Great Tax Software Deals??? Good Deals THIS Week! 1-30-05

[BethR]

OK, last year when I bought TurboTax Deluxe from Office Depot for $30, I got Norton Anti-Virus Upgrade, Quicken Basic, the PA State Tax Software, a ream of paper, a shredder, and a calculator for free.

I would love to get my best "deal" again. Has anyone been watching the ads? How about we keep this thread to post any great Tax Software deals that come up? If you know of a great deal and want to share, please be sure to date your post since these deals come and go weekly.

THANKS! :)

[jgmklmhem]

Not that good but if you get TaxCut premium (about 20$) you get a rebate on their state version and on your filing fees.

[JC Butterfly]

Hmmm I'm game to give this a try. So was your deal something exclusive to office depot?

There are a variety of deals offered on amazon.com I started getting confused about which ones were combinable or not.

What do you think of Quicken?

[MHolleman]

I just went to Sam's club and they have the Turbotax Premier (business) version for $56, it also already has the state on it so you don't have to purchase that sep. The other versions like Turbotax Basic and deluxe were cheaper, I am jsut not sure of the price. :love:

[janette]

So far the best I found was at CompUSA:

Bundle: TurboTax Deluxe plus TurboTax State plus Quicken Basic 2005 plus Norton AntiVirus 2005 and eTrust EZ Armor 2005

Product Number: 21071

Was: $199.95
$29.97
SAVE $169 after:
$169.98 mail-in rebate(s)

Hope to find a little better deal :)

[BethR]

So was your deal something exclusive to office depot?

Well, the free Quicken, Norton, and State Tax software were available at almost any place where you could get the tax software - the information was with the TurboTax itself. The shredder, ream of paper, and calculator were only available at Office Depot and only for one week, I believe.

I started getting confused about which ones were combinable or not. Last year Office Depot had a chart which told you what you could get with what.

What do you think of Quicken? I have used Quicken for almost 7 years now and I really like it. I was a computer novice when I started using it (and am only a step ABOVE novice now :rolleyes: ) and I find it very easy to use. I no longer even keep a paper register. I would recommend this program to anyone who keeps a checkbook! :)

So, anyone else know of any good deals right now? :)

[BethR]

So far the best I found was at CompUSA:

Bundle: TurboTax Deluxe plus TurboTax State plus Quicken Basic 2005 plus Norton AntiVirus 2005 and eTrust EZ Armor 2005

Product Number: 21071

Was: $199.95
$29.97
SAVE $169 after:
$169.98 mail-in rebate(s)

Hope to find a little better deal :)

Me too Janette! I would love to get another free ream of paper and another shredder to give to my oldest DD! :)

[elgerber]

In my experience (been buying Turbo tax for 9 years) the deals are pretty much the same everywhere. All the rebates for Quicken and the nortons stuff can be found on the Turbo Tax website, so it doesn't matter which store it comes from. The only difference is some little freebies a store might throw in. Office depot gave a free calculator last year for example. I think Best Buy is offerering a free music CD of your choice this week (which irked me cuz I bought mine already this year LOL).

[poohj80]

I'm watching the deals for TurboTax as well but haven't seen any good ones yet. From past experience, they usually start showing up in January before people are even thinking about doing their taxes.

The cheapest cost I have seen is at Costco for $14.99 for the Deluxe version with a Costco coupon.

[ibleedblue]

You can get this tax software for free after rebates through 1/22/05...TaxCut Deluxe, TaxCut State, Deduction Pro and MS Money. Or for about $10 you can get TurboTax Deluxe, TurboTax State, Quicken and a Norton Anti-Virus Upgrade.

Details can be found in this thread (http://slickdeals.net/forums/t58367.html?&page=1) over at slickdeals.net.

[janette]

Compusa is now offering a keyboard & mouse with TaxCut but not TurboTax. Probably not worth it to switch, maybe a better deal on TurboTax next week.

[fam4jc]

Hi. I have been using www.taxactonline.com for 4 years in a row. I love this online service. I went to the irs.gov site and they have a link of suggested sites for online filing services. Taxact is the one I chose. It's easy they keep your data and the rates are pretty cheap. If you owe, which I did, you can schedule it for autodraft on any date prior to April 16. I like it and wont buy home software again b/c this is easy and cheap. I think the fee was about $15 for fed and $7 for state.

Hope this helps.

[shirleyb]

I use taxact.com on line for FREE!!!

[gdulaney]

We usually use an accountant. Hubby and I both work fulltime and I sell AVON, so it's been easier. Has anybody (with a home business) used one of tax software sets? How did it work?

Thanks!
Ginny

[BethR]

Has anybody (with a home business) used one of tax software sets?

DH's brother and SIL do not own their own business but do own a number of properties that they rent for income. After years of having someone "do" their taxes, last year the got TurboTax Premier and said that it was very simple to use. They are converts to "doing" their taxes themselves. :)

(BTW - I am still waiting on a great "deal." :) I just checked my checkbook register from last year and see that I bought my TurboTax at Office Depot on January 22. So perhaps next week is "the" week. :teeth: )

[poohj80]

(BTW - I am still waiting on a great "deal." :)

Me too! ;)

[gdulaney]

There is a good deal at Office Depot. Click on the link on page 1 of these posts.... it lists all the goodies. :)

Ginny

[amwhitaker]

I got Quicken free from someone at my local bank!

