Intuit TurboTax Deluxe Federal + State + eFile 2011

Pros: I've been using TurboTax since 1994. The software installs and updates nicely. I'm confident my taxes are correct.

The various tax preparation help is vastly improving over the years. Kudos to Intuit on a fine job there.

The prepaid federal e-file was quickly confirmed in one day, and one week to see the refund in my account (mid March filing).

Cons: I haven't used any other product, so I've nothing to compare it to.

Federal plus state, federal e-file MINUS state e-file! Huh?

Got married, filing jointly for the first time. The software imported either Turbotax history, but not both. The manual duplication of available data was frustrating, and the previous year comparison statistics became meaningless.

Federal e-file worked fine, but the process was a little confusing, lacking a good introduction.

State software has always been a little lame compared to the effort they put into getting the federal software right.

The software wants to dominate the room and has a "phone the mothership" mentality that I don't like. I'll admit it's a little better, or at least more visible, this year.

Other Thoughts: Intuit has been playing product marketing games for too long now. I miss the days when "TurboTax Deluxe" meant everything in their toolbox. $60 a year should deliver that.

As always, NewEgg was spectacular.

Pros: It works, sill have to know something about tax code, but is better than paying fees to someone else who may not be so proficient.

Cons: No cons, just that the tax code needs to be simplfied, but only the US Govt. can do that.

Other Thoughts: NewEgg rocks

Pros: I was pleased that I could import my information from my online account. Pretty much works like the online version.

Cons: Removed one egg due to the software allowing you to figure your state taxes, only to charge you an additional fee to file them. While the instructions to import an online account are easy to follow, it seems that their should be an easier way to import the information.

Pros: I was able to buy it at a decent discount.

Cons: This is a lemon. There are forums full of people trying to install this software on up-to-date machines, only to get stuck in cycles of crashes and reboots. This is what I went through for a couple of hours.

Turbo Tax's online tool works really well, I only went with this locally installed version because it came with a good discount.

A discount is only a good deal when it's a discount on something that works.

I know that a few hours of updates and reboots might get this working, but I pay for turbotax because I want to avoid spending extra hours working through tax forms.

It would be nice if you could use the license paid for to do online preparation, but this doesn't seem to be an option.

Congratulations to anyone who was lucky or perseverant enough to get this to work, and good luck to anyone else who wants to try. But really, it's not worth the potential risk of mucking up your system for a few hours, especially as tax day approaches.

Pros: Lower price than at the local box stores plus no tax and no shipping charges made this an fantastic deal on excellent software.

Cons: None

Pros: A company has been making the tax software for many years now. The product has always been straight forward when time came to fill out taxes. The software can be purchased on sale before taxes are due. When you price out what it costs to sit in a tax preparation office vs just entering in yourself, the trade off is pretty good for one self to fill out the information.

Cons: While the software totes that they are going to maximize your refund or lower what may be owed to the IRS, the reality of the matter is that not all tax incentives are offered up to each user of the software. Partly due to how some of the questions are answered by the user, and partlyq due to the logic built into the software. For complex tax returns, I wouldn't rely heavily on the software suite.

Pros: Can't say anythinh yet :( The first shipment of teh installtion CD does not work .

Cons: Bought the software but haven't successful installing it.Right out of the package when i click setup.exe, nothing happens and installtion never starts. Tried on few other computers to confirm the issue. Appears the CD itself is corrupted and has bad files. Anyway waiting for RMA reply from newegg lets see how it goes...

Other Thoughts: Not sure how this installtion CD passed the QA from Intuit inc.

Pros: Easy to use, mostly self explanitory.

Cons: An additional view which allows you to list what forms you have before the interview process starts would be nice.

Other Thoughts: Although turbo tax is mostly self explanitory, some of the questions qualify the form classification first instead of a form number. We have had multiple life changes over the last 3 years, and I found myself going through multiple sections and answering no to everything, just in case something I had qualified. An option to enter all the forms you have before the interview process starts would be nice. Ex) 3x W-2, 4x 1099, etc

As for the separate E-file charge, H&R Block used to come with it maybe 4-5years ago, but neither software does anymore. At least not that I can find. It does seem shady to me but we are left with the choice to either pay the $20, or save the money, print, and mail it.

We usually get back 1-2K from fed, but since I'm in NYS, we always owe a few hundred. Mailing in the printed form is fine by me.

Pros: Generally straightforward to use. I still prefer the online version.

Cons: Though this package grants you a "free" download of a state return, I still have to pay $19.95 to file that "free" return. Pretty deceptive, Newegg.

Other Thoughts: I prefer the online version of TurboTax, but bought this CD package because I thought it would save me money on filing taxes. Not so. Though this package allows you a free "download" of a state return, that download does not include a fee charged to actually e-file the return. I got dinged for an additional $19.95 to e-file. Had I known this, I wouldn't have purchased the product. Can't figure out who is more culpable for this deceptive advertisting--newegg or TurboTax.

Pros: NONE

Cons: Mega Install Errors. Extreme lack of customer service.