TurboTax State 45 Multistate 2002

by Intuit

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006UWRO
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 1, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,694 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Complete your state tax return quickly and easily with TurboTax State. This easy-to-use program works seamlessly with TurboTax 1040 programs to transfer your federal data to your TurboTax state return. The EasyStep Interview process asks you questions, places your answers directly onto state-approved forms, and automatically performs all calculations for you. There's even a built-in feature to check your return for errors and omissions to help ensure that it is accurate and complete.

Note: This is for every state where state income taxes are required, except California. If you need to file taxes in more than one state, additional TurboTax State programs will need to be purchased for each additional state.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

116 of 126 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Stuff --- BUT it may not be your best buy, November 15, 2002

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A. E Rothert (Edwardsville) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: TurboTax State 45 Multistate 2002 (CD-ROM)

The good folks at TurboTax and Amazon.com have been much more careful this year.

I was not alone in buying this product, which includes 45 states' tax returns on one CD-ROM, under the *mistaken* impression that you could access more than one state. (Why else would a customer care that it is a multi-state disk rather than only his or her state?)

If you want to use the throughly excellent TurboTax programs to do your federal and state taxes, then you should buy TurboTax Deluxe, which includes one state for free in addition to the federal tax stuff. You will not need to buy this product.

If you plan to file in more than one state, then you would be required to purchase one copy of this product for EACH additional state. (Of course, once you own TurboTax Deluxe you can download additional states for the same price as ordering this and help the environment by consuming one less box and CD-ROM. Somehow that should be deductable. :o) ...)

As far as the state products go, the ones with which I have had experience (MO, IL, IA, and IN) are user friendly and massive timesavers. For those of us who work in two different states (at least MO and IL), TurboTax state products easily and quickly perform the cumbersome task of figuring out how much tax goes to which state. The calculation verges on calculus and, before TurboTax, I spent hours upon hours trying to figure it out without ever knowing if I had done it correctly.

Highly recommended for those who need this product and who understand what it is they are ordering.

51 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Thank goodness I read the review first!, January 16, 2003

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psue-psue-psuedonym "wwwbadgersorg" (Leawood, KS United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: TurboTax State 45 Multistate 2002 (CD-ROM)

I need to file in three states, and I foolishly assumed that a "45 multi state" package would do 45 states. It will do only one. Intuit's response? "Yeah, it'll do 45 states, just not all at once." It reminds me of the old joke about the shop keeper which had the sign that said "open 24 hours". When he would close he would tell people "Yeah, we're open 24 hours. Just not in a row."

YOU HAVE TO BUY TWO COPIES TO DO TWO STATES. Very misleading.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Intuit's greed ruined a good product!, February 15, 2003

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Scott Whyte (Troy, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: TurboTax State 45 Multistate 2002 (CD-ROM)

The installation of the C-Dilla copy protection program as part of TurboTax is highly unethical software engineering. Why would Intuit want to harm all of their customers rather than just the people illegally copying their software?

I have been a loyal customer of Intuit's for the last 9 years. I have bought Quicken every other year and Turbotax & Turbotax state every year for the last 9 years. Now my loyalty as a long-term PAYING customer is rewarded with a 1 megabyte memory sucker running constantly on my machine. Of course, if the program is terminated or removed then I can no longer run their product! I never agreed to [C-Dilla] when I purchased Turbotax, but I guess I should have read all of the fine print in the license agreement.

I understand Intuit's wish to cut down on coypright infringement, but my need to cut down on unnecessary system processes running on MY COMPUTER is what matters to me! I can't wait to finish my taxes so I can uninstall Turbotax and get rid of C-Dilla.... I don't have a problem with the activation feature alone. It is [C-Dilla] constantly running in the background that I object to!

I imagine that it will take years to build back their customer's trust even if they decide to remove this nonsense from next year's product!