TurboTax State 45 Multistate 2002 Software

Average Rating:

I was not alone in buying this product, which includes 45 states' tax returns on one CD-ROM, under the *mistaken* impression that you could access more than one state. (Why else would a customer care that it is a multi-state disk rather than only his or her state?)

If you want to use the throughly excellent TurboTax programs to do your federal and state taxes, then you should buy TurboTax Deluxe, which includes one state for free in addition to the federal tax stuff. You will not need to buy this product.

If you plan to file in more than one state, then you would be required to purchase one copy of this product for EACH additional state. (Of course, once you own TurboTax Deluxe you can download additional states for the same price as ordering this and help the environment by consuming one less box and CD-ROM. Somehow that should be deductable. :o) ...)

As far as the state products go, the ones with which I have had experience (MO, IL, IA, and IN) are user friendly and massive timesavers. For those of us who work in two different states (at least MO and IL), TurboTax state products easily and quickly perform the cumbersome task of figuring out how much tax goes to which state. The calculation verges on calculus and, before TurboTax, I spent hours upon hours trying to figure it out without ever knowing if I had done it correctly.

Highly recommended for those who need this product and who understand what it is they are ordering.