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On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 14:55:49 -0500, Catherine Grant
<cgrant@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

>OK, Mike --
>
>Recommendations for alternate software for those of who have used Turbo Tax for years, have clients
>with old information that can be imported from last year's files, and who don't have the need for a
>big expensive program like La Certe?
>
>Thanks.

TaxCut from H&R Block can import last year's TurboTax.

Money from Microsoft can import Quicken. M$ offered to 
give you Tax cut if you bought Money. 

My web site will very soon have letters from several 
who are quitting TurboTax, Quicken and Intuit Canada
products because of this. Much of Ed Foster's Jan 21
Gripe Line was about this. As expected, the print 
media are picking up the story, with a Washington 
Post reporter interviewing me.

I sure hope Intuit makes further changes in time to
avoid badly hurting itself and its legitimate long 
time users. 
 

>
>"Mike Block - Tax Cut C.P.A." wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 02:18:09 -0500, Mike Block - Tax Cut C.P.A.
>> <mblock@blocktax.com> wrote:
>>
>> >On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:28:12 GMT, olc-caSPAMMER@home.com wrote:
>> >
>> >>On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 15:14:31 -0500, Mike Block - Tax Cut C.P.A.
>> >><mblock@blocktax.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 14:39:28 GMT, Victor Roberts
>> >>><Vic@RobertsResearchInc.com> wrote:
>>
>> I updated my web pages for this:
>>
>> An Intuit 9/5/02 press release on this
>> http://www.intuit.com/company/press_releases/2002/09-05.html
>>
>> You remove TurboTax before using the C-Dilla
>> uninstaller, so those who gave back TT before
>> getting the uninstaller SHOULD not have a
>> problem, contrary to earlier reports.
>> http://www.turbotaxsupport.com/default.asp?platform=1&formName=&pd=&fs=&ver=&sku=&id=&DocID=815
>>
>> Also contrary to reports, I see nothing in
>> Intuit Press Releases or at
>> http://www.macrovision.com/ showing that
>> Macrovision is nwo owned by Intuit.
>>
>> >>>>On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 07:49:44 -0500, "David J. McCartney"
>> >>>><djm@novadirect.com> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>I know that this was/is primarily a concern for TurboTax users, but it is
>> >>>>>refreshing that for once Intuit responded to the vocal objectors:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,826594,00.asp
>> >>>>
>> >>>>I really like the part that said:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>"Gulbransen said a sales agent had mistakenly told at least one
>> >>>>customer that the software could not be transferred from one machine
>> >>>>to another, setting off the controversy. "
>> >>>>
>> >>>>This policy was POSTED on www.turbotax.com. I made a copy. Does
>> >>>>Gulbransen mean to imply that their Web site was written by one
>> >>>>employee and never checked by anyone else (like their legal
>> >>>>department), or is he lying, or does he really not know what is posted
>> >>>>on his own companies Web site????
>> >>>
>> >>>Intuit also responded quickly, in the same way, to
>> >>>vocal objections before. They dropped separate
>> >>>QuickBooks 2000 tax table charges for each company
>> >>>using QB, instead of for each copy of QB, when we
>> >>>boycotted.
>> >>
>> >>You can live with last years accouting software or last years money
>> >>manager, but you can't use last year's tax software. By the time
>> >>Untuit can fix this mess, too many will have opted for another, like
>> >>TaxCut, which looks just fine to me.
>> >
>> >I agree, though returns are not due until 4/15
>> >and you can extend them for 6 months. You also
>> >can use free or low cost IRS efiling.
>> >
>> >>>Despite my leading the attack against this practice,
>> >>>I am now one of 11 founding members of the QuickBooks
>> >>>Advisory Council, which Intuit formed to help it make
