There are two important tax dates in the year: December of the tax year and January 15 of the filing year. The former allows one to adjust income/deductions to a favorable balance. The second is for the fourth estimated tax payment, which triggers penalties if not in compliance. Now, I understand the tax forms may not be ready for printing or for electronic submission until late January. However, the "program" should be completely ready by mid December to allow for the above scenarios. They had a full 8 months to work on that (since April 15), and with little change in the tax code. What is INTUIT's excuse? Last year, things were updated much earlier so I had no complaints. This year, I have to use FreeTaxUSA to do all my estimates because TurboTax does not even allow me to work on certain forms. Don't tell me this is related to H-visas or DOGE or the Shutdown!
