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3. I will be using it for the first time this year. For the past 35 years I used a tax preparer

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Wed Jan 30, 2019, 01:01 AM

Jan 2019

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but in the past 2 years I don't think he's performing at the level he needs to be performing at. Too many errors among other problems.

For me, its important to understand taxes enough to do tax planning and to know the potential tax ramifications of things I'm considering doing.

I'm nervous about using Turbo Tax -- besides being the first time for me, there will likely be plenty of bugs with all the tax law changes.

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If you are using the Qualified Dividends schedule [View all] question everything Jan 2019 OP

Long term capital gains too are treated the same way, subject to the same thresholds progree Jan 2019 #1

You guys ever hear of Turbotax ? rickford66 Jan 2019 #2

I will be using it for the first time this year. For the past 35 years I used a tax preparer progree Jan 2019 #3

Love TurboTax, I think it cheats in our favor in secret ways, lol. Croney Jan 2019 #5

Of course. Have been using it for years question everything Jan 2019 #6

I use an accountant. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #4