Re:TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Ta...
by Rebelgecko on Thursday October 17, 2019 @01:17PM
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I personally think the Calfile UI is better than TurboTax for what it does. CalFile's UI isn't shiny and Web 3.0, but it is nice and linear and easy to understand. IMO TurboTax can get a bit weird if you skip around sections or need to manually look at the generated forms. CalFile doesn't have all the features that TurboTax does, like being able to say "I donated a microwave to charity, figure out my deduction". However I've found that the two actually work pretty well in conjunction with each other— do Federal taxes in Turbotax to figure out my deductions and get my W2 #s collected, then copy all that info into CalFile.
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Re:TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Ta...
by perl4ever on Thursday October 17, 2019 @06:06PM
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"but it is nice and linear and easy to understand"
I never wanted "linear". My ideal tax software just has the forms to fill out on screen, but applies all the constraints and rules so that the return is either consistent or you have a comprehensive list of discrepancies. And cascades any fields that can be derived from others. Really, just like a compiler for taxes.
Edit: TurboTax used to work like this...