Preparing your income tax this year will be very different from prior years. The 1040A and 1040EZ are being replaced by the new “1040-for-all” form.

Even if you have always use a tax preparer, or have always done your own taxes, it is time to figure out which the best for your individual or business needs. And now that it is 2020, it is time to think about and start gathering up all your tax documents. One survey says that about 37% of you are do it yourself tax preparers… I know I am one of those.

There are still people who doing taxes manually, using good old paper forms, calculators and spreadsheets. For those holdouts among us, the new laws new forms are going to get very complicated and the self-guided questions and answers provided by many of the online and desktop solutions will be your savior and could even help you get a bigger tax refund!

So there are not any surprises, I have been using Intuit products since the late 80’s using turbo tax I picked up at Price Club [now Costco], and in the early 90’s when quicken for window was released, yup, I bought it for personal finances, and finally, for my businesses, quickbooks since late 90’s

There are plenty of reviews online that go into detail about which version is best for your situation

Turbo Tax and H&R Block have the best overall reviews and from my experience, Intuit’s Turbo Tax products have never let me down. They have and excellent user experience, full selection of tax topics for personal and business, and thorough interview to lead you through the forms you need, and or don’t need, and provide a final review for Federal and State Taxes. The have TurboTax Live support that provides year-round live video support from experts.

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