TurboTax Premier Federal Returns 2005 Win/Mac [Old Version]

by Intuit

Product Features

• Expert advice for all your investments - Stocks, bonds, mutual funds and more
• Comes with extra guidance for Schedule C, to help maximize tax savings
• Use ItsDeductible to accurately value your donated items in compliance with IRS guidelines - saving you hundreds on taxes
• Get the biggest rental deductions possible

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000BNJJAI
• Item model number: 297487
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 24, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,901 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

TurboTax Premier guides you with the most tax-saving help for investments, Schedule C businesses, and rental property. Provides help for reporting the sales of stocks, bonds, mutual funds and employee stock plans. Offers expert advice for Schedule C business deductions. And gives money-saving tips for reporting rental property income and deductions. Double-checks for errors and potential audit flags. Now includes ItsDeductible software to help you accurately value donated items (for a bigger deduction!).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars TurboTax is a good program... Mac users be warned though., December 1, 2005

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Michael A. Brown "maniacmedia" (Salt Lake City, UT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: TurboTax Premier Federal Returns 2005 Win/Mac [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

This year, TaxCut has decided to forego a Mac version altogether. Fortunately, Intuit seems to have gotten past their spyware problems from a couple years back. They also seem to have wised up that people don't like to jump through hoops to register the product. Plus, they've gotten away from charging a premium for the Mac version. So a good program has gone back to being just that, a good program.

Unfortunately, there is no option to import that data for former TaxCut users. You'll have to import it by hand if you desire to do so. While TurboTax made earlier claims that the option was available to Windows users, it has since been revealed that neither version has the option available.

Every year, Intuit seems to do one goofy thing just to annoy people.

If you need this for business or rental purposes, fine. Otherwise, save some money and buy the Deluxe version and get a 'free' state download. All that and saving some money.

17 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars State NOT included, January 1, 2006

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Adam Santos (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: TurboTax Premier Federal Returns 2005 Win/Mac [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

The description for this item erroneously states that it "Includes one FREE 1040 Electronic Filing, a FREE TurboTax State download". I can find no reference to it on the actual product.

If you need the State version, be sure to get "TurboTax Total Tax Solution Premier 2005 with State".

If you have used TurboTax in the past, also be prepared for another major change to the interface. It's not bad, but some things, such as the hybrid vehicle deduction, are hard to find and can easily be overlooked if you aren't already aware of them.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buyer beware, March 2, 2006

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R. Lauber (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: TurboTax Premier Federal Returns 2005 Win/Mac [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

If you think you are buying a complete tax package you are not, the Premier doesn't give you a whole lot more tax info, but also doesn't include any state tax. It is going to cost you $29.95 more. Buy the cheeper Basic and Delux which include the state. Voiced my thought to Turbo Tax, received a canned letter back, I don't think they even read it.