On Feb 9, 9:16*pm, Salmon Egg <Salmon...[at]sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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I don't know what qualifies as simple, but I've been using Tax Act on-
line for a couple of years, with schedule a,b,d, and the first year
the child care form. Takes me roughly 2 hours, altho that does not
include scouring the house for the #(*^$( forms or paperwork that my
DH misfiled....

maxine in ri

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In article <MPG.23fa7acae385316998976e[at]news.verizon.net> ,
Jerry Bank <bankcello[at]verizon.net> wrote:

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I was going to switch from TurboTax to Tax Act, but for reasons that
differ from yours. Then I found out, at least as far as I can tell, that
Tax Act will not work on Macs. I ordered TaxCut, but I have not received
it yet.

Many of these "main line" programs claim that you can do simple returns
on their web side. Have you looked into that? I have privacy concerns.
On the other hand, I have had them whenever I used a third party for
electronic filing.

Bill

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In article <3d47118b-03d4-4e35-8a5d-
c666c86835b0[at]z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com> , honda.lioness[at]gmail.com
says...
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mail has always worked for me. Something such as taxslayer doesn't
appeal to me since I would prefer something that is resident on my
computer, so I don't have to rely on sometimes slow internet response
times.

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Jerry Bank
Trenton, New Jersey
Music is the language of the gods.

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On Feb 9, 4:28 pm, Jerry Bank <bankce...[at]verizon.net> wrote:
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The free federal efile version at taxact.com is good. State efiling
through taxact.com is $13.95 more. This will be my second year using
Taxact.com for free federal e-filing. I helped a friend use it last
year, too.

A few weeks ago I also tried taxslayer.com with a friend as we
completed her fairly simple return (1040 with Schedule A only).
Taxslayer.com's total cost for federal and state is $9.95. Lots on the
net like it, too. I think taxslayer.com is actually a bit easier to
use and navigate. The only caveat I would give on taxslayer is that,
to preview one's 1040, know to click on the "calculate/print return"
button, and then the "create a pdf file" button.

Remember many states also provide free efiling of one's state return
through their respective state tax department's web site.

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Jerry Bank wrote:
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Have you checked the online site for your state tax or revenue
dept. to see if they offer that functionality?

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For many years I have been using TaxCut. However, my return has gotten
simpler and the price of the software has gotten greater. However, I
don't want to do them manually, and have a state return to file.

Is Tax Act any good? The price seems good.
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Jerry Bank
Trenton, New Jersey
Music is the language of the gods.

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