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Has turbotax 2018 been released?

 
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Has turbotax 2018 been released?

The downloaded version has ( sort of ... it is still really buggy) but the Online version will not be out until next month sometime.   https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/cd-download/

My 2 cents on the virtues of patience ….

A LOT of the program is not functional yet mostly due to the IRS not being ready ... they have not issued final forms or instructions for many things so the software companies "punt" for right now until the true game can commence ...

 

This happens every year ... folks are in such a hurry to buy and drive a product that has no engine, tires or a steering wheel and are surprised that the vehicle doesn't work or get them anywhere.  The ONLY reason that TT puts out an incomplete program is to grab market share because some people are dumb enough to buy an advance copy of a non operational program at a price that is higher than if they waited and bought it later in the tax year from a reputable reseller.

These first releases of the program are usually very buggy ( you are the beta testers even if you don't know it) and will require MANY updates before it becomes fully functional which usually will not happen until late January or sometime in February depending on the forms you need.  So patience will be needed as the IRS has not even announced when the 2019 filing season will start

 

This  past tax year, not only did the IRS have to rewrite a ton of tax code due to the late changes made in Dec of 2017  but the fools in Congress required they also toss out all the old form 1040 forms  for the new "1040 Simplified" version ( which is anything but simplified since it adds 6 new schedules) and  all these changes have the IRS way behind the normal timeline so expect things to not only run late but they will be VERY BUGGY so the smart money is on the patient person who waits to file until most of the errors have been corrected.  Last time this happened many of the early filers had their returns lost or delayed for months so don't be in a hurry to jump off that cliff.




Has turbotax 2018 been released?

I asked a simple YES or NO question.  Too much I never asked for hmm?

Has turbotax 2018 been released?

.....and the answer please.

Has turbotax 2018 been released?

@dragonlady777    why are you posting on a thread that is 5 MONTHS old ... back then this was the correct answer ... now in APRIL the 2018 program has been operational since January 2019.  And this is the ONLY comments you have made using this moniker.

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