TurboTax Deluxe for Tax Year 2007

Pros: Easy to follow directions, interview and question process can save some money.

Cons: Who likes to pay taxes and file with the IRS?

The Bottom Line: TurboTax Deluxe 2007 is improved over previous versions. It helps you with deductions, charitable donations, and allows fast eFiling. Intuit has come through again!

Review: About ten years ago, I needed some tax help regarding some long term gains and some other complicated tax matters. Before I went to a tax specialist, I visited a CPA friend of mine. He was very helpful, in fact, he offered to "finish" my taxes on his ...

Pros: Easy to use, great deduction prompts, cheap.

Cons: May be hard to use if your tax situation is complicated.

The Bottom Line: Great product! Even without prior tax experience, you can file your taxes within a few hours.

Review: My husband and I have always used either an individual accountant or H&R Block to prepare our taxes because we thought it would be really difficult to use a tax software. We have always had to use long form and have had some different types of income ...

Pros: Simple, Easy

Cons: Seems wasteful to pay for one time software

The Bottom Line: I filed my taxes with Turbo Tax this year. It's time to start thinking about filing yours.

Review: Turbo Tax Deluxe 2007 I have been doing my taxes manually for about 30 years and this year was the first time I tried Turbo Tax. I had tried IRS E-file about a dozen years ago, but that was just taking your paper results and putting it in a format ...

Pros: The interview process; periodic updates; Free State application

Cons: e-Filing now cost $17.95!

The Bottom Line: Who needs people when you have TurboTax; trust yourself and TurboTax Deluxe will steer you in the right direction.

Review: When it comes to mind-numbing chores such as renovating your kitchen, or paying your taxes, there are two kinds of people in life: those who hire professionals and those who dig in and do the work themselves deriving satisfaction from the process. For ...

Pros: Works as advertised.

Cons: Read above.

Review: Really annoyed with this product. It is advertised as Federal and State but the State form is not physically included. You have to contact Intuit to get an update disk with the State Form. So, I do this and then try to download the State form only to ...

Pros: It's probably fine for a 1040EZ

Cons: It's completely wrong and will cost you money and an audit

The Bottom Line: There's no way I would trust this again. It filled out the wrong forms and would have cost me thousands. A CPA redid the forms and saved me over $500!

Review: TurboTax had proved to me it is useless for anything but the mundane. I had first used TurboTax in 2006 despite the fact that our taxes were fairly basic (no mortgage, no huge deductions, no home business, no kids...). My main motivation in buying it ...