"Dick Adams" <rdadams[at]smart.net> wrote:
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PC Magazine has annual reviews of these two products and
includes others in the review

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Speaking of Ed, where has he been lately????

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sethb[at]panix.com (Seth Breidbart) wrote:

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Good points.

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sethb[at]panix.com (Seth Breidbart) wrote:

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Unfortunately tax practitioners are not users of PTS
(Personal Tax Software) and have no reason to keep abreast
of the "minutia of programs". You might be best served by
a magazine article - check Money and other publications.

Dick

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MTW <mtwingcpa[at]yahoo.com> wrote:

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I think some of them will have done comparisons and can
provide useful information. Others won't bother answering,
just like lots of people here have never dealt with
California's idiosyncrasies yet this is a good place to ask
about them.

And as a reader, I don't want to join several mailinglists
dedicated to minutia of programs I may never use, but I'd be
interested in seeing comparisons to decide which to use.

Seth

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Arthur L. Rubin wrote:

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I disagree. <grin> The original post included no tax law issues.
If he had said, "I sold my vacation home last year. Which program
would be better able to calculate the gain or loss on the rental
portion," I ~might~ agree. But as it is, what is his criteria for
"best?" Is it, for example, the quality of the graphics? The
availability of support? The hassles involved with obtaining
purchase rebates? Etc. We would certainly not obliged to discuss
all of those various issues in a TAX forum, would we?

The foregoing comment is offered not in the interest of be being
argumentative or pedantic, or of being critical of the original
poster. Rather, it is offered in the interest of crafting of a
better policy on software-related posts.

In answer to the original post, I would recommend TaxACT. Check
'em out at: www.taxact.com

MTW

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Moderator:
I do not like taking Mike's side on this issue, but in
this specific case, the OP was looking for something
completely outside the expected expertise of this ng.
The OP needs to be referred to a better source.

And Mike, you will never be forgiven for taking Ed's
side against me on that constructive question. <g================================================ ============

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MTW wrote:
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I disagree. It seems a reasonable question for this group.

Moderator?

Moderator:
Tax software questions is a problem that needs to be
dealt with in the future.

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Moderator:
Perhaps I am not deleting enough of these personal tax
software questions. But bickering about it is really
unnecessary and a few other un.... words.
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Seth Breidbart wrote:

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Because many such users have used more than one of the
programs.

Why do you (apparently) think that the readers of THIS
newsgroup (many of whom have never used ANY of the programs
in question) would be able to provide more/better
information?

MTW

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MTW <mtwingcpa[at]yahoo.com> wrote:
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And why do you think people on mailinglists each devoted to
one program are more likely to provide useful comparisons
among different programs?

Seth

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jbk[at]piasystems.com wrote:

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May I respectfully suggest that you (and other tax software
users) post such inquiries to the following applicable
groups (where you will receive much faster response than
here):

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TaxACTors/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hrbTaxCut/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TurboTax/

MTW

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I am trying to decide between the two of these programs and
would welcome other's views on which is best

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