I used TurboTax and paid the 9.95 for the state.  That way I didn't have to answer many questions on the state form.  There aren't many blessings to not having any deductions but that's one of them...cheap tax help.

Of course, deductions aren't free..ya gotta spend money to have them.

 When Turbo Tax first came out, many moons ago, I remember things like multiple Sch E's not working well, K-1 problems, etc. Sch D's have had problems in some years. Sch's C & F work well, you just have to decide on the top portion for revenues or the bottom (accrual vs. cash methods).

All in all, Turbo Tax with its historical comparison function, transferability for the user's info year over year, and national averages and comparison with ave deductions taken is very good IMHO. For a non-accounting type like myself, it is a really good way to tangle with our too complex tax codes which I am afraid we will always have (too much temptation for pols to socially engineer through it and too many powerful lobbies e.g. RE interest deductions, etc.).

 Mine is pretty straightforward Chico..a few IRA's, a couple of investments and Turbo Tax asks all the questions about them.  My daughter took the H&R Block trainin gyears ago and worked a couple of seasons for them.  She agrees that H&R does no more than Turbo Tax for the average person.

One year when I had some business dealings, carryovers etc, I took it all to a CPA and he sat at the computer entering all the info in a database which told him my bottom line.  I thought heck, if that's all they do, I can do that myself with Turbo.