TaxACT

For the last few years, I have had a great experience with TaxAct. Last year (2017) however, I filed as I normally do (Married filing separately) and during the "final" check, the software informed me that there was a credit that I had not included, but was eligible for. Until this point, I never applied for that credit, because I was not eligible for it. When TaxAct said that I had "forgotten" to file for this credit (I never got that alert before, when I didn't file for it), I took this to mean that the requirements for this credit may have changed, so I filed for the credit. The credit was given to me, and went through. Fast forward 6 months later, and I receive a letter from the state, that I have to pay the credit back, to the tune of $725 + interest, because my filing status was NOT eligible!!

Using TaxACT was my worst and costly mistake. I submitted the extension through TaxACT and received a confirmation stating "the extension filing process has been completed". But, it has never been completed and shortly after I timely filed my taxes by the extended due date, I received a notice from the IRS stating I owe penalty for failure-to-file, $1270! indicating no extension has ever been submitted. TaxACT refuses to take any responsibility and ignores my requests for explanation and admitting the wrongdoing. I don't understand, how this program can still exist given so many people have been deceived by it. It's just outrageous!

I'm seeing that many others have the same problem as I did. I submitted an extension and it never went through. I got penalized. TaxAct refused to pay the penalty and denied any wrongdoing. I've had nothing but problems with online tax prep software, and this was my worst experience yet.

I have never filed my taxes late and have never paid fees or penalties for filing late. Until now. I paid $85 to Taxact.com to file my taxes for 2016. I paid a large tax payment that year and was happy to have it completed and behind me. Except my taxes were never filed. I did pay my taxes but because TaxACT didn't fulfill their responsibility of filing my taxes, the service I paid them to do, I have been charged late fees and penalties. The total of my fees and penalties so far is $1900! And it's not over. Do not use this platform. They are dishonest and do not file your taxes even if you've paid for the service.

I have used them for the past 3 years. Aside from the user interface being a little tiresome, I never had a problem. However, for the tax filing year of 2017, I received a notice from the Feds stating that I had not filed. I did file and I filed on time and had an electronic notice that night from TaxACT stating that my Fed inc taxes were received and accepted. I sent the Feds the information I had and after a couple of months the Feds approved what I had originally submitted. But now I am getting the same notice from Texas Franchise tax, stating that I did not file with them. I don't know what is the problem with TaxACT BUT I WILL NEVER USE THEM AGAIN! I WILL TELL EVERYONE I KNOW NOT TO USE THEM.

I used TAXACT online software for filing my 2017 Tax. After filing, I received a penalty notice from Franchise Tax Board California for incorrect calculation of taxes. When I contacted Franchise Tax Board they explained to me that TaxAct software has incorrectly calculated my taxes and TaxAct determined that I do not owe penalty however as per the FORM 5805 instructions the penalty should have been assessed and Franchise Tax Board calculations are correct. All the data that I entered into TaxAct while filing the taxes were correct but TaxAct software has major bug in determination of estimated tax payment penalty. To be specific, as per FORM 5805, if the 2016 AGI is greater than $150K, the 110% of Taxes paid in 2016 should be entered in Part II Line #5 in the form.

Used TaxACT 2017 for federal return. It calculated I owed $2400. Yesterday I received a refund for almost $1600. Tried to contact TaxACT for help understanding what was wrong. After filling out their contact form for help the page is not available. - I will never use this program again. In the past I also used the state add-in. It never calculated the tax correctly.

Fees were 90.00 for basic joint married return with no deductions. My old bank account was just charged by TaxACT Republic Bank for 17 more dollars last week. This was not the account I paid TaxACT with. The account is used for one specific bill pay and TaxACT additional charges 5 months after transaction caused me an overdraft fee. Outrageous!!! Feds need to investigate TaxACT for fraud. Fees are not disclosed and transactions are unauthorized for hidden fees. Do not use TaxACT!!!

