iBlue... TURBO TAX!!! Go get the Fed and State packages. There are rebates and freebies, in the end it will cost you about $30.00. Turbo Tax will walk you through the whole process. It will also review your return to make sure everything is filled out properly.

Now to answer Gino... I just hit the send button last night and I'm getting a return... a whopping big return. Being unemployed has moved me into a lower tax bracket! I was also able to claim some educational bucks as well.

Cheers, Joe

Somebody hire me already!

 

That totally depends on your situation.

For me the hard part isn't filling out the form so much as finding basis for stocks that split/changed names, etc... itemizing, crap like that.

For anyone who can use an EZ form, do it yourself, it's VERY easy at that stage.

I know I'll be getting a fair amount back, but that's because I claimed 0 all last year and also sold a bunch of loser stocks. My losses will probably hit the max, and carry over to this year. Good thing too, because I'll be selling some winner this year

As for software, I heard Turbo Tax implemented a copy protection scheme that writes to your BOOT SECTOR.

People are having serious problems on dual boot systems (boot loaders no longer work, and if your system uses one, the program may render your computer unbootable unless you know what you're doing) and even some normal Windows users are having problems using the software. Avoid that, get Tax Cut if you want software. I've used Tax cut for several years, and it works fine.

There is quite a discussion on the topic at Slashdot: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0...thread&tid=185

As a consumer I don't want to encourage companies who make software that writes to critical areas of my hard drive, especially when they try to do so secretly. I encourage others to boycott Turbo Tax for this reason alone.