Turbo Tax Home & Business Edition Tax Refund Software

Intuit Personal Finance, the parent company of the Turbo Tax Programs, began in 1983 with the introduction of Quicken, personal finance software, later adding Quick Books and Turbo Tax to their software lineup. Intuit was ranked number one among computer software companies by Fortune Magazine in 2007. You can find out more about Inuit at http://www.intuit.com/about_intuit/profile.

I have personally used Turbo Tax Home and Business Edition Tax Software for the past three years, and have found it to be the best home based business tax preparation software on the market. Prior to using Turbo Tax for the first time, I struggled through several other software options that were not only difficult to use, but often didn't follow through with the information I needed to correctly input all my information.

Turbo Tax Home and Business works on four basic steps. First, you input your personal information by answering easy questions about your life, investments, and self employment data. Second, the software helps you maximize your personal deductions by searching over 350 different deductions, including family, mortgages, and other personal information. The third step is that of maximizing your business deductions and is individualized with 60 different industries to insure you get the deductions that are right for your business. The final step double checks your federal return to make sure there aren't any errors or audit flags. Then you can either e-file or print and mail your return. As with any business, deductions are crucial when tax time rolls around. Turbo Tax makes it easy to identify various deductions, percentages, and prompts users to make sure they are not missing out on valuable tools that could be overlooked with other packages.

Turbo Tax also allows the data from your federal return to be transferred directly to your state's forms and guides you through the preparation of your state return as well.

With Turbo Tax Home and Business Edition the user can directly input data from their Quicken software program into their tax preparation forms. Quicken works alongside Turbo Tax with the click of the mouse, allowing for valuable information to be stored and not forgotten about. TurboTax Home & Business helps you prepare unlimited forms, such as 1099's and W-2 forms for employees and contractors. They do the math and guarantee 100% accuracy.

Many tax preparers charge upwards of $200 to prepare and file home business federal and state returns. The price for Turbo Tax Home and Business remains well below that at $89.95 and can be downloaded directly from the site, or purchased on CD-ROM. This includes your state return as well, but only allows you the choice of one state. E-filing charges are extra, but minimal and your return and refund are processed within usually 8 days.

The quality I like most about Turbo Tax software is its explanations. If you have a question regarding any line on your return, you simply press the "?" button next to the prompt and an easy to understand explanation box appears. Using Turbo Tax for my home and business have made the drudgery of filing taxes and easy and almost enjoyable experience, and best of all, I can do them when I want and have time to; without having to make an appointment with someone else. I've even been known to do my taxes in my pajamas.