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From: gary@utgard.uucp (Gary Manning)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Questions on QUICKEN/TURBOTAX
Message-ID: <1990Apr10.115314.5656@utgard.uucp>
Date: 10 Apr 90 20:21:08 GMT
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In article <8857@lindy.Stanford.EDU> RR.PPE@forsythe.stanford.edu writes:
>In article <8836@lindy.Stanford.EDU>,
>LC.YRS@forsythe.stanford.edu (Richard Stanton) writes:
>>I'm trying to decide whether to buy a package which consists of
>>QUICKEN v 3.0 and TURBOTAX (7.01, I think) together for under $50.
>>
>I have used Turbotax for the past three years; it has saved me
>time and aggravation with my reasonably simple requirements.
>The program is fundamentally sound, intelligently designed.
>The price of yearly upgrades is moderate ($6070) but the
>availability is poor, i.e. they are always late with current
>versions, the versions they send are not always functional,
>and although they try hard, the backroom shipping and
>accounting operations are haphazard.  In other words
>buy at your own risk.

I purchased the QUICKEN/TurboTax package from Price Club for $50.  I
am very happy with both programs.  I also bought the Calif. module
for Turbo Tax from ChipSoft (another $40).  I sent my return in today :).
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