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TurboTax Online Premier
TurboTax Premier is tax software for people with investments and rental property. You can easily import your income and W-2 directly from participating employers and it tailors the questions to your investment situation.
Average Customer Rating:
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1746 of 1856(94%)customers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for TurboTax Online Premier
Review 41 for TurboTax Online Premier
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User friendly, except for NOL
March 27, 2009
Review of TurboTax - Tax Year 2008
Anonymous
Pros: Easy step by step
Cons: Except for figuring out Net Operating Loss
About Me: I own rental property
More About Me: I own a home
"Supposedly, Turbo Tax filled out a NOL carry forward form in my 2007 taxes, but it did not automatically forward to my 2008 taxes (in fact, Turbo Tax could not find my 07 records, which I thought I e-filed). Major headache trying to find 07 1040 tax form in my computer's Turbo Tax (never could find it), and trying to figure out the NOL amount to put on my 08 form."
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Review 42 for TurboTax Online Premier
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Step by Step
March 27, 2009
Review of TurboTax - Tax Year 2008
Anonymous
(Oceanside, CA)
Pros: Walking "the dog"..
Cons: Too rigid in determining deductions.
About Me: I own rental property
"Although this program is limited in its ability to determine deductions, it is very useful in identifying most deductions for the average to above-average taxpayer. Very impressed with this product. Will use again next year."
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Review 43 for TurboTax Online Premier
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This product gets better every year
March 27, 2009
Review of TurboTax - Tax Year 2008
Anonymous
(Boston, Ma)
Pros: Ease of use, intuitive, intelligent, informative
Cons: zeroooooooo
About Me: I buy/sell investments such as stocks and bonds
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Review 44 for TurboTax Online Premier
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Easy way to do your taxes
March 27, 2009
Review of TurboTax - Tax Year 2008
Anonymous
(Alaska)
Pros: Lots of information available.
Cons: Can't tell what is coming in next window.
About Me: I own a home
More About Me: I buy/sell investments such as stocks and bonds
"Turbo Tax is good for me to use as it walks me through areas I did not know about. By using Turbo Tax for 3 years now it has made me more aware of what is really going on with my money. In the past I would have someone else doing my taxes and I did not know or understand why the figures were the way they were. Now I feel I am more educated and richer for not paying a lot to have my taxes done for me."
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Review 45 for TurboTax Online Premier
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Good overall step by step
March 27, 2009
Review of TurboTax - Tax Year 2008
Anonymous
(LA,CA)
Pros: step by step process that covers everything
About Me: I buy/sell investments such as stocks and bonds
"It was great overall except when it came to filing stocks.
For the filing of stocks and investment property there was only a way to import it from quicken or from the Broker. But i didnt have quicken and my brokerage wasnt listed and so i had to enter information for every single stock i sold individually. That took me several hours along with making a lot of mathematical calculations. There should be an easier way to enter stock information like importing from an excell worksheet"
For the filing of stocks and investment property there was only a way to import it from quicken or from the Broker. But i didnt have quicken and my brokerage wasnt listed and so i had to enter information for every single stock i sold individually. That took me several hours along with making a lot of mathematical calculations. There should be an easier way to enter stock information like importing from an excell worksheet"
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Review 46 for TurboTax Online Premier
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Best S/w for Tax Filing
March 27, 2009
Review of TurboTax - Tax Year 2008
Anonymous
(Hartford, ct)
Pros: Well constructed software, is a pro
About Me: I own a home
More About Me: I buy/sell investments such as stocks and bonds
"This is the best software i have ever used for Tax filing"
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Review 47 for TurboTax Online Premier
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Peaceful
March 27, 2009
Review of TurboTax - Tax Year 2008
Anonymous
(Utah)
About Me: I own a home
More About Me: I buy/sell investments such as stocks and bonds
"Using Turbo Tax was very peaceful. I had braced myself to spend an entire day working on our grueling taxes,but found myself finished in approximately 3 hours! I wasn't stressed one bit. I love how I learn new things while doing my taxes, thanks to the pop-up window tutorials and the chat community. It actually made me enjoy doing our taxes--who would have ever thought that??"
