TurboTax Premier Federal + State + eFile 2008 [OLD VERSION]

Ive used TurboTax for many years, and found the 2008 version confusing and not sure if it gave correct results.

This product was an excellent competitive price and the seller was perfect. Was mailed right away and same product would have cost me $40 more. Good deal.

Navigation is a little tedious. One return had a refund due and the program kept bringing up a 1040 ES for no apparent reason. All withholding was the same over the 52 weeks. There was also an issue in correcting an item which proved to be quite irritating. I have used Turbo Tax for a few years but may go back to Tax Cut next year.

Intuit has found yet another way to nickle-dime everyone who uses their product this year. Yeah, they may tell you you get 5 free e-files with this, but they neglect to mention the fact that you have to pay 20 dollars for each state you choose to efile. And you had better not pay taxes in two different states because that will cost you extra as well. So yeah, It will help you do your taxes, but plan on paying extra.

At the time back versions of this was outrageous. It was a great price & was able to complete my taxes at a great price.

I have been using TurboTax to prepare our returns for several years. The product keeps improving, although the price continues to go up as well. I have been buying the Premium version the past couple of years as we have some rental properties and some (rapidly declining) stock/mutual fund assets - and figured that the Premium version would be able to tell me if we had additional tax deductions/etc. EZ import of old data, EZ guide through the tax return preparation burden/process (wish we had a flat tax system in place!!). Recommend this product. Wish their Mac version of Quicken would improve/catchUP to where their Windows version is...

Found some glitches when trying to go back and fix some numbers but it is still the best program I have used.

Every year I purchase Turbo Tax, usually from the local Sams or Costco. I am happy with the purchase from Amazon.com and will most likely purchase it from here next year too.

As promised!

You may not need this expensive version of TurboTax if youre buying it primarily because you also have investment income (Schedule D). I realize TT has recommended this but theyve recanted and told me that the 2008 Deluxe version will be every bit as capable as the 2007 Deluxe version was in guiding us through the Schedule D, C, SE and other self employment forms. Heres the dialogue: TurboTax support has been extremely responsive in calling me back regarding my complaint to them about how badly theyre confusing people on which TT product to buy. Id like you to read my question to them and then their answer. The bottom line is that TTDeluxe 2008 is every bit as comprehensive (and more) as the TTDeluxe 2007 product. There are no takeaways and no real reason for a Schedule D user to have to buy the Premiere version and no significant reason why a self-employed person MUST buy the Home/Business version. He knew their company screwed up and caused a public relations nightmare. Apparently the recommended upgrade products have expanded guidance and help for the uninitiated TT user. If this 2nd review of mine is not accepted by Amazon, I will try to post it to the Premiere version and the Home/Business version and also as a comment to my 1st review here. My question: Considerable confusion exists as to whether a person with investment income/transactions or self employed income absolutely needs to buy the considerably more expensive Premiere or Home/Business version. Your website indicates that the Deluxe version includes forms Sched. D, Sched. C, SE etc. and yet you say we should buy the more expensive program. This doesnt make sense. Ill be happy if Deluxe 2008 is as comprehensive as Deluxe 2007 was but nowhere do you compare the 2008 and 2007 versions. You are getting very bad reviews this year on Amazon because of all this confusion. People believe you are taking away function from Deluxe and raising the price to boot. Their response: These are the actions we took to assist you in resolving your issue: I was able to express to Sam that the Deluxe program will have the same functionality as in previous years, as well as additional features as well. Sam express his confusion on the product features and that of the comparison between each of the verison of TTax. I informed Sam that he has given me a great piece of reference when relaying the changes, functions, and ease of usage within the program. I will be able to inform my supervisors on this as well as urge the response for our return customers, as well as new. Thank You Sam.