TaxCut 2005 for Business + Business State [Old Version]

by H&R Block

Product Features

• Tools to prepare Corporation, S-Corporation, Partnership, Estate & Trust, Non-Profit and Payroll Returns, plus W-2s and 1099s
• Whether distribution of income is simple or complex, it’s easy to prepare and print K-1 forms for partners and shareholders.
• The Business Tax Planner will assist you in projecting your business earnings and tax liabilities for the next three years.
• Quickly prepare and print W-2 and 1099 forms.
• Depreciated Entry Screens/Depreciation Calculator.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BMBLAU
• Item model number: 735290101594
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 16, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 1.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,295 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Offers small business owners the complete tax solution you demand. This versatile H&R Block TaxCut product includes two convenient programs on one CD: TaxCut Business + Business State—giving you a complete business solution.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not even close to ready for prime time, January 31, 2006

By 

Mike P (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: TaxCut 2005 for Business + Business State [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I have many complaints about this program - too numerous to mention. Here are just a few of my biggest...

The program has not been thoroughly tested. It's buggy and not well thought out.

It does not include all of the forms that I needed (and, as of January 31 2006, were not yet available for download).

The program does not allow the user to choose where to save the tax return, so backing up your return is exceedingly clumsy.

The interview starts from the beginning each time you open a return that you've been working on, instead of remembering where you left off.

Support line for TaxCut is horrendous - long wait times and the reps have no idea about how TaxCut Business works.

Stay far away from this product!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Stunningly Bad, March 11, 2006

By 

Peter B. Bonem - See all my reviews
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This review is from: TaxCut 2005 for Business + Business State [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I moved from TurboTax to TaxCut a few years due to Inuit's C-Dilla fiasco, vowing never to return... Having used this year's TaxCut for Business & Business State, I'm soon to be (again) a loyal TT user.

I installed the Federal program and, when directed, also installed the State program. The first piece of bad news was that I couldn't import last year's return (also prepared using TaxCut). The comments in other posts about slow, useless technical support are confirmed; 30 minutes of online chat during which I was asked exactly one pertinent question from a person who obviously knew less about the product and its features than I did. In the end, I was told that it might maybe kind-of possibly be a good guess that some form or other wasn't approved yet and, so, I should wait until mid-March to see if I still had the problem then. This was on March 11th and - as we know - corporate taxes are due on March 15th. I abandoned the attempt at further technical help and just re-entered the information.

The interview does, indeed, not keep track of it's location; very frustrating. Also, there are indeed many places (MANY places) where the TaxCut interview process is as follows: "Here's a form. Fill it out. Don't forget the important stuff."

When I finished the Federal return (expecting to navigate into the State interview), TaxCut was unaware that just hours earlier it had installed the State program. I had to re-download the State from their web site and after being told that I had successfully installed the State, it still wasn't available. I had to close and re-open the program to move from Federal to State. And, OBTW, re-enter a bunch of stuff that shoud have been transferred from the Federal return.

This is definitely the worst tax preparation software (and, quite possibly, the worst commercial software of any sort) I've seen. It's atrocious. I'm embarrased to have bought it and I really wish I'd have read these other reviews before having done so.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Significant downgrade from last year, January 26, 2006

By 

Tom from CT (Wethersfield, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: TaxCut 2005 for Business + Business State [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I need this product in order to file an estate income tax return. In a significant change from last year, the product can no longer do your own personal tax returns (1040). So now you have to end up buying two tax software packages.

Also, it's substantially higher priced than other TaxCut software and doesn't have a rebate.

Like before it assumes are relatively sophisticated (tax-wise) and will know what forms you need. This is a safe assumption given the target audience for this software, but a first time user will be somewhat stunned as to how less user-friendly it is than the personal TaxCut versions.