Spring has sprung
I caught this photo of some bees romping in the cacti flowers and couldn’t resist the voyeuristic urge to snap a photo. Way to go, you two!
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TurboTax is Awful Software
Mary Bridget used TurboTax online again this year, and I’ve always thought it was bad, but this takes the cake. Usually TurboTax uses a “wizard” style, asking simple questions and then using the answers to fill in the right boxes. It has some problems though, like asking if MB was “Materially involved in the operation of her business,” which is an easy question for a tax professional, but is met only with “What business?” by a normal person.
While filling out her Wisconsin tax return (which it turns out she is not even required to file), TurboxTax presented her with this page, which is nothing more than a reformatted word-for-word copy of the actual form. I truly don’t see how this could possible be construed as being worth $30. Not to mention that this particular schedule was unnecessary as MB did not itemize her federal deductions, and also that TurboTax had her fill out the regular Wisconsin “Form 1″ and not the “Form 1NPR” for non or part-year residents. The entire issue is moot, however, because I looked it up on a friend’s advice and she isn’t even required to file a return at all, a fact that was mysteriously absent from the TurboTax site.