TurboTax Business 2002

by Intuit

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006USA1
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 1, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,271 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

TurboTax Business is designed specifically for businesses in Corporation, S-Corporation, Partnership (up to 100 partners), LLC, and Estate and Trust status. TurboTax Business delivers everything you need to prepare your business taxes while maximizing tax-saving opportunities. The EasyStep Interview process guides you through your business tax return step-by-step and places your answers in IRS-approved forms. Plus, you can reference the extensive business tax library, get expert advice, discover tax-saving tips, and more.

Use Deduction Finder to take advantage of the latest tax laws to optimize savings. Audit flags point out business-specific audit items before the IRS does. The Depreciation Expert tool automatically chooses the most advantageous depreciation method for your assets. Create a tax-savings action plan and get a customized report you can print and follow throughout the year to make important decisions.

TurboTax will instantly and seamlessly import multiple QuickBooks data files (for QuickBooks 2001 or later), making tax filing even easier and reducing repetitive entry. Get access to a wealth of business extras, including video tax advice from top financial experts, Fred Daily's Tax Savvy for Small Business, an onscreen tax guide, and the most popular IRS tax publications.

All federal versions of TurboTax desktop products for Windows include product activation to better ensure customers use the product in accordance with the License Agreement. An independent test of product activation technology in Intuit Inc.'s TurboTax desktop software products confirms the technology does not negatively impact computer performance or compromise customer privacy. The findings of the tests, performed by PCTest Corporation, an independent software-testing lab can be found at http://www.pctest.com/intuit/index.htm. You can still prepare multiple returns from one computer, and install and prepare your return on multiple computers. To fully uninstall the the SafeCast/C-Dilla element of TurboTax, you m ust download the free uninstall application at the TurboTax Support website. For additional information about product activation, go to http://www.turbotaxsupport.com and refer to TurboTax Product Activation in the News and Tips section.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I'm Done With Turbo Tax, January 22, 2003

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James W Samuel (Langhorne, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: TurboTax Business 2002 (CD-ROM)

I've been using Turbo Tax since the second year it was available and long before it was purchased by Intuit. I am also a long time Quicken and Quickbooks user. This will be the last year I will purchase any Intuit product because of the product activation policy. The new policy allows you to install Turbo Tax on one computer, one time only. In my case, I first installed it on my notebook, then decided that preparing taxes on a notebook keyboard is not a good idea. When I tried to install the product on my desktop and uninstall it on my desktop PC, product activation told me I could not install a fully working product on my desktop unless I paid for the product again. I called tech support and asked for help and was told that the policy only allows one installation on one PC, no exceptions. That is unacceptable. No matter how well Turbo Tax helps prepare taxes, Intuit's new policy makes this an unacceptable product. Avoid it at all costs and show Intuit what you think of their new policy.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars No to Turbotax, January 4, 2003

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Levon Z. Karayan (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: TurboTax Business 2002 (CD-ROM)

Intuit's TurboTax installs C-Dilla spyware, which hogs your computers resources, and doesn't get removed when Turbotax is uninstalled. You would also have to purchase a new copy or spend lots of time on the phone with intuit trying to convince them your not a criminal if you upgrade yoru machine. None of that is worth it.
How dare they add anything that could remotely be spyware to one of the most sensitive things (Tax return) that's on my computer.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars C-Dilla is bad and it comes with Turbo Tax and Activation is, January 15, 2003

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G. Khoo (Costa Mesa, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: TurboTax Business 2002 (CD-ROM)

Here's my experince:

Every year I am anxious to get TurboTax to start preparing my taxes. So when I saw it on sale in December, I had to immediately get it, a mistake. I purchased and installed TurboTax on my Laptop. At first, I had a gripe about having to activate it, but I did it anyways. Went to work the next morning and I hooked up my laptop to the company LAN, so I can copy some files over. An hour later, I had the company security team and IT team all over me. They said I was either trying to attack the firewall from within or I had a Virus. I found out it was C-Dilla that was causing me such grief, so I went through the back way to remove it and all this time I didn't know it came with TurboTax. Went home and to my surprise, TurboTax didn't work. After serveral tries, it did work, but I now had an unactivated copy. So I got on line with Customer Service and the only thing they said was I had to buy another license after 45 minutes of waiting. Another $... for the Home and Business edition? I think not. The following day, I called and spoke to an agent and they gave me a new Product key after much persuassion. I spent a few hours (6+) trying to resolve this, simply not worth it. Oh and now TurboTax locks up once in a while when I try to print. I'm going with Tax Cut or something else next year. Been with TurboTax since 1997, the first 4 years were great... Thanks and hope this helps people decide.