TurboTax Premier 2002

by Intuit

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006UNSQ
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 1, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 1.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,967 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

TurboTax Premier is a powerful personal tax preparation tool for optimizing tax savings now and in the future. Take advantage of a suite of features that address the unique tax needs of investors, rental property owners, retirees, and those planning for retirement. The program includes all the time- and money-saving features of TurboTax Deluxe, plus tax resources to help you plan for a brighter tax outlook.

The 401(k) Maximizer tool reveals ways to increase your 401(k) contribution without decreasing your take-home pay. Plus, the Retirement Tax Advisor provides tax-smart advice for long-term care insurance, employment taxes for a nurse, reverse mortgages, gifts and inheritance, contributing to a grandchild's education, two-year allowance for sale of home, and more. The Early Retirement Forecaster, Retirement Age Analyzer, Social Security Trade-Off Calculator, and the Retirement Distribution Calculator are included in Premier as well.

The software has extra resources for rental property owners, too. The Depreciation Expert helps you choose optimal ways to depreciate property and assets--from vacant rental properties to converting your personal residence to a rental, and more. A Rental Property Expense Expert reveals which expenses are deductible in areas such as travel, car, entertainment, advertising, and insurance.

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.

Note: Free download of TurboTax State is good for one return only. Additional copies are needed for additional states. One free 1040 e-filing is also included after rebate.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Good product hampered by Intrusive Copy Protection, January 15, 2003

By 

Roy Ivy III (Richardson, TX USA) - See all my reviews

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

I've used TurboTax with good success for years. But this year, they slipped in an intrusive copy protection scheme (including a ... program left behind after uninstall) that adds hassle to the setup process and hampers legal, reasonable use of the software. If you want to refer back to your 2002 tax return at some later date, buy another program. I'm going to take a look at TaxCut.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Corporate arrogance at is worst., January 23, 2003

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Jeff Bishop (Winston-Salem, NC) - See all my reviews

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

Microsoft-style authentication is bad enough; at least they do it right. I just migrated all my software to a new hard drive, and all the Microsoft products happily re-registered themselves, without any of them accusing me of attempting to "pirate" their software. Same deal for Norton AntiVirus. The one and only software package that screwed this up was TurboTax, which told me I could only install it on one computer (I guess a new hard drive equals a new computer?!) and prompted me to purchase a new license. I eventually located an 800 number, only to learn that they only take calls during regular business hours, when most of us, myself included, have better things to do. When I finally got ahold of someone a couple of days later, I had to work with two different people and reinstall the software twice before someone finally got it to work. Now I'm worried that if I so much as sneeze on my computer between now and April 15th, TurboTax will define my computer as a "new" computer and disable itself all over again....

If Intuit cares that much about preventing us from using two or more computers to complete a tax return, and that little about giving us a reason to want their product in the first place, then I guess they don't really need our business that badly....

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Intuit TurboTax has big problems this year!, January 22, 2003

By 

Bill Snyder (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews

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

I read the reviews about the problems with the activation Intuit started this year. I thought, that's OK. I don't need to use the program on different computers and I'm not going to give the program to someone else.

Well, let me tell you, when I got to the activation part I tried to activate on the internet. It said it couldn't connect. I tried their online chat. That felt like I was talking to a computer. I tried twice, because they cut me off after telling me to load Internet Explorer 6.0 when I had 5.5. That was no help so I asked to talk to a Tech on the phone. After waiting about 20 min I was told to activate by phone and that the program would probably connect on the internet after it was activated. The phone process isn't easy (very long numbers to enter). So after I was activated, I tried to register on the internet. That wouldn't connect either. In the prior 15 years of using TurboTax I've never had any trouble like this. I spent 2-1/2 hours getting my program activated. I registered by phone. Then I tried using the internet to update the program. It worked fine. So there was no problem connecting to the internet. The Tech I talked to did indicate they were having trouble with people who were using DSL connections (which I have). I tried to register my complaints with a senior Tech on the chat line. He or she wouldn't even agree to pass on my complains to management or give me a VP to contact. Intuit better wake up. I'm going to look elsewhere for tax programs next year if Intuit doesn't correct their problems.