>> >>>QB better. I respectfully submit I got my post partly
>> >>>because I have long felt that pressuring Intuit is the
>> >>>best way for us to get better products AND by far the
>> >>>best way for Intuit to make more money from more users
>> >>>in the long run.
>> >>>
>> >>>This time Intuit responded even faster, but like many
>> >>>I do not feel it has gone far enough. That is why I
>> >>>have two new web pages calling for a continued boycott
>> >>>of the U.S. version of TurboTax 2002 & the Canadian
>> >>>version of QuickTax 2001 & QuickTax 2002. All wrongly
>> >>>infect systems with C-Dilla, in the same way many
>> >>>time wasting viruses infect computers.
>> >>>
>> >>>http://blocktax.com/turbotax_2002_boycott.htm
>> >>>http://blocktax.com/boycott_intuit_canada.htm
>> >>>
>> >>>I am also calling for a boycott of QuickBooks Canada.
>> >>>It wrongly couples forced frequent tax table updates,
>> >>>which are rarely needed, with program updates. This
>> >>>results in excessive base prices for Canadian small
>> >>>business users. I would not say so if Intuit Canada
>> >>>had responded to my prior posts. Even worse, the
>> >>>Canadian license agreement has a provision that lets
>> >>>Intuit disable access to user payroll data.
>> >>>
>> >>>I will gladly add prior & current TurboTax C-Dilla
>> >>>web policies there, as soon as I get them. This is
>> >>>not a matter of wanting to damage intuit, on which
>> >>>my clients, I and most small businesses depend. It
>> >>>is matter of matter of aggressively working with it
>> >>>so that users and Intuit get more from each other.
>> >>>
>> >>>After all, who among us has done enough right to have
>> >>>the 88.2% market share QuickBooks has in the U.S.,
>> >>>with its other products close behind?
>> >>>
>> >>>Please help yourself and TurboTax with feedback at
>> >>>www.intuit.com/support/turbotax/ttaxwin_feedback.html
>> >>>
>> >>>Please also help Intuit Canada with your feedback at
>> >>>www.intuit.com/canada/quicken/support/support_feedback_product.html
>> >>>
>> >>>We can and should protest unequal treatment and bad
>> >>>business practices everywhere, especially to friends
>> >>>like Intuit.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>   Mike Block, QuickBooks Tax Cut CPA, 954-566-7540
>> >>>     Charter Member:  QuickBooks Advisory Council
>> >>>Lowest QB Prices   http://blocktax.com/lowest_QuickBooks_prices.htm
>> >>>Free 462p QB Book  http://blocktax.com/free-quickbooks-book.htm
>> >>>Error Codes/Fixes  http://blocktax.com/quickbooks-errors.htm
>> >>>Shortcuts Download http://blocktax.com/quickbooks_shortcuts.htm
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>> >>>admin@localhost,abuse@localhost,webmaster@localhost,postmaster@127.0.0.1
>> >
>> >
>> >   Mike Block, QuickBooks Tax Cut CPA, 954-566-7540
>> >     Charter Member:  QuickBooks Advisory Council
>> >Lowest QB Prices   http://blocktax.com/lowest_QuickBooks_prices.htm
>> >Free 462p QB Book  http://blocktax.com/free-quickbooks-book.htm
>> >Error Codes/Fixes  http://blocktax.com/quickbooks-errors.htm
>> >Shortcuts Download http://blocktax.com/quickbooks_shortcuts.htm
>> >200 QB Add-ons http://blocktax.com/quickbooks-addons/quickbooks-add-ons.htm
>> >admin@localhost,abuse@localhost,webmaster@localhost,postmaster@127.0.0.1
>>
>>    Mike Block, QuickBooks Tax Cut CPA, 954-566-7540
>>      Charter Member:  QuickBooks Advisory Council
>> Lowest QB Prices   http://blocktax.com/lowest_QuickBooks_prices.htm
>> Free 462p QB Book  http://blocktax.com/free-quickbooks-book.htm
>> Error Codes/Fixes  http://blocktax.com/quickbooks-errors.htm
>> Shortcuts Download http://blocktax.com/quickbooks_shortcuts.htm
>> 200 QB Add-ons http://blocktax.com/quickbooks-addons/quickbooks-add-ons.htm
>> admin@localhost,abuse@localhost,webmaster@localhost,postmaster@127.0.0.1


         Mike Block, QuickBooks Tax Cut CPA, 954-566-7540
           Founding Member: QuickBooks Advisory Council
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