TurboTax ItsDeductible 2004

Manufacturer:	Intuit, Inc.
Release date:	23 November, 2004

TurboTax ItsDeductible 2004

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IT'S DEDUCTABLE

NOTHING TO INDICATE DEDUCTIONS THAT YOU MAY BE OVERLOOKING. NOTHING INDICATING THAT THE PROGRAM CAN ONLY BE USED TO TRACK DEDUCTIONS DURING 2004, AND CANNOT BE USED FOR ANYTHING IN ANY OTHER YEAR. REALLY NOT WORTH THE MONEY.

TurboTax ItsDeductible 2004 - Intuit, Inc.

It's worse now than ever!

Last year (2004), I used ItsDeductible for an entire year, keeping track of my donations of clothes, money, and other items. I was also able to use the software to keep track of my job-related expenses that are deductible (ie research expenses of a professor, job related journals, etc.) There was also a space to keep track of medical expenses. I loved it, and it saved me some money. I just received my new, *not* improved 2005 version, and suddenly, everything has changed. Basically, they made the software LESS useful. They have eliminated the medical expense and the professional expense sections, and now there is only the bare-bones charity donation record keeping. And even this has been drastically cut - many specific categories of clothing, for example, have been cut. Last year, I could be as specific as denim jeans or silk blouses - this year they are listed as "women's pants" and "women's shirts" with no variance in the price that they are "worth." Because of this, I am pretty skeptical that this would pass an audit, so I am now keeping extra records of these donations DESPITE buying the software. I suspect that the company could care less - what are the chances of an audit, anyway? It is probably cheaper for them to avoid refunds when consumers don't achieve the promised 500.00 savings than it is to fear the IRS audits, which are few and far between. Final word - rather than improved, this new version is worse. I could do just as well with a notebook and a quick check on ebay for values.

Intuit, Inc. - TurboTax ItsDeductible 2004

Too many items missing

I just spent 1.5 hrs entering 80 items. Only half of my donated items were included in the ItsDeductible database. I had to manually enter the other half and estimate the value on my own.

Even with items such as clothes, I had to just pick an item from the database. It was rare that my donated item actually matched something in the database.

This software is not the cure-all that Intuit says it is. I should've saved my money and entered all of my donations in a spreadsheet like I did in previous years.