<prompt> Human: This year will be my first year filing taxes and Im not sure who Im going to use.I want to make sure I get as many deductions as I can and learn what information I need when filing taxes and how to store it so that I can be set next year too.Ive heard from some people that Turbo-Tax isnt accurate and gets stuff wrong every year yet I see a lot of people using it. How reliable is Turbo Tax and how well does it handle 1099 status and deductions?  <response>: I have had two issues with TurboTax in the past. For 2009, TurboTax reported my third party sick pay workers comp in box 14 as advance earned income tax payment which also goes in box 14 of the W-2 under a different code. Fortunately, Wisconsin knows their form better and recalculated based on what my W-2 reported. They sent me a 1048 refund I wasnt expecting. Turbotax initially refused to give me a refund, but a couple years later I was contacted by customer service and they did give me a refund. For 2011, Turbotax didnt ask me to fill out Wisconsin long form, which nearly led me to throw away 2200 of long-term capital losses probably worth 130. I think they forgot that Wisconsin makes you carry over capital losses forever because you can only claim 500 a year compared to the 3000 federal limit. I did the interview several times and couldnt get it to send me to the long form.So Im definitely in the market for something else. If you do use TurboTax, make sure to go through a site that offers a discount like TurboTax Freedom for low income or Vanguards discount program, and go there first because you cannot get the discounts if you follow the link from one of their e-mails instead. 