TurboTax Deluxe 2024 Tax Software, Federal & State Tax Return [PC/MAC Download]

I have been using Turbo Tax since it came into existence. This is the best iteration yet. They have done a great job of making the process more efficient and "tailored" to the user's needs. There is plenty of support included with the product and options to acquire more sophisticated help.Tip: Pay attention to the bar at the end that predicts your chances of getting audited. If that is on the high side, I recommend the paid Audit Defense. I have had to use that service in the past and it was a fantastic experience (I sent them my stuff, and they handled the IRS). Having your stuff organized and easy to read by others will make things much better.

THE best way to purchase Intuit TurboTax!I had to review some previous years' tax filings and, since I shop around, found that I didn't always purchase from Amazon and other sources didn't allow re-downloading the software! Amazon does - need I say more?And - at less than list price originally.

I purchased 2024 Turbo Tax Deluxe, but I cannot install it. I had no problems in previous years, but I always bought CD's at Staples. I spent 4 hours yesterday trying to install it, and a computer tech friend was unable to help me remedy the problem. I spent more than 2 hours on the phone today with Intuit Customer Service, and she finally said she had no solution as to why the install would not work. To her credit, she was kind and patient. I don't know what to do now. I did notice after purchasing the software from Amazon, I did not have a link in my Software Library to download my purchase. However, I did receive a Product Key from Amazon via email after my purchase. It isn't of any benefit to me because I cannot get to the point of successfully installing the software - let alone, activating it. In the last 2 days, I have made more than 50 attempts to install this software, but all attempts were fruitless. I am worn out. Please take this into consideration before purchasing.***UPDATE***After discovering I had a corrupt destination folder in Windows, I took the following steps to remedy the problem, and it worked like a charm:Type "environment" in the windows search bar.This will bring up "Edit the System Environment Variables" as a match.Clicking on it takes you to the "Advanced" tab of a dialog box titled "System Properties."Near the bottom of the dialog box, click on the pushbutton labeled "Environment Variables...".This brings up a separate dialog box that shows the current values for user environment variables at the top and system variables at the bottom. In the list of user environment variables, you should see both TEMP and TMP, and their current values.Click on each, then click on the "Edit..." pushbutton.This brings up another dialog box in which you can change the "Variable value" to "C:\Temp" (be sure to change the variable value, not the variable name).This folder must, of course, exist for this step to work properly.THIS IS WHERE MY PROBLEM WAS.MAKE SURE THAT FOLDER (VARIABLE VALUE) IS CORRECT.OK out of all the dialog boxes and retry the install.Environment variable changes take effect immediately, so if this is the only change you make, it's not necessary to reboot.All that being said, TurboTax "Side-by-Side" still does not allow you to make all entries. You must switch over to "Forms" to make some entries. I ultimately give it 4 stars.

I’ve used Turbo Tax almost every year since they came out on 3.5 inch floppies. Not kidding. Only a couple of years I used other programs and just couldn’t get to try them a second year. I have this installed on a 2011 computer and have no issues transferring data from one year to the next. The program always recognizes previous years which makes doing taxes really easy since nothing really changes year to year. I still have 25 year old Turbo Tax files on a thumb drive in our safe. Not giving the IRS a reason.Hopefully, income tax will be a thing of the past this administration ;).

I have used Turbo Tax software for quite a few years to do our taxes. We are at a point that we don't have much in deductions and have used the standard deduction for the last few years. Even so, I feel more comfortable with the option to use deductions if we can save more than using the standard deduction. Since tax laws are constantly changing, I still run through all of the possible deductions which are, for the most part, described well in this software. I suppose I could use the online version to save the cost of this software, but I don't feel comfortable putting all of our financial information online.One problem I have had in the last couple years, including this year, is that some entries have shown errors at the end and how to fix them was not clearly described. I got through them this year, but, in the past, have had to do some research on the internet to find out how to correct entries.One thing I very much dislike about Turbo Tax is that the software automatically adds an Interest/Penalty charge to the amount of tax owed without making the user aware that this is being done. It also doesn't offer any suggestions as to how to avoid this charge. This penalty charge is calculated and automatically added to taxes owed when you owe over $1000 because you did not have enough Federal Income Tax taken out of your income during the year. The only place you will see the charge is on the first page of the forms if you print them and happen to read the forms before putting them away. I became aware of the penalty charge this year when I happened to read the printed pages. I believe that Turbo Tax software would be more helpful if:1) The taxpayer was made aware of this addition to taxes owed.2) Suggestions were offered to avoid this charge.This is particularly aggravating for me since we are retired and have to withdraw funds from our IRA retirement account to pay Federal Taxes which increases our income and taxes due. So, we have to pay taxes and a penalty charge for money we had to withdraw to pay taxes. There is something very wrong with this picture. I do realize this is not caused by Turbo Tax, but the taxpayer should be made aware of this penalty that increases taxes owed. For us, this amounted to over $450 this year.UPDATE 02/19/25:Although it did take a few hours to figure out, I did find a way to avoid the $450 penalty added to the taxes. In our case, I had to fill out the 2210 form to explain that extra money had to be withdrawn to pay 2023 taxes and to pay a few other extraordinary expenses. It pays to do your research.Although this software isn't as "cut and dried" as I would like it to be, it beats paying a tax accountant to do our taxes. Incidentally, in the past, I have used tax accountants, and every time I was audited. I have never been audited when I have done our taxes using Turbo Tax.I hope this review was helpful for you.

This is the best value on tax program. I’ve used TurboTax for as long as they been publishing.

I have been using it for years, so no surprises for me. Easy enough to use. I like it installed on my box.