I've used TaxAct.com for years, paying them to E-File and send what I owed. Never again. This year, after struggling with a MUCH more difficult-to-navigate user interface, I paid that extra money so they could extract what I owed and send it to the Feds and (first time it's been available for CA) the state. I was super excited that it was able to knock out both this year. INSTEAD THEY TOOK MY MONEY AND PAID NEITHER. I will never use them again.

I used TaxACT in 2016 for my taxes, so used them again this year, because I thought it would be easier, as they could pull the information from my previous year's tax return. Not so much. I filed 3/4/18 and everything went through. Nearly 2 months go by, no return, so I finally look online and it says I didn’t actually file. I attempted to e-file once again, it told me I could not file. I finally end up paying $66 to file YET AGAIN and still am unable. In the meantime, they have already got $66 from me (for their “free” version), I have already got a penalty fee from IRS and STILL unable to file... after countless hours! Never again will I do use this service!

This is the first time I used TaxACT for my income tax and will be the last. I completed a very simple tax return and now the IRS has put a hold on my taxes. I filed electronically 04/11/3018. I am now being told my tax refund will be on hold for another 9 weeks. This is ridiculous. Never again.

After several years of using TaxAct, this year fewer things are actually free and to my utter amazement, BEFORE finishing taxes OR clicking on final buttons for filing, the process began to "hold funds" from my account, not releasing them for 8 days... This must be illegal.

I have used TaxACT for five years in the past. I never had a problem until this year. My return was rejected at least 14 times by the IRS. The reason given was for improper name, improper Social Security number, improper 2016 adjusted gross income amount, improper pin from 2016. None of these were incorrect. I tried to call TaxACT support number and was told by recording due to the high volume of calls I need to call back later. Instead of being able to wait on hold till the next available representative they hang up on you so you cannot ever get through to anybody. I called 76 times in three hours, I got the same results every time, None!

My first year as a Tax Preparer was a success. Thanks to TaxACT and their wonderful staff! I honestly wouldn't have done it without you guys! Being my first year I had a lot of questions and concerns regarding returns, the staff was always available in a timely matter which is essence in this field. I would definitely recommend this software! See you next year!

I didn't even think twice about what software to use for this year's return. TaxACT had been faithful for many years. I now wish I had paid closer attention to the ads for others because I will be choosing one of them next year. The software was much less user friendly than I remember, the cost is MUCH higher and the whole experience was more stressful. Banking information (for my refund) that had been imported for several years was suddenly could not be verified. Customer support, on several attempts, was a recorded message that call volume was too high to service those of us with a paid account. Too bad. So long TaxACT.

Advertise free filing and they go up every year. I did not even e-file through them they charged me $39.99 for my federal and $39.99 for state return as well. You have to pay these fees to file or they will not file for you, this will be the last year I am using them. They are a HUGE JOKE. They need to be reported to BBB!!!

We have used TaxAct in the past, but "what happened" this year? The price to file increased threefold, the help buttons were not "helpful," and once you file with the high prices, you are now unable to access the status of your filing. What has happened to TaxAct? We will no longer use them.

Not easy to use, fees are a ripoff - I have used Tax Act for years and it has become more confusing and difficult to use each year. It used to have a reasonable cost but not this year. $37 to file state taxes? That is ridiculous. Never will use them again.

I have used TaxAct for several years and been Very satisfied. The software was easy to use and I paid about $30 to e-file both state and federal returns. However, this year the price to use the software alone for deductions was $29. Then it came time to actually file and the price jumped to $37 each to file my state returns. So I figure I’ll just print them and mail them. But then it charges $37 to print each form!!! Why?!?

The website is terrible; every other button logs you out for no reason whatsoever, and it's poorly laid out to where finding your way is a nightmare. It costs too much; for these prices I may as well hire somebody to do it for me.

Something went very wrong with this company. Loved TaxACT for years. This year prices doubled, software is crap, my return didn't file, last year's information did not populate into the return. Very unhappy former customer. Very sorry to have to leave.

