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Get your taxes done using TurboTax
Careful---- are you filing a last return for the relative or an estate return? If the return is for the estate you need a different version called TurboTax Business which can only be downloaded to a Windows PC.
If you are preparing the last tax return for the person, you can use online but with online TT you only get one return per fee, so you will pay twice if you file two returns. You might want to consider purchasing the desktop software instead.
ONLINE vs. DESKTOP
When you use Online TurboTax, you get one return per fee. Each return needs its own account and user ID. If you use the same account and user ID for a second return, you overwrite the first one and lose it forever.
When you use Desktop TurboTax, which you install from a CD or download to your own hard drive, you can prepare and e-file multiple returns for the cost of the software. You can e-file up to 5 Federal returns—more if you mail the additional ones. If you have multiple returns to prepare for family members, Desktop is more cost effective.
Desktop --unless you specifically buy federal Deluxe only from a retailer-- will include the software for one specific state. You can prepare as many returns for that state as the number of federal returns you prepare. E-filing state returns is an extra fee which can be avoided by printing and mailing the states. Additional--other--state software is an additional fee for the software.