Others say...

"TaxCut"
TaxCut has been very reliable information and easy to use when preparing your taxes. I have used it over the past several years. Updates are easy to download and the software is great. This year the software arrived on a USB key. This is the easiest and best way to obtain the software. Small, easy to store and is reusable. I will continue to use TaxCut in the future.

"Please..."
Give them a break. So what, they don't support Macs. This is a Windows program. It is unfair to give this one star because it's a Windows specific program now. Everybody knows PC's are for office work and taxes, Macs are only for fun. Besides, it's on a flash drive! Cool!

"Very cool way to distribute software"
H&R Block 2006 works well like it always has. I've used and liked H&R since the Turbotax activation debacle, to the extent that I can like doing income tax! What is great is the media the software comes on. Install the program and then have a nice flash drive to use elsewhere. Maybe flash drives will be like floppies someday, with piles of used drives in a box, but for now it's a super handy way to store and move a few files. 256 megs makes for a big floppy but a small flash drive. No matter--the price it right.

"Before you buy, read this!"
Unlike years past, H&R Block (founded by a guy named Bloch) decided to charge $16 for each e-file, Federal or state. Only one version, "Premium Federal+State+E-file" includes a "free" Federal e-file and state e-file; but that version costs $70, so there's no free lunch at all. Seriously, $16 is a lot to pay for e-filing. There are websites that give you completely free e-filing; my favorite is TaxAct (at taxactonline dot com). With TaxAct, you get the complete Federal plus state package for $7.95, which includes e-filing. Or you can use their standard package to prepare Federal and e-file for free, with *NO* income restriction!

I don't work for any of these companies, nor any tax-related company, nor any such entity. I just don't think it's right for H&R Block to charge customers such a ridiculously high fee for e-filing, whereas people can e-file for free elsewhere. BTW, if you use Taxcut to prepare your return, you'll have to use H&R Block's e-filing service if you want to e-file; you can't just take your file to another website and expect that website to do it for you. I used TaxAct in the past and they are very dependable. You can find reviews of TaxAct products in major magazines and on major websites.

Good luck.

"Trying to rebuild after a year of boneheaded mistakes."
I switched from TurboTax a few years ago to TaxCut. Using TaxCut was a decent experience. The program itself is easy to use and negotiate. Jumping back and forth in the return was a fairly simple process. There were significant improvements over the previous year's version. Which is always a welcome thing.

Last year, however, TaxCut made a few foolish choices. First, they stopped making a version for Mac users. Second, they were of no help whatsoever helping those Mac users import their data to either the Windows version of their own program or the Mac version of TurboTax. This marked the end of doing business with them for me. While they have included Mac versions this year, I won't trust them again.

BE WARNED: TaxCut customer service is painfully bad.