[G4] [OT] tax software preferences?

[Mel]

We have used TaxCut the last 3 years, and I highly recommend it.

  <rant> Intuit is getting so Mac hostile, I can hardly stand to use 
Quicken. TurboTax has 3 or 4 different packages for Windows, with the 
Basic going for $20 or less, which would be nice since my state of 
Texas doesn't have state income tax, so I don't need the add-ons. 
However, Intuit only sells the Deluxe $50 version for Mac, which has a 
bunch of stuff I don't need or care about. Same thing with Quicken. I 
can't believe that Apple is bundling QuickBooks with new PowerBooks. A 
straight port of a 5 year-old abandoned program with hardly any new 
features (certainly not nearly on par with the Windows version) and 
Apple gives them top billing at the MacWorld keynote. Not to mention 
that the new Quickbooks has an incompatible file format to both the old 
Quickbooks Mac and Quickbooks Windows, so it's almost impossible to 
share files with your accountant. What's the most incredible is that 
this entire sorry state of affairs has transpired with Bill Campbell 
(Intuit's Chairman) sitting on Apple's board. Oh, well, I'll climb down 
from my soapbox now. </rant>

On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 09:20 AM, Snoke Jay S NPRI wrote:

> Listas-
> 	I have used MacInTax (now TurboTax) in the past to satisfy the annual 
> urgings of the IRS.  What with all the grumblings I've heard about 
> this product, what are the alternatives people use (besides pencils, 
> calculators and lots of paper)?
>
> Jay Snoke
>
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