TurboTax Home & Business Review

Who should use TurboTax Home & Business?

  • If you are self employed
  • If you are a consultant
  • If you are a 1099 contractor
  • If you want some guidance filing your taxes
  • If you have business specific deductions
  • If you have rental income
  • If you have itemized deductions
  • If you need to import some of your information from a W-2 or 1099
  • If you have a mortgage
TurboTax Home & Business Pricing
Federal $99.95
State Add-On $39.95
Federal + State $139.90
Free Federal E-File
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Overall Score: 19 / 20
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TurboTax Home & Business Conclusion

We are in the process of reviewing TurboTax 2012 tax software, and our site will be updated December 2011

The TurboTax Home & Business plan is ideal for you if you are self-employed. This covers the any of the following business profiles: sole-proprietor, consultant, 1099 contractor, and single-member LLC. The TurboTax Home & Business Plan helps you find deductions specific to your business and makes entering in your business income very easy. Both your federal and state returns include free e-filing.  

The TurboTax Home & Business plan is very easy to use and asks your tax questions to you in plain-English. If you happen to have a question about a particular section of your tax return, TurboTax has blue "Learn More" links you can click on that give you on-screen guidance regarding your subject matter.   With the TurboTax Home & Business plan, you get access to technical support via phone, live chat, email, and TurboTax's knowledgebase. TurboTax's technical support is very responsive and knowledgeable.  

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About TurboTax

We are in the process of reviewing TurboTax 2012 tax software, and our site will be updated December 2011.

TurboTax sets the standard for user-friendly, reliable tax products.  Offering excellent error checking and on-screen guidance, they offer the most intuitive tax products on the market. TurboTax also offers unparalleled tax support.  For $39.95 you can have a professional CPA review your tax return for errors.  Also for $39.95, you can purchase Audit Defense, which means that TurboTax will represent you in the event that you are audited by the IRS. The only drawback of TurboTax is that they offer expensive tax products when compared with competitors TaxAct and CompleteTax, who offer a lot of the same services at a drastically lower cost.

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