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To: Jon Tara who wrote (11058)	2/17/1999 4:50:00 PM
From: pae	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16892

I think Steve Kennedy has a good approach with his dos utility. If it were possible to convert to the standard tax format and/or the standard Excel import format we would really be cooking with heat. (As opposed to cooking w/o heat which takes longer and yields raw food. <g>) I had a very disappointing experience with TurboTax: I had been very busy in 1997 and the total of my sales exceeded TurboTax's ability to compute. (I bought and sold a $2 stock a LOT!) I tried upgrading to the "PRO" version, but with the pro version Intuit basically becomes your partner in the Tax Return Prep business. It wasn't what I wanted, didn't work, cost a lot and left a REALLY bad taste in my mouth about Intuit in general. Darn glad I don't prepare taxes: way too much like work ... especially with Intuit's claw in your pocket. They seem to think the tax preparer community exists to provide Intuit with a regular income stream - perhaps they regard all customers this way. I still use Quicken (an older version) to balance the checkbook and credit card; but have no loyalty to the company or product. I will probably quit using it the next time I REALLY screw up my checkbook or visa statement and need the flexibility of a spreadsheet to figure out what I did. Definitely won't blow a cent on a new version. If anybody out there has the "Limited Edition" or whatever they call it - id does everything you need, don't let them con you into spending money on more nonsense. I was thinking about whether or not it would make sense to tack a back end onto SuperExpress to capture trades as they occur in the format(s) of your choice ... but didn't see a clear approach. Particularly messy if multiple computers/sites are used and if OS/browser crashes are considered as part of the equation. Too bad. Have you considered using last years tax package (with a new tax file) to capture trade data throughout the year and then import into the new year package when it arrives? Certainly not perfect, but what about taxation is? :-) pae