TaxCut Standard 2002 Filing Edition Software

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First the good. TaxCut downloaded and installed easily. It imported my 2001 TurboTax tax information easily.

Now the bad.

First, the interview failed to ask about my real estate taxes as I was entering my deductions. Fortunately I remembered, but I had to search around to find out where I had to go to enter them, otherwise I would have missed out on that significant deduction. What else might have been missed?

The second problem is related to the code boxes in 12a and 12b of my W-2 forms. I have two W-2s, each of which has an amount in 12a (which has code C) and box 12b (which has code D). I entered the codes and amounts appropriate for each W-2. However, when I finished filling out my Federal return, TaxCut went through it's check, gave me several warnings, and in the process of reviewing those warnings, I noticed that on one W-2, both 12a and 12b were coded "C", on the other W-2, both 12a and 12b were coded "D". I have corrected this at least 10 times, each time my change appears to be accepted. Yet each time I go to verify my W-2 information, the boxes have been reset to both C and both D.

Now I don't know how those codes are used in the filing process, but the program appears buggy and made me lose confidence in the whole package. If TaxCut won't accept my W-2 codes, what else is wrong that I can't see? My tax information is critical and I don't feel comfortable using this program to file my taxes.