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Turbo Tax electronic filing system overloaded on Tuesday

Turbo TaxIt's not been a great week for Turbo Tax. First it comes out that there's a security flaw allowing uses to see tax returns uploaded by other customers. And now parent company Intuit is confirming that all the last minute filings on Tuesday night bogged down the company's online tax filing system, leaving some customers unable to e-file.

Intuit says the problems with their servers have been fixed, and is telling customers to try electronically filing their taxes again. Intuit is working with the IRS to ensure that late filings due to the system overload are not treated as late.

If you refile and get a message sayin that your return has already been filed, you will need to call Turbo Tax support in order to verify that your documents have already been accepted by the IRS.

Filed under: Internet, Security

Turbo Tax flaw leaves online tax return data vulnerable

Turbo TaxA Nebraska woman recently found a glitch in the way Turbo Tax lets users file their taxes over the web. By trying to access information she had filed in previous years, she found a way to access data three other users had previously uploaded.

Each of those other users had the same last name as the woman, but different first initials. The information included social security numbers and bank account numbers.

Turbo Tax is looking into the error, and has temporarily removed the link that lead to the exploit.

The exploit only affects users who file their taxes online with Turbo Tax. There shouldn't be any risk in using the software to assist in filing via mail.

Still, it makes you think twice about providing sensitive personal data to any website, even one that you'd expect to have tight security.

[via Computer World]

Filed under: Business, Office, Commercial

Which tax software equals the biggest return?

TurboTaxWe've seen a couple round-up reviews of tax software, and while features and ease-of-use matter, a question that shouldn't be neglected is: which will give me the biggest refund? AP's Ashley Heher pitted H&R Block's TaxCut, Intuit's TurboTax, and 2nd Story's TaxAct against eachother to find out. She found that while TaxCut and TurboTax had similar results $600 versus $588, TaxAct, somehow, came up with figure tiny by compare: $175. Of course YMMV with these things, but that $425 discrepancy is enough to give anyone pause.

Filed under: Office, Web services

Online taxt prep software reviewed

TaxesA couple weeks back PC World did a round-up review of three of the latest tax preparation software offerings. This week they're back with revews of five different web-based tax prep packages: Intuit's TurboTax, CCH's CompleteTax, H&R Block's TaxCut, 2nd Story's TaxAct, and Petz' TaxBrain. They break down like this, with total costs including both federal and state returns:
  • TurboTax.com: Still King (Total Cost: $45)
  • CompleteTax: Most Improved (Total Cost: $35)
  • TaxCut: Not as Good as the Box (Total Cost: $45)
  • TaxAct: Low Price (Total Coast: $23)
  • TaxBrain: Odd Man Out (Total Cost: $100)
And don't forget, if you qualify, you might be able to snag some of these services for free.

[Via Lifehacker]

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Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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