Others say...

"DO NOT BUY THIS SOFTWARE"
This is a pretty bad cut-the-corners hack-job of a program. I'd give it 0 stars if that were an option.

My TaxCut business return for 2004 disappeared silently when I uninstalled the 2004 product. Did the uninstaller do it? I don't know, but I didn't delete the files manually. As a result, I can't import last year's data.

When updating the software, a dialog came up that ambiguously claimed that some forms were not available. It didn't say which ones, or suggest how I could tell.

It frequently leaves out explanations of entries on forms. At one point it claimed misleadingly that a form was not available and attempted to force me to skip the form, which was needed for asset depreciation. Guessing that the Forms menu might allow it to be downloaded, I tried to Preview and it again misleadingly claimed the form was not available. I clicked on "Open" and it downloaded. After that, I had to click on "Back" a few times to restart the asset process.

The asset entry form is among the worst user interfaces I've ever been cursed with using. There is no excuse for something this bad to survive from the 2004 version of the TaxCut product. It would not respond to a TAB or ENTER/RETURN to go to the next field, forcing the mouse to be used repeatedly. Nor does it provide a way to import from a CSV or spreadsheet. So for anything more than a couple of lines, the costs of data entry time alone well exceed the cost to buy a competitor's software.

It doesn't automatically place you back at the last step you were at, if you interrupt the process, save, and reopen the form. This was annoying. But when I reopened a form after interrupting the entry process, the software incorrectly began setting check boxes to YES or NO, ignoring the prior settings. That's not just annoying, its a very big risk.

Often, questions are posed in such a way as to make them indirect, more ambiguous, and less clear than the paper IRS forms. It is a reflection of the "cutting corners" feel of the product when it is less clear than an IRS publication.

As far as the rest of the interface is concerned, the product often leaves you guessing. Sometimes it uses checkboxes for Yes/No answers; sometimes using buttons instead; often there is little obvious indication of what step to take, or what the consequences are of taking an action.

For those reasons, I'm dumping TaxCut for Business (as well as the TaxCut Deluxe+State I'd purchased with it). It just isn't worth the headache.

"Please don't waste your money"
I purchased this product instead of TurboTax because it was a few dollars cheaper. Guess what.. I'm now buying TurboTax because I simply don't trust this software. I have an accounting degree and have been doing my personal and business taxes for years now. Save your money!! Buy TurboTax.

"Couldn't possibly be any worse!"
I am using TaxCut Business to prepare a simple Form 1041 for a trust. This has to be the WORST example of tax software I have EVER come accross. Entry boxes that will not take an entry without an override, endless loops (entry comes from another forms entry box which comes from the first box, which comes from the 2nd box, which comes from the 1st box ....), inability to reaccess an itemized list after it is created, inability to move around between forms without going back to the interview and taking a wild guess, and a totally useless help section, just to mention a few. What a piece of grabage. This apparantly is produced by an outfit named ATX II LLC and bears no resemblence to the personal version for your 1040. Dont even THINK about paying good money for this.

"Not for Individual Income Taxes"
I purchased this product thinking it would allow me to do an Individual with a Schedule C income tax return. Imagine my surprise when I saw that this product did not have any 1040s or Schedule C's included. It is my mistake for not reading the fine print cloesely. However, I give some of the blame to Turbo Tax for not conspicuously displaying the fact that the software is ONLY for corporations and nonprofits. This sofware was useless to me as an Sole Proprietorship.

"Disappointing performance"
I have used Turbotax for many years but decided to try the Tax Cut this year. I have had nothing but problems with the software. When trying to open it on a brand new HP notebook with a broadband internet connection open, it would freeze up whenever I tried to start an tax return and come up with error messages, I didn't find an answer in Customer support. Rather that hassle with it I ordered TurboTax for Business. I am still trying to contact TaxCut for a refund.