Tax return software

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I've decided to bite the bullet and buy some software to fill my tax return in this year. My attempts to fill my tax return in online have always been thwarted by the fact that the Inland Revenue doesn't support any of the non standard forms. HMRC helpfully publish a list of supported software. Of course being the government they can't favour any one vendor so the list doesn't have any ratings of the individual software packages.

Although the list is meant for individual tax returns the software isn't necessarily aimed at individual users - much of its seems to be aimed at tax agents. I whittled the list down based on the following requirements:
  • I could fine the software on the website!
  • There was a price
  • The software looked like it was aimed at individuals/households
  • I could get a feel for it with some kind of online demo
This left me with the following list:
Of these FTax looks to have the slickest and most intuitive interface and they have lots of positive customer testimonials posted on their website (they have 24 hour email support). It also looks like good value - you can file up to 7 tax returns for the price. I'll give it a try and update this post with the results. I'd be interested to know if there are other packages out there that I should consider.

Comments

Techno Frustration said…
Five years on and I can report that I am a very happy Ftax user. It's one of those bits of software that just works, amazing what you can do within Adobe Reader.
April 09, 2012 5:48 pm
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