A feature to keep you on the right track is the Alerts. As you go, these alert you if your information is incomplete or incorrect. Tax Watch tells about the impact new 2000 tax laws will have on the present. Like the other tax programs, TaxACT Deluxe guarantees the accuracy of the application, and will pay any IRS penalty due to an error in the program. Obviously, you understand that is an error in the program, and not due to your error.
Personal privacy is a very real concern.
Password protection is available for each return to prevent prying eyes from looking over your personal data. Something relatively new, probably to all tax programs, is the ability to print IRS approved forms from any printer. Not long ago, the requirements to print these were strict, and most people could not print their own forms. This program allows electronic filing, also part of other tax applications. The IRS wants everyone filing electronically by 2007, so better get used to it.