...software programs or tax guides, before filing returns.More than 90 percent of taxpayers go to a tax preparer or use tax software to file their returns, estimated Jim Buttonow, a 20-year IRS veteran who is now vice president of products for New...

...Free File Alliance, a coalition of industry-leading tax software companies, and the Internal Revenue Service. Since...help me find a company" tool. After selecting a tax software company, they will be directed to the company's Web...

...will get assistance from a professional tax preparer or tax software when filing their taxes this year. Better Business...percent of Americans enlist the help of a tax preparer or tax software when filing their taxes. Unfortunately, BBB receives...

...stop "scam artists" who prey on low-income taxpayers. More than 80 percent of taxpayers use a paid tax preparer or tax software to complete their yearly returns. However, paid tax preparers are unregulated in many states, unless they are also...

...That group is diminishing rapidly." Other people buy tax software, fill out the forms on the computer, then print it...to expand its Free File program, and some of the the tax software companies are eliminating fees. TurboTax, for example...

...electronic tax administration, told lawmakers he believed Congress had made it clear "that IRS should stay out of the tax software preparation business." To encourage taxpayers to put away their pencils and type at their keyboards, the IRS entered...

...over the prior year. Judging by tax software sales, millions more Americans...a home-computer tax program. Tax software is a hot market. Intuit says TurboTax...booming. The popularity of home tax software is a far cry from its early days...

...IRS also said it's seen an uptick in tax returns filed electronically, with strong growth among individuals using tax software to file from home. The nation's tax collectors estimate that, for the first time, more than half of individual...

...mathematical errors," he said. Late do-it-yourself filers can cut down their miscalculations by using computer tax software or e-filing, Mr. Erickson said. Less than 1 percent of e-filed returns have mathematical errors, compared with...

...electronically file tax returns for free on the Internet this year through an agreement between the IRS and a group of private tax software companies. Here are some. Go to www.irs.gov for a full list. Company (Web site).........Eligibility...