Average Rating: 
Rating: - Tax Cut is ok, but has some problems
Following the advice I found here on Amazon.com, I switched from
TurboTax to TaxCut. This was based on the installation of SPY
software by TurboTax- I liked the performance of that product.A previous review mentioned that TurboTax does not have toll-
free support. Neither does TaxCut. It's a toll number as well. The main problem I had with TaxCut was in importing information
from Quicken 2002. All the information got there, but it was
not properly separated, the way it had been in TurboTax: Multiple charitable donations were all lumped together, and the
organization names were not imported- last years were used,
and were all empty except for the top one, where the total
was put. More important, earning information from two employers was
lumped under one W2. This had implications for excess FICA.
When I called tech support, I was told the obvious- "you have
to enter the information in by hand to two separate W2 forms".
And "we have no plans to fix this". So, that's tech support,
and import compatibility with Quicken, TaxCut style. In general, navigation from numbers to the sources of those
numbers (forms, worksheets, etc.) is better with TurboTax
than it is with TaxCut. All that said, it's still worth using a slightly inferior
product if TurboTax is going to insist on installing SpyWare
on my computer.
Rating:  - Just say NO!
I was lured to TaxCut by spyware mistake in TurboTax. I cannot reget more. For:a. Immensely lower quality. Items left marked "To Do" after I gone through them several times. Questions asked "Are you subject to ...?" In order to use this program you must know already everything in tax law, or its plain useless unless you return is extremely simple. b. And it finally got my return REJECTED!! Why? I did not supply Electronic Funds Withdrawal amount and date! Check printout, I DID supply. OK, proposed solution: refile a return, select check as a payment option. Now it does not allow me to refile a return since in has already been filed. Technical support? Forget about it, holiday. Advice: avoid HR Block at all costs. Or at least until their software team is fired without reverence package. Good luck to you, taxpayer.
Rating: - Stick with Turbotax
I have used turbotax for the past few years but switched to taxcut because of product activation. Well, what a mistake! I had numerous problems with software and tried to contact technical support. Standard answer, contact tax advisor for 19.95. Then after e-filing for many years with turbotax, I cannot with taxcut since I live in New Jersey and work in New York. The tax software cannot figure out that my income is taxed in both states and doubles my federal income on the New Jersey 1040 form. As such I owe NJ $2000 instead of my $600 refund. To correct this, I have to override the software which prevents e-file. DO NOT BUY THIS SOFTWARE STICK WITH TURBOTAX!!
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