Product Description
Prepare next year's federal return quickly and easily. With H&R Block TaxCut Premium Federal + State + E-file, you will get extra assistance and money-saving advice to maximize deductions. Plus, you'll receive additional guidance for complex tax situations. In the event of an audit, receive personal assistance from an IRS-licensed Enrolled Agent with audit representation expertise - not a self-serve Web site or FAQ page.
Error Check - automatically double-checks your return for errors E-file your return, and get your refund in as little to 8-15 days Customized Tax Advice on changing tax situations, including getting married, having a baby and buying a home Schedule C Support - Extra deduction help for the self-employed, including home office, rental property and depreciation assistance Business Expense Assistant - extra guidance to make sure you're claiming all deductible business expense, including advertising costs, meals and travel expenses, and office supplies Investor Guidance - Additional help figuring cost basis for investment income IRS Publications - Quick access to IRS Publications Tax Tip Video - H&R Block pros explain how changing tax laws affect you
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Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #1 in Software
Brand: H&R Block
Model: 1336600-08
Released on: 2008-12-01
Platforms: Mac OS X, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista
Format: CD-ROM
Dimensions: 5.30" h x 7.40" w x 1.50" l, .5 pounds
Features
TaxCut includes up to 5 free federal e-files and H&R Block expertise in every version
Get extra assistance and money-saving advice to maximize deductions; plus, turn your donations into big tax savings with the included DeductionPro
Receive live tax advice from an H&R Block tax professional via one-on-one phone or e-mail consultation
Save time and reduce the chance for error by quickly and easily importing last year's tax and financial data from TaxCut, TurboTax, Quicken, Microsoft Money, and H&R Block DeductionPro software, as applicable
In the event of an audit, receive personal assistance from an IRS-licensed Enrolled Agent with audit representation expertise--not a self-serve Web site or FAQ page
Customer Reviews
64 Bit users - BEWARE
This is just a heads up for 64 bit users - I've used TurboTax for years and had no problem but I like to keep my options open. When I received TaxCut 2008 software as part of a purchase bundle I was excited to be able to compare for free.
My 6 month old 64 bit pc has presented me with a few software compatibility issues. So, when the time came to get my 2008 tax software, I checked before I bought. TurboTax pretty much said they didn't 'officially' support 64 bit but if I tried it and it didn't work, I could get a full refund within 30 days. Nice to know but a pain, nonetheless. Instead, I installed my old 2007 TurboTax version and files and they worked just fine. So I bought TurboTax 2008 and it seems to be working fine, both State and Federal versions, importing previous year data, entering new data and linking to website for updates.
Then I installed TaxCut 2008. The install was okay (after a little bit of a hiccup) but it freezes up everytime I try to run it. To be honest, I haven't done any follow up to this because I have TurboTax. Again, this is not really a review of TaxCut 2008 just a warning to 64 bit users.
Smaller refund than with TurboTax all info the same!
I prepared my return with TaxCut last year and my Mom had a copy of Turbotax so I said what the hell and tried it on that as well, all my info entered the exact same on both software, and TurboTax had a refund amount over $100 more than Taxcut. I don't know how or why, but I went with that and that's the refund I got.
I don't know any better reason to choose a tax software!
One star for the UI which was pretty good.
Dangerously inaccurate
I used Tax Cut last year. What a mistake! It is not nearly as intuitive as Turbo Tax, has little to no explanations for the items it is asking for, and worst of all, if you put information in, then back track and put in the same information, you always end up with different numbers for the return! They're generally close, but roughly $30 to $100(!) dollars off! From the same numbers!
Unless your taxes are so simple, you can't make a mistake, I would stay as far away as possible from this. Then again, if they are that simple, use the IRS free file instead. But don't pay money for TaxCut.
H&R Block TaxCut 2008 Premium Federal + State + e-file
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