TAX-PREPARATION
Personal Tax Preparer
Parsons Technology
IBM PC and compatibles
256K required
$29.00
Personal Tax Preparer can calculate and print your federal income tax on Form 1040 and Schedules A, B, C, D, E, R, SE, and others. It features online, pop-up help screens, IRS-approved pin-feed forms, amortization and accumulation schedules, a pop-up calculator, and a pop-up notepad. A financial calculator figures interest rates, loan payments, balloon payments, loan balances, interest earned, and savings and investments values. There is also a section to help you plan for the next year's taxes. Updates are available each year.
TaxView
SoftView
Apple II GS, IBM PC and compatibles
512K, printer required
$119.00
TaxView's onscreen forms help you figure your income tax, and you can print completed forms. Forms and schedules can be linked, and data can be imported from text files. The program checks for errors and IRS violations. Versions are also available for the tax forms of some states, including California and New York, for $65. Annual updates to the federal tax package are $55, and state updates are $35. The IBM version operates under Microsoft Windows; a runtime version of Windows is included.
TurboTax 1989
ChipSoft
IBM PC and compatibles
Two disk drives required
$75.00
Turbo Tax is a recordkeeping, tax-preparation, and tax-planning package. Online help and telephone support are available. The program tells you if you've left anything off of the form and displays your current tax status. The next year's tax laws are built into the planning mode of the program. The data can be printed onto supplied 1040 forms. There are 26 integrated state-tax packages available for $40 each.
