TurboTax
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Pros
- Turbotax. Will be my 4th year using it soon.
Cons
- My husband’s self employed and as a former tax preparer, I can work a Schedule C like a nickel trick, but paying the fee to TurboTax every year was irritating.
- Parent context: FTUSA got me less of a return than Turbo did. I still think FYUSA is an amazing option for people but TT got me a much better refund for my poor ass. Reply: FTUSA got me less of a return than Turbo did. I still think FYUS...
- Parent context: This is the last year I use turbotax. I think I ended up spending over $100 for their services. Never again. Reply: I think that's part of their business model. They 'forced' me to upgrade at least twice before I finally...
- Just don't use turbotax. Freetaxusa is better. And it doesn't try to scam you into paying $70 like turbotax does.
- Yet another reason to avoid using Turbotax.
Sentiment
1 positive (7%) · 2 mixed (14%) · 11 negative (79%)
Trust + time weighted score: -64% · raw score -71%
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Turbotax. Will be my 4th year using it soon.
My husband’s self employed and as a former tax preparer, I can work a Schedule C like a nickel trick, but paying the fee to TurboTax every year was irritating.
Parent context: FTUSA got me less of a return than Turbo did. I still think FYUSA is an amazing option for people but TT got me a much better refund for my poor ass. Reply: FTUSA got me less of a return than Turbo did. I still think FYUSA is an amazing option for people but TT got me a much better refund for my poor ass.
Parent context: This is the last year I use turbotax. I think I ended up spending over $100 for their services. Never again. Reply: I think that's part of their business model. They 'forced' me to upgrade at least twice before I finally ditched them.
Just don't use turbotax. Freetaxusa is better. And it doesn't try to scam you into paying $70 like turbotax does.
Yet another reason to avoid using Turbotax.
Intuit yet again sticking to their dark patterns in UX. ... At the end of TurboTax's review section, you get to a screen where it appears the ONLY option is to accept and sign the below waivers for TurboTax to share your data.
I decided to input my info into TurboTax, and if I filed independently, I would get about $250 more than the number he promised me.
If you use TurboTax the fee is 2.49%, so the math is less favorable in that case.
They also send WAY fewer emails per year than TurboTax did, which turned me off from using them going forward.