 Overpriced junk made even worse this year!, 2003-01-15
This software, which is already overpriced junk... historically, now leads the pack for the 2003 award for Most Obnoxious Software with the addition of "mother-may-I" copy protection (can't use it without Intuit's express permission on a single machine) and installation of admitted spyware ("C-Dilla" aka, "SafeCast") that stays even when TurboTax is uninstalled! Although the Mac version doesn't have these issues, Intuit charges double for that luxury...
Overpriced junk made even worse this year!, 2003-01-15
This software, which is already overpriced junk (I feel even sorrier for Mac-users who get ripped for double the price @ [...]) historically, now leads the pack for the 2003 award for Most Obnoxious Software with the addition of "mother-may-I" copy protection (can't use it without Intuit's express permission on a single machine) and installation of admitted spyware ("C-Dilla" aka, "SafeCast") that stays even when TurboTax is uninstalled! Although the Mac version doesn't have these issues, Intuit charges double for that luxury!
5 of 5 customers found the following review helpful:
Rats!, 2002-07-12
I've used Turbo Tax for 7 years, but 2001 was probably the last.
I'd carefully kept Internet Explorer off my computer - no easy feat! Then, I install TurboTax 2001 and it installs IE! No asking if I wanted it, no "cancel" button, just a program I didn't want. (Which incidentally [fouled] up my internet connection.)
But that's not all. While running, Turbo Tax splashes advertisements for all kinds of garbage on the screen. I don't know about you, but I find doing taxes unpleasant enough without having to plow through supurflous adverts.
Maybe they should charge a little more up front and quit the bogus hucksterism.
2 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
 the Turbo Tax Download, 2002-04-16
This is the first time I have used TurboTax. I had trouble with Mutual Funds and went to a professional tax preparer for the last three years. I was anticipating difficulty with it and had some anxious moments, but it turned out beautifully. I got more money back in refunds than I ever had. I felt I had to sign up for Audit Protection because TurboTax sent so much back. The one problem I had was that I didn't know where to enter charitable donations.
6 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
 TurboTax - more is less, 2002-04-06
For the third consecutive year, I purchased TurboTax for my family tax software. As it brings forward much of the data from the previous year, it makes data entry quicker, certainly a good move towards guaranteeing repeat business, and th single reason I purchased TurboTax rather than a competitive product.That said, my beef with the latest, Year 2001 version, has to do with its inclusion of many screens of video files discussing the latest tax laws and implications for all. Two points here - from the data taken from my income status, it is clear that parts of the tax laws do not apply to me. Does TurboTax then skip these sections? Not on your life; I should just be impressed that software created to bring organization from chaos can do so, and click through all the excess. Oh by the way, save your file often. My computer locked up twice on me (PIII 550 machine operating on Win98) attributed by microsoft explorer as due to the video, though none were being asked to run at the time. I buy tax software to simplify a distasteful process. Lately, TurboTax is bringing unneeded complexity back to the process.
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