Its a simple matter of priorities. instead of grumbling, I decided to see if the competition was better or not. I purchased at 1/2 the price of turbotax, H&R block's equivalent and started to redo my taxes. I had done this comparison about 10 years ago and at that time, found that turbotax was superior in the details - it addressed/asked questions about many things that Block did not. But it was my impression that turbotax was getting worse, so I decided to test that hypothesis. In terms of forms availability, its a wash. Form 1116 final is available for e-filing on H&R desktop. But another form I need to file my moderately complex return was not. That form is even simpler than 1116, but it is delayed until Mar 1. So its is a wash. In terms of the rest, I will finish my returns and decide which is better. I will say, I had the use of turbotax live and posted a complex issue on the forum and received what I judge to be a high quality answer in both cases. To give you an idea what I mean by complex - I asked 2 different CPAs and turbotax live as well as the forum and got 4 different answers. The best advice came from the turbotax tax expert on the forum. He was the only one who really understood the nuances of the issue and was not a CPA.
One comment about the postings. The more nonsensical the posting, the less likely you will get an answer from the experts at turbotax. They will simply ignore it.
