sharing turbo tax with my immediate family

[ld keeler]

For many years I would purchase turbo tax for my 4 children and help them with their taxes.  After they got married they did their own and we could share one CD disk for the 5 of us.  Now it looks like that Intuit no longer allows that unless of course all 5 of us can have access to each others tax information which is unfathomable that they would dream up such a stupid idea.  Why is it that software companies become successful and then somehow lose their way and shoot themselves in the foot?  I have had issues with TurboTax in the past and thought about trying H&R block but haven't pulled the trigger.  Intuit just gave me the motivation to do so.  Apparently I can transfer all my info from Turbo to H&R.  I understand that the IRS plans on providing their own free software at some point.   

[CatinaT1 · Accepted solution]

The TurboTax user license allows one user to install copies of TurboTax on up to five computers that the user owns. You can also prepare multiple returns, including returns for other people. But the license does not allow, and has never allowed, one copy to be shared among different people.  This year, that license is being enforced by requiring users to log into their TurboTax online account when they install the program for the first time. This locks one particular copy of the program and one license code to one user account. The only way you could install the program on a computer that you do not own, would be to give the other person your online username and password. And even though that workaround might allow the installation, it’s still a violation of the license.  

[VolvoGirl]

And by logging into your account to install,  you still would never have access to anyone else's return. Returns are only kept on the computer that it was done on.  And I think each person has to log into their own account at the end to efile.  

[ld keeler]

Great, that clears up the confusion.  Thanks

[ld keeler]

Thanks...good to know that tax files are not viewable by others using the same license code!