TaxCut 2002 Deluxe Filing Edition

by H&R Block

Product Features

• No more wading through paperwork for hours -- the simple Tax Assistants bring you the financial assistance you need, step-by-step
• Work out the total taxable value on your stock portfolios, options, and capital gains with no trouble
• Find out how you can increase your tax and retirement savings with sound advice from H&R Block and Kiplinger
• Once you're done, just print out your statement and mail it off, to get your refund faster than ever!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00007E7IG
• Item model number: 1016600-02
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 3, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (152 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,213 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

H&R Block financial planners assist you in determining if your investments support your financial goals and if your asset allocation matches your risk tolerance. You can also create what-if scenarios for future savings. Nine-year tax preview shows you all the ways that the tax legislation of 2001 will affect you now and in the future. Home Office Assistant walks you through a series of questions to see if your home office qualifies for tax purposes. Retirement Savings Enhancer provides ways to increase your tax and retirement savings to ensure you get the most out of your 401(k).

The improved Error Check feature catches mistakes or omissions that could cost you money or flag your return for an IRS audit. Entry Manager tracks where your data originates, guides you to related forms, and itemizes your entries. It also allows you to flag entries as tentative, so you can go back and review them before you finalize your return. The H&R Block tax law assistant helps you understand the implications of changing tax laws, provides information about how the changes affect your taxes, and ensures you get the maximum tax benefit possible under the new laws. Auto entry automatically imports W-2 and 1099 information from participating employers and financial institutions. Auto entry saves you valuable time and prevents costly data entry errors, and makes it easy to deal with multiple W-2s.

Listen to H&R Block and Kiplinger experts share tips on how to get the most out of your tax return. Learn how changes in your life affect your taxes, and save money by following simple strategies. The H&R Block home mortgage advisor provides customized advice based on your current tax situation, including advice on consolidating debt under a home equity loan. If you are a renter, TaxCut tells you how much you could save in taxes by purchasing a new home.

Product Description

The all-purpose tax solution that takes the hard work out of tax time!

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

165 of 169 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get this and not TurboTax, January 13, 2003

By 

Heath Frye (Seaside, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: TaxCut 2002 Deluxe Filing Edition (CD-ROM)

I originaly went with Turbotax 4 years ago because it was the premier (not to mention the only one I knew) Tax Software.

I was dissapointed. There customer service was extremely lacking, not offering a 1-800 number for me to call with questions (something some don't care about, but is important to me).

I stuck with it the second year because I wanted to easily import the previous year. Still had problems but stuck it out.

The third year I had to download their state program. They made sure to take my credit card info before I downloaded it. My internet connection was lost, and I had to go through the whole thing all over again. Guess what? That's right- TurboTax billed me TWICE. And, keeping with tradition, they wouldn't give me a 1-800 number. I had to call LONG DISTANCE to get my money back. And when I tried, I got the run around.

Enter year four. I certainly had enough of TurboTax, and went with TaxCut.

I found it immediately WAY better. Not only do they seem to actually treat me well, but everything I had imported well into their program, and it's just as good, and in some ways, better, than TurboTax ever was.

Year five, I go to purchase it again from Amazon. Just out of curiocity I look up TurboTax. All the customers rated it a one star because now they install spyware on your system.

Go figure. Par for the course with this company.

Everyone is starting to realize what I realized last year. Don't go with TurboTax. Maybe some day they'll wake up and actually realize there's this thing called customer service. But until then, get TaxCut. It's a better program anyway!

123 of 128 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No Product Activation / Spy ware, January 7, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: TaxCut 2002 Deluxe Filing Edition (CD-ROM)

Purchased TurboTax as I do each year. This year due
to big problems with the Product Activation I returned
TurboTax and purchased TaxCut. Not only did I have no trouble
running the software, it imported all of my data from last
years TurboTax files.

58 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TurboTax imports not a problem, January 12, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: TaxCut 2002 Deluxe Filing Edition (CD-ROM)

After reading the reviews, I noticed someone gave the following false information regarding Turbotax imports, "The program looks for old *.t01 files regardless of whether or not you select to import TaxCut or TurboTax files."

This is incorrect, if you select to import from 'Turbotax' it looks for a file with a .TAX extension, and only .T01 for taxcut imports. I've sucessfully imported last years Turbotax return with no problems at all.

Overall Taxcut seems excellent, the only downside so far is that you have to pay extra for 'DeductionPro', which helps you work out values for charitable donations.