TurboTax Home & Business Download Review

Who should use TurboTax Home & Business Download?

  • If you want to e-file up to five federal returns
  • 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
  • If you prefer a downloaded product

This product does not support tax returns for corporations and S corporations, partnerships and LLCs. To get small business support, you'll need to upgrade to TurboTax Business Download.

TurboTax Home & Business Download Pricing
Federal $99.95
State Add-On $19.95
Federal + State $119.90
Free Federal E-File
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TurboTax Home & Business Download Conclusion

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

The TurboTax Home & Business Download costs $99.95 for both your federal and state returns + $19.95 to e-file state. This comes to a total of $119.90. You do, however, get up to 5 free federal e-files. TurboTax Home & Business Download is very easy to use and asks your tax questions 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 that give you on-screen guidance regarding your subject matter. 

TurboTax Home & Business Download has excellent on-screen guidance and gives you additional guidance for entering in your business income and expenses, and for finding your business deductions. TurboTax Home & Business Download also gives you the option of having TurboTax guide you through every section of your return. TurboTax Home & Business Download gives you access to technical support via phone, live chat, email, and TurboTax's knowledgebase.  TurboTax's technical support is very responsive and knowledgeable. If you purchase the TurboTax Home & Business Download and are unsatisfied, return it within 60 days for a full refund.

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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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