TaxCut 2002 Deluxe Filing Edition

The improved Error Check feature catches mistakes or omissions that could cost you money or flag your return for an IRS audit. Entry Manager tracks where your data originates, guides you to related forms, and itemizes your entries. It also allows you to flag entries as tentative, so you can go back and review them before you finalize your return. The H&R Block tax law assistant helps you understand the implications of changing tax laws, provides information about how the changes affect your taxes, and ensures you get the maximum tax benefit possible under the new laws. Auto entry automatically imports W-2 and 1099 information from participating employers and financial institutions. Auto entry saves you valuable time and prevents costly data entry errors, and makes it easy to deal with multiple W-2s.

Listen to H&R Block and Kiplinger experts share tips on how to get the most out of your tax return. Learn how changes in your life affect your taxes, and save money by following simple strategies. The H&R Block home mortgage advisor provides customized advice based on your current tax situation, including advice on consolidating debt under a home equity loan. If you are a renter, TaxCut tells you how much you could save in taxes by purchasing a new home.

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The all-purpose tax solution that takes the hard work out of tax time!

I was dissapointed. There customer service was extremely lacking, not offering a 1-800 number for me to call with questions (something some don't care about, but is important to me).

I stuck with it the second year because I wanted to easily import the previous year. Still had problems but stuck it out.

The third year I had to download their state program. They made sure to take my credit card info before I downloaded it. My internet connection was lost, and I had to go through the whole thing all over again. Guess what? That's right- TurboTax billed me TWICE. And, keeping with tradition, they wouldn't give me a 1-800 number. I had to call LONG DISTANCE to get my money back. And when I tried, I got the run around.

Enter year four. I certainly had enough of TurboTax, and went with TaxCut.

I found it immediately WAY better. Not only do they seem to actually treat me well, but everything I had imported well into their program, and it's just as good, and in some ways, better, than TurboTax ever was.

Year five, I go to purchase it again from Amazon. Just out of curiocity I look up TurboTax. All the customers rated it a one star because now they install spyware on your system.

Go figure. Par for the course with this company.

Everyone is starting to realize what I realized last year. Don't go with TurboTax. Maybe some day they'll wake up and actually realize there's this thing called customer service. But until then, get TaxCut. It's a better program anyway!


TurboTax imports not a problem   January 12, 2003
58 out of 59 found this review helpful

After reading the reviews, I noticed someone gave the following false information regarding Turbotax imports, "The program looks for old *.t01 files regardless of whether or not you select to import TaxCut or TurboTax files."

This is incorrect, if you select to import from 'Turbotax' it looks for a file with a .TAX extension, and only .T01 for taxcut imports. I've sucessfully imported last years Turbotax return with no problems at all.

Overall Taxcut seems excellent, the only downside so far is that you have to pay extra for 'DeductionPro', which helps you work out values for charitable donations.


My 6th year in a row with TaxCut   January 5, 2003
84 out of 88 found this review helpful

This will be my 6th year in a row to use TaxCut. In the past I have never had any problems with this software. It is so simple to do your taxes. I even have investment and rental house income and many deductions, it is nice to be able to do my taxes myself without having to pay an accountant. I especially like how easily it is to electronically file my federal and state returns. I recommend this software to all of my family and friends, it hasn't done me wrong yet.


Goodbye TurboTax - Hello Taxcut!   January 19, 2003
S. King (Ephrata, PA USA)
75 out of 78 found this review helpful

I was ready to buy TurboTax for the 5th year until I realized (1) I didn't get the normal renewal offer from the company for this year's product but, more importantly (2) The reviews all over the net testified to the manufacturer's use of "activation" and installation of spyware. That's when I decided to just say no.

I bought TaxCut and shortly after installation and importation of last year's data (from TurboTax), I was greeted with an interview that makes me feel right at home - it's like TurboTax's interview and I'm glad I made the switch.

Buy Taxcut this year and forget TurboTax.


Had my taxes done in half an hour...   January 19, 2003
SirWired (Raleigh, NC United States)
40 out of 40 found this review helpful

For the vast majority of taxpayers, (i.e. those that do not own a business), figuring your tax really isn't that hard, even on paper. It is just tedious. For these typical taxpayers, there is no significant difference between TaxCut and TurboTax. Since TaxCut is cheaper, that is what I buy. The program, as always, was fairly simple to use; I just filled in the blanks. Doing my associated state return simply involved hitting "Next" about a dozen times. All the blanks were filled for me. By hand, filling the form takes a couple of hours.

Including installing the software, my taxes were done in a half hour total. After filing my return, I was infomred it was accepted by the IRS in about 15 minutes. Couldn't be easier.