TurboTax Premier Federal + State 2007 :: Education by Design Store

Customer Reviews

Premier not worth extra costs

2008-04-11
I bought the TurboTax Premier edition, because I have a lot of stock sales to enter. Premier was suppose to allow me to import my information from my broker to save me the time to input this data. Unfortunately, I was not able to get this feature to work even though my broker offered this TurboTax feature.

Otherwise, TurboTax was easy to use.

Sent it back!

2008-04-10
This product did not work for me; it did not have enough explanation for my purposes. We had bought a house last years as well as kept the old house. There was nothing in Turbo Tax which explained how to handle this situation. If I wanted to get help I would have been charged a very high fee for consultation with a tax expert.

This program did not work like they claim!!

Good Overall, With A Few Annoying Issues

2008-04-07
I am a long time TurboTax user, and Premier this year shows progress from previous years in most areas. Importing W-2 and some investment data is a breeze, although several mutual fund entries had to be made manually. I found that switching between the interview and forms was less than optimum this year: the forms menu was touchy and hard to navigate accurately, and annoyingly, was not complete.

One huge oversight is that form 1040-V, which anyone who owes tax needs (although you can technically file without it), is apparently missing in action. It did not print with my return, and when I went to forms it is not even in the list, making a trip to the IRS web site necessary to manually find, print, and fill out the form. Strangely, the corresponding form for my state taxes did print with my return and was accurate. TurboTax also had an issue with my state taxes when it wouldn't accept an entry I made (correctly) from a 1099-R. It insisted a certain number (a state tax ID number) had to be seven digits long, yet the number (which the payer, Fidelity Investments, confirmed) was nine digits long on the 1099-R. TurboTax would not allow me to overwrite the field, and I had to write a cover letter to file along with my state taxes (which necessitated paper filing). The program also lacks a decent search function. I had a complex issue involving a payment taken as stock which I had to research completely on my own (the J. K. Lasser book is still a great tool to have on hand). I also find that for both the 2006 and 2007 tax years TurboTax is inflexible about keeping your files in anything but PDF format, which I consider to be a major inconvenience.

Overall I still find TurboTax the best self-preparation tool on the market, but it is not without its frustrations. I recommend the program, but caution that if you have complex returns, TurboTax is not a perfect tool and has some subtle flaws that pester the user.

Turbo Tax Premier

2008-04-07
I usually buy the deluxe version of Turbo tax but this year, I decided to buy the premier version because I had more investment sells. I didn't find the premier version much better than the deluxe version so to me, it was a waste of the extra money.

twice burned

2008-04-07
My accountant died and everyone said I could do my own taxes. Last year, it worked but I couldn't print a copy for my files. This year, the on-line update isn't working and gives me a server error. It is the only thing I can't do on my high speed cable modem, so it must mean their server. They sell and incomplete product and do not support the updates (there is no human support). Next year I'll find a younger accountant.

useful and economical

2008-05-19
It is exactly what I needed but was unable to order directly from TurboTax because they are incapable of taking orders from outside the US.

Turbo tax review

2008-05-12
Good product but I find information entries to form 1099-misc. for oil and gas royalty properties a bit difficult.

Turbo Tax is fine, Amazons Download Software Manager Does not work for All

2008-04-18
Unless you have high speed internet and are NOT going through a restricted firewall (Like most work offices have) don't bother to try to down load ANY software using Amazons Download Manager. I have dial up at home and was able to get the down load started but after three attemps each taking 5-7 hours I would get error messages and would have to start agian. I tried downloading at work but could not get the download to start. I tried an internet cafe (at the suggestion of Amazons' tech support) and again could not get the download to start. I called tech support three separate times and they blamed the problems on the firewall securites and could not give me any suggestions on how to get around them each and every time. So, I will never buy software of ANY kind via Amazon as long as they have their Software Download Manager to deal with.

Not that much harder than doing taxes by hand ...

2008-04-14
If your taxes are very simple, this might work. However, if you have anything out of the ordinary, just forget it, Premiere doesn't handle it either. I know where most of these things go but had to figure out how to trick turbotax into putting things in the right place. I haven't used it but may try Orange Door next time. Cheaper and it couldn't be any worse. TurboTax can't even figure out the "effective tax rate" on the summary page. Oh, and don't bother with feedback or asking for help.

Time saver

2008-04-12
The program uses a very easy to follow question format. I began using TurboTax last year to handle taxes regarding a rental property and self-employment tax matters. This program saves me a lot of time.