In the trash

Epson 10000 XL.

YEAH SURE.........

Intuit has sent me a free TurboTax® CD.
From what I can ascertain, it’s just like the free AOL CDs that become cup-holders.
Like all AOL CDs this TurboTax® CD will immediately go in the trash.
“Ask you simple questions.....”
Like:
-1) “What is the meaning of life;” and
-2) “What is the value of Pi to 118 places?”
I tried TurboTax a few years ago. —Simple questions like.....
“-List all your incomes.” (Uh, just for TurboTax? I do that for 1040 anyway.)
“-What did you give each individual charity?”
Um, Schedule-A doesn’t even want you to individualize each charity......
—Which is why my Schedule-A Excel spreadsheet doesn’t individualize each charity.
I hardly consider going back and getting an individual total for each charity a simple act.
The work-around is to individualize each charity-gift through the year.
I could do that with another Excel spreadsheet.
But what’s the point if Schedule-A doesn’t even require that? —Plus my Excel spreadsheet is aimed at what Schedule-A wants.
I suppose they have to set up for undeductable charity-gifts, but individualization in my case becomes a “waist” of time.
Sorry; Schedule-A with my spreadsheet is a slam-dunk.
With it, income-tax takes about an hour.
TurboTax® would at least quadruple that, perhaps quintuple it.
“Risk-free TurboTax® CD — try before you buy!”
No thank you — we tried that road before.
Compared to my already established system, TurboTax® is a “waist” of time.
Wherein is individualizing each charity-gift a simple act?
—Especially when ya don’t need to........
TurboTax® is for people utterly buffaloed by their income-tax. I majored in History.

“AOL” is America-On-Line.

“Waist” is how my blowhard brother-in-Boston noisily insists “waste” is spelled. He also insists “waist” is spelled “waste.”

RE: “TurboTax® is for people utterly buffaloed by their income-tax. I majored in History......” —All my siblings (except one) use TurboTax® and claim I am utterly stupid — that I can’t make sense of it for lack of gray-matter. (The exception has his taxes done by an outside service.) —All my brothers were trained as engineers, yet I majored in History; making me inferior.