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Re: MACINTAX vs. TURBOTAX

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From: rand
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 1990 09:46
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In article <45114@cci632.UUCP>, ph@cci632.UUCP (Pete Hoch) writes:
> TurboTax on the other hand seems to be a true aid in prepairing taxes.
> It is loaded with areas to enter receipt information for all of your
> tax related stuff, not just your W2s.  It also will show you how your
> deductions stack up against the national averages and it checks your
> return for any odd things that are likely to flag an audit.  This is
> purely for informational reasons and is not ment to be used as a tool
> for ceative financing. ;-}  You can also attach notes to almost every
> entery.  Also you can override all of the calculated fields, so if you
> have an odity in you taxes that TurboTax does not handle you can just
> override it and place a note there to help you remember where the
> number came from.

Hmmm, I used the 1989 version of Macintax and it included all of the
above except for the dubious audit checking. I was very happy with it.

Rand P. Hall                    UUCP: {uunet,wang,ulowell}!samsung!hubdub!rand
Merrimack College                     rand%merrimack.edu@samsung.com
N. Andover, MA         I spend so much time doing nothing. Life's wasting away.
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Subject: Re: MACINTAX vs. TURBOTAX
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Date: 26 Dec 90 09:46:47 GMT
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