HR Block TaxCut Premium on 256 flash drive

[Prngr44]

Decent price if you're still looking to do your taxes.

19.99 @ woot.com

[gwilks98]

I'm not really happy with Tax Cut right now. The damn thing is consistently miscalculating the amount of SS tax withheld and throwing a warning that my employer withheld over the allowed amount. (They haven't, and I haven't mistyped it either.)

tech support can't seem to get it through their heads that if it miscalc'd this amount, I need assurrance that my tax refund is accurate.

Case has been open 3 weeks so far. Buy at your own risk.

[Prngr44]

I TurboTax'd mine...

How would it have to calculate the amount of SS tax withheld though? Isn't that a number you input and not rely on the software to figure out? Or is that the problem? It alters the number you put in?

[gwilks98]

I TurboTax'd mine...

How would it have to calculate the amount of SS tax withheld though? Isn't that a number you input and not rely on the software to figure out? Or is that the problem? It alters the number you put in?

No, that's the thing. It displays the number correctly, but the error checker announces it's over $5040.40. That's the dumbest thing about it, as it clearly displays MUCH less than that in the social security tax box.

I just emailed my return to them last night, minus my personal information. Let's see what they come up with.

[gwilks98]

bug identified: last year, people were getting MUCH more of a rebate because they were filing their W2s of their spouses as their own by their own incompetence. As a result, because they generally worked for different employers, it looked like they paid too much to social security, and falsely qualified for a bigger rebate. The developers answer to the user error was to prompt everyone with 2 W2s of the same employer that they may have paid too much in social security.

Go figure.

They are recommending the developers re-evaluate the formula used to determine this amount before the warning prompts, and I'm now safe to file my taxes.

[Prngr44]

bug identified: last year, people were getting MUCH more of a rebate because they were filing their W2s of their spouses as their own by their own incompetence. As a result, because they generally worked for different employers, it looked like they paid too much to social security, and falsely qualified for a bigger rebate. The developers answer to the user error was to prompt everyone with 2 W2s of the same employer that they may have paid too much in social security.

Go figure.

They are recommending the developers re-evaluate the formula used to determine this amount before the warning prompts, and I'm now safe to file my taxes.

Nice. You're a software tester too. You should send them a bill.