This software has a serious bug that may cost me a great deal of money.
My wife lived in Illinois for a year while I lived most of the year in California. In such a case, it is imperative that we file our Federal returns separately, otherwise Illinois will tax us on the money I earned in California!
TaxCut not only didn't warn us of this, it incorrectly computed the Illinois taxes using the part-year resident form. This was in spite of my having specified that my wife was in Illinois the whole year, and in spite of it being very plainly stated on the Illinois form that under such circumstances, a couple filing jointly could not use the form!
Unfortunately, I allowed TaxCut to e-file my return before I checked the state returns. Now I have to file an amendment.
I was also unable to get any help from TaxCut's customer support to stop the e-filing before it went through.
I'll never use their software again.Get more detail about TaxCut Standard 2002 Filing Edition.
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