@rak22 wrote:
Have received an email purporting to be from Inuit....
The email you received is accurate and true; it is not a scam email; the TurboTax desktop program will no longer be available on a CD.
I cannot answer your other questions except to state that the program on CD, once installed, operates precisely the same as if you downloaded the executable file and installed the program; exactly the same once installed.
It should also be noted that other income tax preparation software providers have also stopped selling their software on CDs or other physical media, most notably H&R Block. So, going forward, you will not find an income tax preparation program that does not require preparing your return entirely online or downloading a file to install on your computer.
