Two years ago I bought a house, and last year was the first year I was able to itemize deductions because of mortgage interest and property tax (my only two deductions). I have used TurboTax for years to do my taxes and have been satisfied in the past. Then I will go online to find a better tax return product. I am going to pack up my 2014 TurboTax disk and drive down to my Costco to see how their return policy handles it. Lastly, a couple of times I had to drive 25 miles downtown to be sure the tax return was postmarked by the due date. And then read all the instructions to be sure all entries were correct and I hadn't missed anything. I know how much of a challenge it was then to drive to the post office, the library or the closest IRS office to secure all the forms I needed. For years I prided myself in sitting down with a pencil, eraser, calculator and two copies of the tax forms-one to do a first draft on in pencil and a second set to carefully enter all the information in ink for the final form to be mailed. This was one of those classic 'got cha' moments. I got about half way through and TurboTax now wants an additional $30.00 to upgrade from Deluxe to Premier so I can enter some stock sale information. Lo and behold I decided to install TurboTax on my PC today (January 21, 2015) and start entering information to get a first read on my tax situation.
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