[CajunDixie]

Did anyone find any great free bonus items with a TaxCut purchase other than software? :wave:

[poohj80]

I still didn't see any exciting deals in Sunday's sale papers. Everyone seems to have the free software deals. CompUSA had a free (with rebates) wireless keyboard and mouse with the purchase of Turba Tax but we don't need another one of these. At this rate, we'll wait and buy it at Costco for $15 with their $10 off coupon.

[disneyleslie]

Do you know for those of you who use taxactonline - when you are actually done entering can you print a hard copy for your records?

Thanks
Leslie

[BethR]

CompUSA had a free (with rebates) wireless keyboard and mouse with the purchase of Turba Tax

January 17, 2005

Shoot! I missed that one when scanning the ads yesterday. Today I went for the free ream of paper and 50 CD-Rs with Turbo Tax Deluxe ($30 with Rebate) at Office Depot. Of course I also got the free software too - Turbo Tax State, Quicken 2005, Norton Anti-Virus.

We don't have a wireless keyboard or mouse. Maybe we would prefer that to the CDs (which are supposed to worth $19.99) ?

What to do, what to do???

[CinderellasMama]

Do you know for those of you who use taxactonline - when you are actually done entering can you print a hard copy for your records?

Thanks
Leslie

Yes, you can. I have done it for 3 years now and it's so easy. After I'm done, I print out a copy to put in our files with the W-2's. Great service!

Brenda

[BethR]

I have not looked at ALL the ads, but here are 2 that I have seen for this week 1-24-05 :

Office Depot: In addition to all of the software deals (free with mail-in rebates: Quicken, Norton, and the State Tax program with the purchase of TurboTax Deluxe - $30 with mail-in reabate), you get a free shredder, ream of paper and $10 Office Depot Gift Card.

Office Max: All of the software as mentioned above, then you get a free 2 Color Printing Calculator and $10 Office Max Gift Card.

All of the above are based upon mail-in rebates.

I got the 50 CDs at Office Depot last week, but I think that I may return them and get the printing calculator at Office Max.


:)

[imsayin]

Ok, I'm totally excited. I forgot to check my ads for this, so this thread really helped. I purchased from Office Depot, but I went through my American Airlines skymall & got 196 miles in my account in addition to all the savings! Also, I got free shipping, since my products were over $50! I bought TurboTax Deluxe, Shredder, paper, and Quicken 2005 Basic: total before tax $98.89. Rebates & gift card will be $78.41. My total will be $20.48. AND Turbotax deluxe offers free state tax software after mail-in rebate, so I'll get that.

You can get 2% by going through Upromise, 2 miles for every dollar via American Airlines mall, or 1 mile for every dollar via United Airlines mall (if only I could go through all 3).

[HayGan]

Faithful taxact.com user here! I've used it for the past 3 years and it's great. It is FREE to use but you do have to pay a $7.95 fee to file federal/state returns. I used the deluxe version for $9.95 (which includes federal filing fee) and has several great alerts listed to help you save more of your hard earned dollars! I did my taxes last night while watching the Steelers lose :guilty: and my refund is expected on Feb 4th! I've gotten my refund earlier than expected the past 2 years with taxact.com!!!!

[mermaidwannabe]

Okay, don't anyone laugh, but for those of you who file online, how do you get your 1099's, 1098's, and W-2s to the IRS then? I just don't get it!

[imsayin]

The IRS doesn't require you to file all that information if you file electronically. They have all that information anyway.

[HayGan]

Okay, don't anyone laugh, but for those of you who file online, how do you get your 1099's, 1098's, and W-2s to the IRS then? I just don't get it!


No need to send anything in!!!

[carolrie]

I have to use a home and business version since my husband is self employed. Does anyone know of any good deals on this?

Thanks!!

[buzz5985]

Just finished mailing in my rebates for TaxCut Deluxe. What I found interesting is the rebates were only good at certain stores. Stores listed that were no good - Target Costco are 2 that stand out in my mind.

I got TaxCut Deluxe, Money Deluxe 2005, free e filing, free state filing for $14.95 - from CompUSA 2 weeks ago. Had been using Money Deluxe 2002 so this was a great upgrade for me.

[BethR]

I have to use a home and business version since my husband is self employed. Does anyone know of any good deals on this?

Thanks!!
Hi Carol!

I believe that you must use the "premier" versions of TurboTax or TaxCut. I think that all of the offers that I have mentioned are good on the "deluxe" versions and ABOVE. So they would be good for you. If you just want the tax program and none of the "freebies," I see that there is an on-line version of the "premier" edition of TurboTax. Here is a link to the TurboTax site: http://www.turbotax.com/lp/1a.html?source=gl4lp1a3&venue=goog-srch&kw=turbotax

Good Luck! :)

[poohj80]

Office Max has another good deal this week if you missed last week's. Check it out here:

http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/product/prodBlock.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&expansionOID=-536907353&prodBlockOID=537403833