• Windows NT 4
• Windows Me
• Windows 98
• Windows 2000
• Windows XP

Some apparent defects and poor support

I had an issue with the error checker finding copy number problems when none existed. Online support told me to delete the forms and re-enter, which did not solve the problem. They kept cutting and pasting some verbiage that had nothing to do with my problem, insisting I try that. In the end I gave up after three separate sessions and ignored the warning. Online support resources were very thin, The online chat seemed good at first but could not go past standard cut and paste responses.^M

No support for Cap Gains Worksheet imports

I am not happy. I just completed my 2005 taxes using Taxcut, after spending 5 hours needlessly - hand entering my cap gains (basis, dates, etc.) info. Taxcut doesn't support imports from comma delimited files, and Fidelity (my broker) tells me they declined to support their export service. I am VERY suspicious this is collusion with Microsoft and Gainskeeper which, for #49.95 a year (less than 100 trades - $149 for more), would enable this import. Although I have been a Taxcut customer for 10 years, unless this is corrected next year, I will be going to Turbo Tax (which supports the direct Fidelity imports).

SUPERFICIAL AND DANGEROUS

After I got disgusted with Intuit (mostly over their Quicken software) in 2004, I switched to Microsoft Money and H&R Block's TaxCut software for my 2005 taxes. Microsoft Money is fine; unlike Quicken, they've kept their promise to be able to store data online. But TaxCut is another story.^M