"Sophie Borodin" <s_borodin[at]yahoo.com> writes:

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Try going to the depreciation line of Schedule C and right
clicking.

Phil Marti
Clarksburg, MD

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I just bought TurboTax Deluxe 2004. I went through the
Schedule C part and it never prompted me to list my new
Assets. In the "Help" section it says there's an Assets
Worksheet, but damned if I can find it. Has anyone else had
this problem or know where the hell I can find the $%(#)[at][at]
Assets worksheet?

I was happy with the 2003 Turbotax. Wish they hadn't
changed it.

Sophie

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letmrun wrote:

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Operating system is WinME, same as last year.

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Krishna wrote:

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Yep, I went back and dug out the 2003 paper return just to
make sure I hadn't screwed up last year and the screwup was
rippling through to this year. Numbers were switched.

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I was wondering what operating system you used for
installation. Just ordered a new computer with 'XP Pro' and
I'm a bit hesitant to buy TurboTax ever since all the
reports of the C-dilla Spyware thing, and reports that it
prevented CD burning.

I really liked their product and have used the 'Deluxe' and
'Premier' the last 3 years on my older computer
(Windows98).Have heard problems with installation on XP. Did
you encounter any problems?

Thanks

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You sure about this? Do the corresponding Turbotax 2003 and
2004 'IRA worksheet forms' (or whatever) show the amounts in
the same or in the wrong boxes? Because that's something
that should probably be screenshotted and send to them as a
bug.

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You sure about this? Do the corresponding Turbotax 2003 and
2004 'IRA worksheet forms' (or whatever) show the amounts in
the same or in the wrong boxes? Because that's something
that should probably be screenshotted and send to them as a
bug.

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Barry Margolin wrote:
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Well, you're right, it certainly *did* work this way, but it
shouldn't. If answering "Yes" to the question takes you down
a path where numbers are provided via the interview process
to be placed on relevant forms, then going back and
answering "No" to the question should, logically, either
remove the form or take you down the same path as before to
eliminate previously entered numbers. Neither happened in
this case. What also suprised me was that in going back
throught the interview process this particular screen with
this particular question never showed up again. I was
forced to go and hunt it down using the pull down menu
process. In any case, I can see people getting tripped up
over this issue.

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tgyoung[at]yahoo.com (Tom Young) wrote:

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The preliminary questionnaire is just used to determine
which forms to present later on. Once you've filled in a
form, it stays filled in.

--
Barry Margolin, barmar[at]alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA

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Did a quick run-through of TurboTax Deluxe with preliminary
numbers and seemed to hit a couple of bugs.

1) Using the interview process I answered Yes to the
question if either of us (wife and I) contributed to a SEP
IRA for 2004 and asked TT to maximize the amount. Later, I
went back to that page of the interview (had to use the
pull-down menu to get to it as it would never show up in the
"normal" interview process again) and changed the answer to
"No" at which point TT went on to the interview page
concerning K-1's, etc.

You'd think TT would then eliminate the SEP IRA contribution
since you've answered "No" to the question regarding SEP IRA
contributions and the program doesn't allow you to uncheck
the "maximize" option (or I suppose, remove a
previously-entered amount) but it doesn't; the SEP IRA
deduction continues to appear on the face of the Form 1040
and all supporting schedules. In order to eliminate this
deduction you have to either override it on the relevant
Form(s) or go back to the interview, answer "Yes" to the
question and then uncheck the maximize button.

2) In 1999 I converted a traditional IRA to a ROTH, and
again in 2004. The 2004 conversion was fully taxable. I've
used TT since the days of DOS, so TT "knows" all this and
carries over the correct dollar figures. However, on the
interview page where you're asked to "Enter 2003
Conversions" there's two entry boxes, one for any 2003
Taxable Conversions and one for 2003 Non Taxable
Conversions. TT has provided the correct dollar figure, but
has put the figure in the "Non Taxable" box instead of the
"Taxable" box.

Just a "heads up" for anyone that used TTDeluxe for
preparing their returns.

Tom Young.

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