Taxes Done
Hooray! I’m done.
With my self-imposed deadline of March 31st approaching fast, I dedicated all day Sunday to completing my taxes that were started over a month ago. After dallying the morning away - I realized that I had to get going…then I put it off for another hour or so before I got busy. Time flew by, but I got it done.
First, I have to say we have some seriously whacked tax rules!
Second, I loved having my hybrid car purchase tax credit. It even has its own form: Form 8910 “Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit”.
What I use to file…
The previous three years I used H&R Block’s online filing program. I really liked how it worked. The program was user-friendly, easy to find help when you needed it and seemed to cover everything. Last year, however I had a small issue so it was the first time I had to actually communicate with their customer “service”. I got one of my worse customer service experiences ever (at least in the top three) - and it wasn’t from just one person. For that reason I went through the extra hassle of switching up companies this year.
I would not recommend using H&R Block’s online tax program if you think you may ever have to actually communicate with someone.
This year I went with the TurboTax online program. Pretty much the same setup as H&R’s. In my opinion the Federal was a little easier with Turbo Tax, but the state return was more complicated. The state interview is not as well done in the program as either their own Federal or as H&R’s state return section.
I didn’t have any need for their customer service yet so I can’t compare that - but I can’t imagine it could be worse…or even as incompetent as H&R’s.
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