Suggestion for US Income Tax software?

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2 total messages Started by David H Brown Sat, 09 Jan 1993 21:29

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Author: David H Brown
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 21:29

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[Apologies if this isn't the best group for this; feel free to tell me where
to go if this isn't the best place!]

I writing to request suggestions for a US income tax preparation program to
run on a DOS-only (640K) computer.

My mom has recently had a bad experience with the JK Lasser program from
ChipSoft (poorly redesigned user interface [lots of Alt-key combinations] and
wouldn't load background data from last year... last year's version did not
have these problems... she did call tech support re: background data).

Program should be able to handle multiple returns (she does my sister's taxes
for her), loading data from Quicken would be really nice, and ability to
transfer background data (names, dependents, etc.) from year-to-year would be
good, too. I guess ease-of-use is a big concern here.

Thanks for your help. I'll try to follow this group for a while, but e-mail
would be nice...

--
brownd@stolaf.edu (Dave Brown)
Radio Techie, Desktop Publisher, Medieval Recreationist, Trekker, slices
too!

Re: Suggestion for US Income Tax software?

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Author: Christopher Bieda
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 18:51

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In article <1993Jan9.212945.4217@news.stolaf.edu>, brownd@mari.acc-admin.stolaf.edu (David H Brown) writes...

>I writing to request suggestions for a US income tax preparation program to
>run on a DOS-only (640K) computer.

There is no better text-mode tax program than MECA's "TaxCut."

>My mom has recently had a bad experience with the JK Lasser program from
>ChipSoft (poorly redesigned user interface [lots of Alt-key combinations] and
>wouldn't load background data from last year... last year's version did not
>have these problems... she did call tech support re: background data).

Well, I dunno about Lasser (which was sold by Simon & Schuster, not ChipSoft),
but I can swear to you, I used ChipSoft's market-leading TurboTax last year,
and *hated* it.  I will never use TurboCrap again.

>Program should be able to handle multiple returns (she does my sister's taxes
>for her), loading data from Quicken would be really nice, and ability to
>transfer background data (names, dependents, etc.) from year-to-year would be
>good, too. I guess ease-of-use is a big concern here.

Pretty much everybody will import Quicken data these days--it's the lingua
franca of personal finance on the PC.

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