xmasbaby0
I think you'd be better served by just putting a fork in it. You are not getting my meaning and I do not think that is on me.
I have made statements to this forum on this subject and NOT asked questions. I know the answers to the questions.
I have prepared taxes for a living for 45 years. I have CPA licenses in three states.
I use professional software at my office and know that professional software (CCH) can perform these functions. I have simply chosen to NOT use that professional software to prepare my own returns and those of my family at my office, so I do not use office hours on personal matters.
I was able to use this (TurboTax) off-the-shelf software for years and it was satisfactory, but no more. It is a failure for some, obviously, from what has been written here.
In speaking with a partner of mine, who can likewise use the office tax software, if he chose to do so, he uses the Intuit professional version at home, probably for the same reason I was not using the office software. I'd not looked into the Intuit professional version of the software, given I was able to make the off-the-shelf version do what I needed, but now I'll simply just use the office software going forward.
As eFiling has just become too pervasive and frankly easier than to keep filing on paper, I do not want to be forced to paper file in the future. I want a CHOICE.
During the pandemic, my paper filing of the Federal return for 2020 took 11 months to get processed and that was only due to filing a Form 911 with the TAXPAYER ADVOCATE SERVICE (TAS). While the IRS cashed my balance due check sent with the paper filed return within 4 days of mailing, the slow processing of the return itself created a problem with the SE tax deferral election that was made available for 2020, given the IRS did not know for 11 months that I had chosen to defer and that SE deferral remains a contentious issue over improperly charged interest, as the IRS is flat out wrong and that was caused solely by this 11-month processing delay.
So, there is no point to using a software product that is going to default me to paper filing simply due to its deficiencies. End of story.
