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Jan 11, 2005, 08:21 AM
 
I am looking for a program to do my personal and small business (LLC) taxes. It TurboTax 2003 the only program to use at this point? Might anyone have a good suggestion?

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Jan 11, 2005, 08:31 AM
 
TurboTax works well enough. It actually started on the Mac, and was called MacInTax in those days. The name "TurboTax" came with the Windows port, but the mac version continued to be called MacInTax for some time (I don't know why the "In" is capitalized, but it was). Many people feared that when the product's name was changed to "TurboTax for Mac" it signalled a de-emphasis of the Mac version, and although this rumor has borne some fruit it's not actually all that bad.

Kiplinger's TaxCut has a good reputation as well. I haven't used it, however, so I can't really vouch for what it does. Has anyone else here used it for much? Does it even do taxes for an LLC, or is it limited to personal income taxes?
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Jan 11, 2005, 08:42 AM
 
I have used used both TaxCut and TurboTax. I prefer TurboTax as it just seemed easier for me to use.
     
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Jan 11, 2005, 08:58 AM
 
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Jan 11, 2005, 10:27 AM
 
Originally posted by OptimusG4:
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TurboTax is good for small businesses (specifically an LLC)?
     
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Jan 11, 2005, 02:06 PM
 
Every time I've used one of these programs to do my own taxes I ended up owing money. When I spend a few bucks to use a (decent) accountant I end up getting some money back.

It's amazing what a little education and experience in tax-law can do. :-)

Now I just pay the accountant ... it costs me only a little more than spending the money on the software.
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