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  • 01/22/2004 at 3:42 am #1721136
    skarolek

      OK, got your attention. Tried to tie this to geocaching somehow. Sometime in the next few months, most of us will be spending some time doing our annual tax paperwork, while wishing we were out geocaching.

      I’ve been a loyal user of TurboTax Deluxe for years. I really like the ability to file both federal and state electronically and usually elect to have any refund direct deposited.

      Since all the statements will be here soon, I’m shopping for the best price. I’ve checked Wal-Mart, Target and Office Max. Three different packages for the same product. All priced at $39.99. This year, of the three, only Office Max has the $10 rebate packages.

      Has anyone seen the TT Deluxe package with state download and $10 rebate cheaper than $39.99?

      adTHANKSvance,
      Steve K

      01/22/2004 at 2:18 pm #1746194
      kbraband

        I don’t know anything about TurboTax, but I’ve been thinking of checking it out this year instead of using a tax preparer. Question: I keep all my financials in Quicken. Will TurboTax import this information to make tax prep easy, or at least easier?

        01/22/2004 at 2:59 pm #1746195
        OuttaHand

          I’ve used TurboTax for years now. It’s beautiful!!! 1)I got mine this year from a direct mailer that they sent me as a past user. It was a good deal with NO rebates. It included free filing (you usually pay to file electronically) and a free state download (which you usually pay for).
          2) As far as downloading from Quicken– yes. I believe it does. I have never done so because I use Quicken only for my checkbook and the main household bills. My wife has her own checkbook and takes care of that. Because of that, Quicken (in our house) does not have all of her income in it, nor the expenses that she takes care of. So it’s not complete enough to import into TurboTax and save much time.
          But if you use Quicken and are pretty thorough with it, then you should be able to import that info into TurboTax and save a lot of time.
          Another time-saver is from year-to-year. When I installed the 2003 TurboTax product, it was able to import all the data from my past years. I instantly had all the records for comparison, important numbers from last year’s taxes that need to be entered into this year’s, etc.
          Now if I could just figure a way to deduct my geocaching (see! this thread IS geocaching related!!!) expenses for tax purposes, then I’d REALLY be happy!

          01/22/2004 at 4:13 pm #1746196
          Cheesehead Dave

            I’ve used the web based version or TurboTax for a few years now and like it a lot. If you don’t need all the extra features that the retail package has, it’s a nice cost savings.

            Edit: Oh yeah… it’s free to use as well. You don’t pay until you actually print or file, so you can try it out first to see if it meets your needs or not.

            [This message has been edited by Cheesehead Dave (edited 01-22-2004).]

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