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Review 48 for TurboTax Online Premier
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Always Satisfied
March 27, 2009
Review of TurboTax - Tax Year 2008
Anonymous
Pros: Download tax information, clear cut and easy to use
Cons: ESPP portion a little confusing
"I have used TurboTax for quite a few years now and am always satisfied with the product. The ESPP section was a little confusing as the information it was requesting was not specifically listed on my documentation...even though I downloaded this information via TurboTax. Whether this was TurboTax or my broker's issue is unclear. My entire family uses this product!"
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Review 49 for TurboTax Online Premier
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Buggier than expected
March 27, 2009
Review of TurboTax - Tax Year 2008
Anonymous
(CA)
Pros: Keeps track of previous returns, import from institutions
Cons: Sometimes inflexible, bugs bugs bugs
"I ran into some issues with the online version. Since the online version has been around for a while, I expected it to be more polished. I used IE 7 (rather than my browser of choice) to minimize incompatibilities.
Somehow I entered something relative to RSUs that TurboTax did not like, generating lots of errors at the end. Since fixing the errors turned out to be an ordeal or just impossible to accomplish, I decided to revisit the topic. At that point I found some link online that prompted me to return to the screen I saw prior to hitting the "Help Me" button, the one that contains the Cost Basis. There was no obvious way to do that, so I decided to start over. The problem was that there was no apparent way to start over! So I started deleting entries one by one. When I got to the end, the TurboTax website keeled over with some sort of unrecoverable error! I logged back in. Surprise, all the data I painstakingly deleted was back there. But the worst part: ALL THE DATA I HAD ALREADY ENTERED FOR MY DEDUCTIONS HAD BEEN LOST! Not only that, the program had marked all that section as already visited. I had to manually revisit all the sections. I don't know if I solved correctly my RSU problems, but I managed to find a way to get to the end with no errors. I decided not to file right away, but to wait until the next day and rereview. Amazingly, TurboTax inserted an error in data I had entered correctly. A few years back I had a different car so I have two cars listed for the VLF deduction. Of course the old car has 0 dollars, and the newer car has X dollars. TurboTax somehow decided to duplicate the X dollars and apply them to the old car! This incorrectly doubled my deduction and I had to fix this by hand. I was kind of shocked to see these kind of bugs in a supposedly mature product.
[Just in case anyone feels like dismissing my review: I am a Senior Principal SW Engineer and I have been developing software for 20+ years.]"
Somehow I entered something relative to RSUs that TurboTax did not like, generating lots of errors at the end. Since fixing the errors turned out to be an ordeal or just impossible to accomplish, I decided to revisit the topic. At that point I found some link online that prompted me to return to the screen I saw prior to hitting the "Help Me" button, the one that contains the Cost Basis. There was no obvious way to do that, so I decided to start over. The problem was that there was no apparent way to start over! So I started deleting entries one by one. When I got to the end, the TurboTax website keeled over with some sort of unrecoverable error! I logged back in. Surprise, all the data I painstakingly deleted was back there. But the worst part: ALL THE DATA I HAD ALREADY ENTERED FOR MY DEDUCTIONS HAD BEEN LOST! Not only that, the program had marked all that section as already visited. I had to manually revisit all the sections. I don't know if I solved correctly my RSU problems, but I managed to find a way to get to the end with no errors. I decided not to file right away, but to wait until the next day and rereview. Amazingly, TurboTax inserted an error in data I had entered correctly. A few years back I had a different car so I have two cars listed for the VLF deduction. Of course the old car has 0 dollars, and the newer car has X dollars. TurboTax somehow decided to duplicate the X dollars and apply them to the old car! This incorrectly doubled my deduction and I had to fix this by hand. I was kind of shocked to see these kind of bugs in a supposedly mature product.
[Just in case anyone feels like dismissing my review: I am a Senior Principal SW Engineer and I have been developing software for 20+ years.]"
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Review 50 for TurboTax Online Premier
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Better, but still buggy
March 27, 2009
Review of TurboTax - Tax Year 2008
Anonymous
(Lexington, SC)
Pros: Web interface
Cons: comparison page locks up/freezes. Users must delete all their TurboTax cookies. Unacceptable for older/elderly users.
