If you're tax-obsessed like me, few challenges fascinate you more than reducing, to the legal minimum, the pound of flesh that must be mailed annually to the Internal Revenue Service. If you're used to paying an accountant to worry about such things as estate planning and tax shelters, tax software might not be worth the trouble. These packages provide both the knowledge and tools you need to confidently manage your taxes.
Most people use tax software only to prepare their annual taxes.
Both use basically the same approach. Calculations occur in the background, and hyperlinks provide quick answers to frequently asked questions. The Deluxe versions have all this plus electronic books and short videos, which always are well-done and informative. Additional CDs hold the forms unique to corporations. Naturally, electronic filing also is right at hand.