Turbotax unusable?

[RadiclDreamer]

Is it just me or is turbotax.com pretty much unusable? I can sometimes get signed in but nothing seems to work right and its dog slow.

 

[Cuda1447]

Seems its down for me as well.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: Cuda1447
Seems its down for me as well.

Thanks, I was begining to think it was just me. This happens to them every year, you would think they would be prepared for this, they kinda get all year to prepare.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Used to to prepare and file last Friday and it was fine. No idea about today, though!

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: Don Vito Corleone
Used to to prepare and file last Friday and it was fine. No idea about today, though!

I did also, but I'm trying to do my parents and its dragging ass.

 

[spidey07]

There's a reason it's "free".

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: spidey07
There's a reason it's "free".

It is only free if you make jack crap and dont itemize or have any stock/bonds/rentals etc. I paid $70 for mine and my parents will pay about $40 for theirs.

 

[Gunslinger08]

Yeah, wow. I finally got my 1098's and I wanted to finish up my taxes (started on Saturday). Guess that won't happen tonight.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: RadiclDreamer

Originally posted by: spidey07
There's a reason it's "free".

It is only free if you make jack crap and dont itemize or have any stock/bonds/rentals etc. I paid $70 for mine and my parents will pay about $40 for theirs.

So why are you going to the website?

 

[Gunslinger08]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: RadiclDreamer

Originally posted by: spidey07
There's a reason it's "free".

It is only free if you make jack crap and dont itemize or have any stock/bonds/rentals etc. I paid $70 for mine and my parents will pay about $40 for theirs.

So why are you going to the website?

You don't read good.

 

[oznerol]

TaxAct.com is insanely good.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: RadiclDreamer

Originally posted by: spidey07
There's a reason it's "free".

It is only free if you make jack crap and dont itemize or have any stock/bonds/rentals etc. I paid $70 for mine and my parents will pay about $40 for theirs.

So why are you going to the website?

Because I like the software, its easy to use and I hate installing the executable version, usually less painful to use the web based version. I pay them $xxx and answer the questions and they do all the math and checking on tax law etc for me.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: RadiclDreamer

Because I like the software, its easy to use and I hate installing the executable version, usually less painful to use the web based version. I pay them $xxx and answer the questions and they do all the math and checking on tax law etc for me.

Not to be an ass, but now you know not to use a web interface for such things if you want to spend the money. You of all people know what it takes to do that on the back end/load balancers/applications.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: RadiclDreamer

Because I like the software, its easy to use and I hate installing the executable version, usually less painful to use the web based version. I pay them $xxx and answer the questions and they do all the math and checking on tax law etc for me.

Not to be an ass, but now you know not to use a web interface for such things if you want to spend the money.

Its the same product as the exe version and typically it works well. Plus I have the added perk of not needing to clean this years version off my pc when I'm done. That and they keep a copy of my previous years records in case I lose in a fire/plain lose the copies I print.

Not everyone needs to pay an accountant hundreds to wait around getting their taxes done.

 

[LS21]

try taxact

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: LS21
try taxact

Thanks for the recommendation, I just hate to change vendors when I have several years of tax info on turbotax. Oh, and they finally posted


TurboTax Online is temporarily unavailable.

We are working to resolve the issue and apologize for the inconvenience caused by this delay. We do not currently have an estimated time when TurboTax Online will be available. Please check back later today.

 

[MattCo]

So why is today a high traffic day? I could understand end of Mar. through Apr. 15th.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: MattCo
So why is today a high traffic day? I could understand end of Mar. through Apr. 15th.

Yeah, in the past I've always heard online reports of that being their server meltdown time, but I'm guessing since the 31st was the last day for W-2 to be mailed people are just now getting them and scrambling to get them filed.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: RadiclDreamer

Originally posted by: MattCo
So why is today a high traffic day? I could understand end of Mar. through Apr. 15th.

Yeah, in the past I've always heard online reports of that being their server meltdown time, but I'm guessing since the 31st was the last day for W-2 to be mailed people are just now getting them and scrambling to get them filed.

Yeah, people who are owed money. If you owe money, you have reason to wait.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: Muse

Originally posted by: RadiclDreamer

Originally posted by: MattCo
So why is today a high traffic day? I could understand end of Mar. through Apr. 15th.

Yeah, in the past I've always heard online reports of that being their server meltdown time, but I'm guessing since the 31st was the last day for W-2 to be mailed people are just now getting them and scrambling to get them filed.

Yeah, people who are owed money. If you owe money, you have reason to wait.

I never owe so I dont worry about it, I pay in a little extra also and just consider it my 0% interest forced "new rig/home improvement" account.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: MattCo
So why is today a high traffic day? I could understand end of Mar. through Apr. 15th.

In the last couple of days, people received their W2s so they could file.
W2s are supposed to be sent (not received) by the end of the month.

Payrolls usually give them out on the last Thurs/Friday of Jan if they do not get mailed.