Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!jordan From: jordan@Apple.COM (Jordan Mattson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Needed: Tax preparation software Message-ID: <37234@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 13 Dec 89 18:53:34 GMT References: <5177.2583686a@elroy.uh.edu> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 40 Dear Fred - The one and only choice for tax preparation software on the Macintosh is MacinTax. MacinTax is a full tax preparation system that supports all forms and schedules with form intelligence. It knows how the forms hook together and what makes sense in each area. It also displays the forms online and then can be printed out -on plain paper - in a format that is acceptable for signing and sending into the IRS. The support the Imagewriter I, Imagewriter II, Imagewriter LQ, LaserWriter, Laserwriter Plus, LaserWriter IISC, LaserWriter IINT, and the LaserWriter IINTX. Also, if you are in one of the states for which they supply state supplements - California, Connecticut (with forms for Non-New York Resident), Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey(with forms for Non-New York Resident), New York, Ohio, and Virginia - then you only have to run a conversion program on your federal forms and then tweak them sightly by hand to have a state form ready to go. I have fairly complex taxes, and last year I completed my taxes in about two hours. Which left me the time to help a couple of friends with filling out their taxes. MacinTax may not make it fun, but it sure lowers the work that needs to be done. MacinTax is available from: SoftwView 1721 Pacific Avenue, Suite 100 Oxnard, CA 93033 1-800-622-6829 The Federal package is $99.00, and the state packages are $79. -- Jordan Mattson UUCP: jordan@apple.apple.com Apple Computer, Inc. CSNET: jordan@apple.CSNET Development Tools Product Management AppleLink: Mattson1 20525 Mariani Avenue, MS 27S Cupertino, CA 95014 408-974-4601 "Joy is the serious business of heaven." C.S. Lewis