Return-Path: Received: from k.gp.cs.cmu.edu by K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa27270; 25 Sep 91 14:14:53 EDT To: bovik@K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU Subject: [Sanjiv Singh] Tax Preparation Programs Date: Wed, 25 Sep 91 14:14:45 -0400 Message-ID: <27264.685822485@K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU> From: Harry_Bovik@K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU Article 2728 of cmu.cs.general: From: Sanjiv.Singh@CIVE.RI.CMU.EDU Subject: Replies to Tax-Prog Question Date: 11 Feb 91 17:51:59 EST Thanks to all the people who replied to my query about experience with tax preparation programs. A very brief summary follows: - MacInTax was highly reccomended - One person reccomended TaxCut as being much better & cheaper than MacInTax - The CMU computer store sells MacInTax for around $65 - These programs all do only the Federal tax return, you need additional modules for state tax preparation Lastly, perhaps the most important notion that I extracted from the replies and my own investigation is that the tax preparation programs are useful only if your taxes are both at least moderately complicated AND you know what you are doing. If you have a simple return, better do it by hand. If you have a really complicated return, better to get an accountant who can help you think of deductions that you might not have come up on your own. The replies have been collated in the following file: /../frc/usr/ssingh/info/tax-progs Sanjiv (ssingh@ri.cmu.edu)