TaxAct

After 10 years of use, TaxAct has proved to be a solid and efficient software. The price is less than the others and still offers the same services. The process is streamlined and the prompts are easy to follow, especially with investments and a rental property. After gathering your paperwork and info, it takes a few hours. It has itemization and educational tools and "Xpert" help if you have a question. Audit protection is extra. I'll continue with Tax Act until I need to hire tax professional.

I have used TaxAct the past couple of years in order to file both my state and federal taxes without any problems whatsoever. When they say they are able to file the most accurate return, they mean it. I say that because they allow more options to choose from when it comes to deductions, for instance, when filing. The platform as a whole is simple to use and the pricing options are quite fair, as well. You can save even more, (20% off the cost of your federal filing), when you visit their website via the following link: https://refer.taxact.com/s/**.

This program is simple to use, and free because I just use it to check my hand done returns. It seems to catch any mistakes and omissions so I just keep restarting it until I get it right. If I really need it, I can opt for the pay-for version and file that way but have not had to do that as yet.

I have used TaxAct for about 10 years now. My taxes have grown more complex since I started, with me now needing to use their small business package. Once I have all my tax documents, I typically sit down one evening and walk through the process on TaxAct's website (it's browser-based so you don't need to download any software). It usually takes me 45 min. - 1 hr. to complete, which includes multiple reviews and checks (both by myself and flags that TaxAct brings up to review). I've been really pleased with it and like that I can easily download a copy of my completed form at the end, which I keep for my records. I decided to first try TaxAct when I went to a major tax preparing company and it cost about $250 for the person to sit there and ask me questions and they enter it into their computer. I can save a lot of time and money by just having TaxAct ask me the questions and I fill it in accordingly. Really, really easy to use.

I have used TaxAct.com to prepare and file my returns for the last 4 years. It's an easy to use application that has gotten even easier each year. I have a complicated return that is made so much easier using this site. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is because the fees have gone up quite a bit since last year. My return cost so much more than I expected with one fee after another.

I've been using Taxact for several years now. I efiled my tax return on April 14, 2021. It is now July 12, 2021, 3 months later, and I still have not received my return. When I contacted the IRS they said it was delayed because I entered a rebate amount in line 30 of my tax return. I did not. I entered the correct amounts of stimulus I received in both boxes and taxact somehow calculated I was owed additional money and put an amount into the rebate box. I've found that several tax prep companies have the same issue with their software.

I switched from TurboTax to TaxAct, this year. It was very to fill out. I am self employed so I wasn't sure what to do. I filled my taxes no problem, but I haven't received my refund. I CAN'T track it because I'm self employed. Their website says it takes like 21 days to receive your refund. It has been 3 months. I'm thinking I should have stayed with turbo tax.

I have used the paid version of Taxact before with acceptable results. This year, I tried to assist my mom with her very simple tax return and it looked like the free version would work. I got through all the data entry but forgot to enter her estimated state tax payments for the year. When I did this, Taxact demanded about $50 to upgrade to a paid version and would not even allow me to review her data or look at the 1040 preview form anymore. This is unfair and I lost all the time entering her data. I ultimately switched to a truly free tax program for Federal and did her very simple state taxes the old fashioned way, with paper. Nobody from Taxact ever tried to help me with this and I don't plan on using them ever again after this bad experience, even paid versions.

I had been using TaxAct for more than 6 years. I always have had good experiences until this year. I had 2 problems, neither has been resolved. The first is more of an IRS issue where I had to file an amended return and the IRS has yet to even acknowledge it so what they think I owe is very different than what I really owe. However, TaxAct's "expert" Audit Protection Service didn't even understand the IRS rules around one of the line items (I actually educated them on the topic by pointing them to an IRS publication!). They (or I should say, we) crafted a letter to the IRS for follow-up; I'm not sure when it will be acknowledged.

I/we have used TaxAct to e-file our tax returns since before 2015. This year, for the 2020 return, I selected TAXACT free e-file through the IRS portal. Of course, since I was already registered with TAXACT, it asked for our logon credentials. We have a very, very, very, simple return, as simple as can be, but, still, it takes hours to gather everything you need, go to various sites to get information, and complete the return. After all of that, without saying anything about price until both the Fed and State returns were ready to be submitted, with full refund of our withholding on both, TAXACT said it would cost $124.90. Previously, for the years I can still see, it was $37, $29.95, $29.95, and $79.95. That secretive pricing policy, with no upfront information, is a pure scam!!!! & good luck trying to get ahold of anyone at TAXACT. I emailed them, with no reply, and when I started CHAT, I was at 59 minutes!!!!