3 Top Tax Software Programs That Will Save You Big Bucks This Year

Yuck. Time to do taxes again. Check out these three top tax software programs that will save you time and money this year.

TurboTax

TurboTax is one of the oldest tax software programs on the market. George Washington first used it in the 1776 Battle of Long Island. His deductions included:

12 Muskets

3 Lances

2 Pair Wooden Teeth

H&R Block

H&R Block is another well-regarded name in the tax game. The company began when accountants Howard and Rachel Block began offering tax advice to friends in their weekly cribbage game. Common deductions included cribbage boards, those little pegs, pads of paper and pencils. Later the entire network of friends was busted for filing false claims in the infamous “Cribbage Crew Caper” of 1937.

TaxAct

TaxAct began as software targeting actors and stage performers in New York’s famed Theater District in 1973. This is the software for you if you are in the performing arts because it tracks every possible deduction in your field. It even suggests stage names–for me, it suggested “Pasty Doughnut.”