Last year I had the worst experience with TaxACT and I said that I would not return. But this year I needed to get the return downloaded and could not find it. I went on to a customer service chat and it was frustrating to say the least. She was as helpful as a brick wall. She saw that I overpaid and didn't offer to do anything for me. Which is ok because I wasn't looking for a refund I simply wanted to get a hold of my return. After spending about 30 minutes back-and-forth with her the connection was conveniently lost. I went back to regain our connection and she did not answer. So much for customer service. They will not have my business again. I don't know what happened to TaxACT but something is terribly wrong there now.

I have been using TaxAct for years and have never had any problem with their question answer section or just filling out the forms. Over the years they have upped the program requirement to accomplish filing the same content I filed 15 years ago. So I have gone from $10 to $40. I understand that, but going from Deluxe to Plus at $20 more in the last year, then to not be able to file electronically because the advanced program, which cost more, I'm using this year lacks a form I don't even need is ridiculous. And this form is what I need to file electronically. Someone is putting roadblocks in the Program that tries to make you upgrade even when you don't need to. Rip Off. I'm pissed. I don't know how many people I turned onto TaxAct, but never again. Very dissatisfied with this new philosophy and money grab.

I got my entire thing done and then it wanted me to review things, it jacked up everything I had done and there was no undoing it without getting out and back in. I only started with them because of their $5 offer. My work is all gone and the $5 offer is too. I wasted so much time on their site, $5 is too much for their garbage.

I have been using TaxACT since the early 90s. Before, if I had a problem I could always bounce over to the tax form itself and enter the data on the line number. This year the forms are all hidden from view. Everything is menu or question driven. It took me over an hour just to find by accident where to put the property tax figures at. And that was with using their instructions on how to get to that field. I even made a mistake by purchasing their "Upgrade" in hopes the tax forms would appear. Nope! Sure didn't. That was a $39.95 mistake.

I have been using TaxACT 3-4 years. It was good and cheap. But this year I have experienced money grubbing practice while doing my taxes. Schedule C is suddenly gone and I had to purchase "freelance..." That's about as close as you can get to being robbed. I will use another company next year, even if it costs more. Because I choose to pay more, not because I "have" to pay. That was low... Very very low.

They are deceptive on their pricing and structure of filing, not only is it not free but, they charge an excessive amount. You have no idea how much until you have wasted your time filling out the pages. Do not use this company for taxes!

My daughter is away at school and I was helping her prepare her tax return. It's fairly simple as she doesn't make a ton of money. I completed her return and gave her the information so she could access her return and file it. We're not able to access the partially completed return because the program does not recognize the email address or phone number. I will be starting the return over with a different program. Don't waste your time with this one.

Thanks TaxAct for NOTHING. You DROPPED the BALL on ME and NOW I have YOUR MESS to clean up! TaxAct NEVER e-filed my tax return from 2017, EVEN THOUGH I have ALL of 'hard copies' of my tax return from their electronic return that I printed out. Obviously I printed these out for my records. In the meantime, the IRS sent me a letter not that long ago saying they received my check to them, BUT NEVER received my tax return. And recently I was on HOLD for about 22 minutes with the IRS. I gave up. (Obviously, this is a WHOLE OTHER issue). Anyhow, DO NOT USE TaxAct.

I read everyone comments above or below - I agreed with all of them. My owner personal problem with TAXACT. I want to share it with everyone. I am a paid customer and I need help but I got NOTHING!! I just started using TAXACT this year for a small business. I have difficult time adding Self-Employment Tax form and needed some help. I called the customer service (319) 373-3600 early in the morning. I selected the option "For do it yourself and have questions"... NO ONE PICK UP MY CALL - ALL I GOT WAS an answering system saying, "We have a high call volume and cannot pick-up this time". The next thing was, "Good BYE" or, "Go to our website." I should have checked the reviews before I paid them. Maybe I should ask for a refund for poor customer service!!!