of pulling out my hair and screaming as I try to make my way through the maze of forms and instructions that comes from the IRS or the Franchise Tax Board.

To sum up: I have never had a problem with TaxCut. The process is very clear, there is a clean data trail that you can print out, and all of the forms print out very cleanly on my printer. I intend to purchase the 2008 program next year unless we have some serious tax reform.. so in other words, I will be buying the 2008 version next year and probably each year’s version thereafter.