TurboTax Deluxe: best price?

Posted by XS11E on December 5, 2008, 2:38 pm

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Thanks, that should clear it up for everyone!

Your research is much appreciated by all, I'm sure.

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Posted by Robert Neville on December 5, 2008, 6:47 pm

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>What defines a "different person"? A change in social security number, name

>or what?

Different person isn't correct - it's different return. The way it apparently
works is that the first time your print or efile a return, it gets invisibly
branded as being your "free" return. Any subsequent return, be it for the same
person or someone else, will result in a popup asking for more money and a
watermark on the printed copy that prevents it from being submitted to the IRS.

Posted by Doug on December 6, 2008, 12:09 am

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Robert Neville wrote:

> Any subsequent return, be it for the same

> person or someone else, will result in a popup asking for more money and a

> watermark on the printed copy that prevents it from being submitted to the IRS.

Ahh, but DOES it? What would IRS do if I mail them a payment and a
properly completed form that has such a watermark? Why would they care,
especially if I attached a note saying "please ignore this stupid
watermark: the attached IS my return"?

Mightn't they accept it?

Doug

Posted by Robert Neville on December 6, 2008, 10:36 am

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>Ahh, but DOES it? What would IRS do if I mail them a payment and a

>properly completed form that has such a watermark? Why would they care,

>especially if I attached a note saying "please ignore this stupid

>watermark: the attached IS my return"?

>Mightn't they accept it?

Sorry - I have far better things to do than to play games with the IRS. The less
attention they pay to me, the better off I am.

Posted by Andrew on December 4, 2008, 7:57 am

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Bob L wrote:

> Are you sure that fee isn't for E-filing? I can't imagine they will

> charge you $10 for printing another return. If they do, Tax Cut here

> I come!

Read the thread in this NG titled "Turbo Tax for t/y 2008 - additional cost
to use it for multiple returns?" that I started on 11/20. I believe that
Intuit thinks the pricing change actually affects less than 25% of their
customers and for the 75% it actually results in a price decrease this year
. Inform them that they might have been wrong in that assumption - like
you, it certainly is a price increase for me, since I do multiple immediate
family returns and have no interest in electronic filing unless it truly is
free.
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