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标 题: 比较了一下Turbotax和H&R的报税

发信人: memajia (新一代), 信区: Money
标  题: 比较了一下Turbotax和H&R的报税
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Mar  5 22:57:45 2017, 美东)

先说一下背景:也算file几年了,其实整个过程比较熟悉,有股票,有Restricted
Stock Unit(RSU), 有mortgage,有娃,算是个普通工作的人吧。

用了一天时间,填了下面两个,因为用了turbotax几年,所以先做的(1):
(1) TurboTax online Premier (这个是MA州政府今年特殊照顾取消free state efile
后,给的免费补偿,包含federal&state e-file,明年估计就不会有这等好事了)
(2) H&R Block Deluxe (SD上的Deal,$16, 同样包含federal&state free e-file)
所以,功能上两者是可比较的。

我的结论是:虽然两者我都得到了同样的结果,但是我还是倾向于Turbotax,主要是为
了省心,次要是因为操作友好。

具体来说,Turbotax最大问题就是太贵,特别是如果要有state e-file和stock的话,
怎么也要$50多。Turbotax的好处是看得比较细,解释不错。

对比,H&R价格不错,SD经常有大Deal,而且我之前担心它可能不能import一些W2和股
票交易记录(1099-B)(一年的股票买卖,虽然不是frequent trader,逐条输入还是会
弄死我的),但事实上,我导入了Fidelity等若干个大户,Turbotax有的,它都有。但
是好话到此为止,这是我第一次用H&R,对比Turbotax:
1。 Warning少。Turbotax的Warning也不是瞎warning,比如它其实就给了两个warning
,我觉得都有些水准:一个是我的唯一一个option sale Transaction,因为那里cost
basis是0,事实上这个0是对的,但至少确实有点特别;另外,发现了我买掉价值几千
块RSU的股票时,cost basis也是0(因为RSU vest时已经扣税了,这个问题不发现,就
多交几千块capital gain了)。但H&R就没特别指出来。
2. 更让我气愤的是,我近百条trade transaction,H&R强制要我逐条确认。。。大哥
,你是import的,有啥要确认的。再说,如果需要确认,你让人扫一眼就好了,不用
transaction-by-transaction吧。。。
3. 一些特殊情况,它只给结果不给解释。比如我家是single income,不qualify
daycare credit(sigh...),Turbotax就会跟你说原因,H&R就直接给你个“0”daycare
credit.
4. 整个报税过程问了我和LD两次DL信息。难道这个不能通用吗?又不是最后的签字。

总之,其实用H&R,95%以上不会出什么事,但是为了那个5%变成3%和一份安心,我可能
还是被迫地接受Turbotax的剥削。
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