About Me: I have kids
More About Me: I own a home
"The "Compare to National Average" page locks up/freezes. Users must delete all their TurboTax cookies. Unacceptable for older/elderly users."
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Review 51 for TurboTax Online Premier
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missing pieces
March 27, 2009
Review of TurboTax - Tax Year 2008
Anonymous
"I had a loss on investments which icluded an amount disallowed because of a wash sale. The system seemed to let me change by button choice from the top button to the wash sale button on the questionnaire page, but did not give me the appropriate page to enter the wash sale amount. I ended up just decreasing the cost basis by that amount to produce the right number in the end. The help system told me to enter the amount on another page that never came up, nor was I able to find it although I went through the process 3 or 4 times over. Also, when I got back to that quesionnaire page with the buttons mentioned above, it had gone back to the top selection, instead of keeping my Wash Sale revised seletion."
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Review 52 for TurboTax Online Premier
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First time online version
March 27, 2009
Review of TurboTax - Tax Year 2008
Anonymous
(Clermont, FL)
Pros: Ease of use, easy to try different scenarios
Cons: Difficult to compare to past years
About Me: I own a home
"I have used turbotax for several years by loading CD's I purchased. I liked the feature that I could compare previous returns to current return. I was unable to compare online version vs. previous year's returns on my desktop. Very frustrating!"
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Review 53 for TurboTax Online Premier
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Best Tax software ever
March 27, 2009
Review of TurboTax - Tax Year 2008
Anonymous
(Magnolia,Tx)
Pros: easy
About Me: I own rental property
"This is the easiest tax software I have ever used. I recomend this to all friends and family."
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Review 54 for TurboTax Online Premier
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Excellent Product
March 27, 2009
Review of TurboTax - Tax Year 2008
Anonymous
Pros: Intuitive, easy navigation
"It took me less than 1.5 hours to prepare and file my return, with quite a number of schedules"
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Review 55 for TurboTax Online Premier
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Filing Taxes - Piece of Cake
March 27, 2009
Review of TurboTax - Tax Year 2008
Anonymous
(Irvine, CA)
Pros: Ease of use and user friendly interface
About Me: I own a home
More About Me: I have kids
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"Great product. Easy to use."
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Review 56 for TurboTax Online Premier
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A+++
March 26, 2009
Review of TurboTax - Tax Year 2008
Anonymous
(Stanwood, WA)
Pros: Excellent product. Simple to use
Cons: Not one.
About Me: I own a home
More About Me: I own rental property
"Turbo Tax is an excellent product, even for the user who has complicated issues."
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Review 57 for TurboTax Online Premier
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Great Value
March 26, 2009
Review of TurboTax - Tax Year 2008
Anonymous
(South Texas)
Pros: Easy to use; gets better every year
Cons: Keying in employment expenses could be better
About Me: I own a home
"I have been using TurboTax Online for the past couple of years. The product seems to get better each year. The explanations are great.
I did have a little trouble keying in employment expenses, but other than that, it was great. I highly recommend this product, and will continue to use it next year."
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Review 58 for TurboTax Online Premier
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Easy as usual
March 26, 2009
Review of TurboTax - Tax Year 2008
Anonymous
Pros: Steps
"Great as usual - EE savings bonds for education kind of tricky but just had to slow down and go through the steps."
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Review 59 for TurboTax Online Premier
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March 26, 2009
Review of TurboTax - Tax Year 2008
Anonymous
(Indiana)
About Me: I own a home
More About Me: I buy/sell investments such as stocks and bonds
"Turbo Tax keeps asking me for W2 information from an employer that I have not worked for in almost 2 years.
Turbo tax shows a depreciation for a rental property that I have converted to my primary residence."
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Review 60 for TurboTax Online Premier
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easiest return I have ever filed
March 26, 2009
Review of TurboTax - Tax Year 2008
Anonymous
(Ohio)
Pros: Cued you on what to look for at every step.
Cons: None. Couldn't find a stock symbol, but neither could my stock broker.
About Me: I own a home
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