Turbo Tax basic or deluxe version, whats the difference?

[kurtis]

Is Turbo Tax Deluxe worth the extra ten dollars? Wonder what the difference is besides the bells and whistles. I'm not self-employed or anything and have an one income paying job, nothing to complicated.

 

[Grant]

you can probably get by with the regular turbo tax. YOu will still have to buy the state version and send in the rebate for it.

 

[apoppin]

If TurboTax has the same deal as TaxCut - with the deluxe version you get the state tax "free".

 

[Grant]

What you get with the deluxe is a rebate cupon for the state version. You still have to buy the state version and then send in the cupon. I think this sucks as they are making you buy both the federal and state. And then you have to send in a cupon to get you're money back which will take a few months.

 

[Strych9]

I bought Turbo Tax Deluxe Federal and then was able to download State for free. Go here.

 

[T2T III]

Buy the Deluxe version of Turbo Tax. Here's why:

Standard Version: $14.99 ($19.99 -$5.00 mail-in rebate)
State Version $29.99 (No rebates, etc.
Total Net Cost: $45.00

Deluxe Version: $29.99 ($39.99 -$10.00 mail-in rebate)
State Version $FREE ($29.99 -$29.99 mail-in rebate)
Total Net Cost: $29.99

I got cheap and purchased the regular version - only to find out that the state version was going to soak me for another $30.

Don't even consider TaxCut. That program is a P.O.S. I purchased it the other evening, then went on-line to purchase the state version which was then downloaded. Now, TaxCut can't locate or recognize the state portion.

Turbo Tax is a safe bet.