TaxAct (Ultimate)

[Amazon.com] Maximize your tax deductions and credits for a bigger tax refund. Includes expert tax help & advice to find IRS tax deductions and credits, potentially saving you big money. Life Events guidance helps you deal with marriage, buying a home, inheritance, stock options, home equity loans, and other topics that impact your tax return. Includes both Federal and State tax returns with free income tax filing.

TaxACT Online income tax filing—the stressfree alternative!

• No hassle of trying to get copies of the right paper forms—With TaxACT Online, it's all right here at your fingertips! Easily print your IRS-approved form onto plain paper using Adobe Acrobat Reader, or e-file for a faster refund!
• No software to download! Start preparing your tax return right away—without the hassle of purchasing, downloading, or installing software.
• Prepare your taxes at your own pace—Your return is automatically saved as you go, so you can stop at any time without losing your work. Just log back in when you're ready to continue.
• Get the maximum deductions legally possible—With TaxACT Online, you can rest assured you're benefiting from all the latest tax law changes and tax saving tips.
• 1040EZ won't cut it? No problem! TaxACT Online automatically determines which 1040 form you qualify for and calculates accordingly.

Packed with features to make tax preparation fast & easy:

• Time-saving Import feature—No need to re-key the same data every year! Why risk the costly data entry errors? With TaxACT Online, you simply import your previous year's online return.
• Expert Tax Advice incorporated into TaxACT from the leaders of tax advice—J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax Guide by John Wiley and Sons, Inc. For over 60 years, more than 38 million Americans have trusted J.K. Lasser to help them save money at tax time. Now, you can access J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax Guide with just a click of your mouse.
• Informative Life Events advice—TaxACT assists you in determining how to handle major Life Events such as getting married, having children, selling your home, and other events that have an impact on your taxes.
• Get a head start on next year's taxes—TaxACT Online's Tax Watch feature analyzes your current return and identifies areas that may be affected by next year's tax law changes. Plus, you get valuable tax-saving tips and financial reminders to help you minimize the impact of those changes.
• "Where Does Your Money Go" Table—Ever wonder how your tax dollars are spent each year? This handy component of the Tax Watch feature provides a summary of government tax spending percentages based on the taxes you paid in.
• Electronic Refund Transfer Payment Option - This payment preference allows you to pay for the tax preparation & filing costs by having the amount deducted from your Federal or State tax refund, eliminating the necessity for a credit card.
• Maximize your depreciation deductions—The Depreciation Summary, Future Years Depreciation Summary, and Disposal Summary Reports provide an easy method to review all of your assets in one convenient list to make sure that you are not missing out on any valuable deductions.

Your federal info transfers seamlessly into your state return:

• Print or e-file your state return.
• Like our federal product, you can prepare your return for free. You don't pay anything until you are ready to print or e-file.
• TaxACT Online supports all 43 resident states and 32 part-year/non-resident states.