TurboTax 2024 and Monterey 12.7.6 OS

Aronis wrote:

what ever happened to going to Intuit, buying the program, downloading it and just using it. What am I missing, I have spent an hour trying to figure this out. After upgrading my OS so I can 'use the program' I still can't get past the "Enter your License Code" but offers no way to buy a license code.

When I purchased TurboTax, I received an email that included the license code. It is also listed on your Intuit account info when you log in to your Intuit account.

Below is an excerpt from the email I received upon purchase:

Important information

Download

Your download is now available. Click the Sign in button to sign in to your Intuit Account. Your download will be listed in the “Downloads” tab. If you ordered a CD, your CD will be shipped in the next 10-14 business days.

License Code

Your license code is included in the Order information section below. Your license code is also included in the “Downloads” tab in your Intuit Account. It can be used to download your software now, or to install your CD later, if you ordered a CD.

If this does not work for you, I suggest you contact Intuit for that, it's not a MacOS issue.

If you log into your Intuit account and navigate to the TT page, it slots you into their online program, it usually takes some investigation to find the proper page to download it. And when you get there, they highlight the online program with the Yearly Subscription thing and the "Professional help" AI add-on, you have to choose the correct one, or it slots you into the Online version. The online version is "Free" but I suspect Intuit gets something from the IRS for their troubles. I'd rather have the software on my mac, MY OLDER MAC, and keep things in one place. Now 2024 is on my laptop. (Nice lap top, got the M1 Max, 27 minutes later the M2 was shipping LOL, and I got an M2 Ultra Studio in my office, been eyeing an M4 or M3 Ultra studio to replace my Still working Find 27 inch i7 mac that I have at home, but have to read up more on the M4 vs M3 business.)

I found the proper download, installed and did my taxes. It should not be that difficult to find the correct download site. That is the point I made.

It's aggravating and that should not be the case. We now have to use Electronic Filing and it should not be a chore to figure it out. "page one, Intuit, PURCHASE AND DOWNLOAD DESKTOP COPY here."

So I recreated my steps for others to follow since Intuits website STINKS.

Use www.Google.Com or DuckDuckGo or whatever search you like to search "buy turbo tax 2024"

you will possibly get a link to https://turbotax.intuit.com/lp/ppc/3761/?srqs=null&cid=ppc_gg_b_stan_all_na_Brand-BrandTT-BrandTTDownload-Phrase_ty24-bu2-sb7_723017294041_142950095679_kwd-321983944954&srid=Cj0KCQjw16O_BhDNARIsAC3i2GAVKycBGMWGQ50SADtbWGC_4Rh4zYEp63WrkNZ1VwHFz5QdUao-Zw0aAnpPEALw_wcB&targetid=kwd-321983944954&skw=turbotax%20download&adid=723017294041&ven=gg&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADkGAVlzF2iOj6AE-lzB5zWUALE99&gclid=Cj0KCQjw16O_BhDNARIsAC3i2GAVKycBGMWGQ50SADtbWGC_4Rh4zYEp63WrkNZ1VwHFz5QdUao-Zw0aAnpPEALw_wcB

Slide down to View Products, ignore the online stuff, vomit,

Click Shop Now (for say Deluxe edition)

next page CHOOSE WISELY, TurboTa Deluxe, Purchase.

Etc.

It should not require going to GOOGLE to find the proper page on Intuits Site.

Mike

You don’t HAVE to used efile or even electronic versions of the forms. Go to the irs site and search for your tax forms and fill them out old school style IF you know what you are doing. Print them sign them and snail mail them.

EFiling mandatory in NY state or $50 PER FORM penalty and…

federal law. , “…significantly expanding mandatory electronic filing of tax and information returns that require almost all returns” as of Jan 2024.

got it??

Aronis wrote:

EFiling mandatory in NY state or $50 PER FORM penalty and…

federal law. , “…significantly expanding mandatory electronic filing of tax and information returns that require almost all returns” as of Jan 2024.

got it??

Your post is misleading because you left out relevant information.

You left out the next part of the federal e-filing mandate:

"Under the new rules, filers of 10 or more returns of any type of for a calendar year generally will need to file electronically with the IRS. Previously, electronic filing was required if the filing was more than 250 returns of the same type for a calendar year."

So most filers do not need to file electronic federal returns.

As for New York, TurboTax did not make that New York e-file rule, New York did.

Also, New York State law prohibits a separate charge for e-filing the NY return:

https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/efile/efile_mandate_for_individuals.htm

"The cost of tax preparation software always includes the e-filing service; New York State law prohibits additional charges."

in 25 states, you don't need TurboTax or ANY third-party software to file electronically with the IRS:

Direct File is now open and available in 25 participating states.

Prepare and file your federal taxes online directly with the IRS.

It’s always free, easy to use, accurate and secure.

https://www.irs.gov/filing/irs-direct-file-for-free

Answer a few questions to find out if Direct File is the right option for your 2024 taxes.

Updated to use TT, and now My Lap top cannot print to my desk top WITH DIRECT WIRE USBC Connecting them, not network, "Hold for Authentication......." now I can spend the day figuring this out.

That is why I don't UPGRADE unless Absolutely necessary. Now I can try to up grade my desktop studio but on my work network that will take THREE Days to download the newest OS.

You guy who love to spend your day upgrading your systems can have fun with this. I don't appreciate it. I use my computers for WORK, not for messing around.

Addendum: I sent it to my "desktop" as PDF, shows up on "desktop" on my studio, print. At least that still works. I can write to my other computers desktop via Cloud Drive, but I cannot print to a printer with a HARD WIRE USB C cable connecting the two computers. My work around. great update.

Mike

USB-C cable is a really good peripheral interface cable. But the Mac does has never considered it a Network connection.

If you can get each of those computers on the internet at the same time without re-cabling, you already have a data highway you could use for Print Data. Just designate that Printer a "shared Printer", and macOS will print to it from any computer on your connected network.

you may have to be certain IPv6 is set to Link-local Only, NOT OFF, for Discovery to work.

art_smells wrote:

7.5 years not 10. MacBook Air 2017 purchased 10/2017 will not run OS 13.

You're sort of off topic. The original poster has a 2015 MacBook Pro so we were discussing that.

If you are using a Mac that can't even run OS 13, you might want to investigate options for a more modern computer, especially if you want or need to run the latest version of tax software, Adobe suites, Microsoft software, etc. Apple considers a Mac more than 7 years old to be "obsolete." So 7.5 years is "obsolete."

I still have MacBook Airs 2013 and 2010 that are running fine as is my iMac 2015, but they aren't that useful anymore.

IntuitApple does this on a regular basis. The last two MBPs I bought were because my old one couldn’t be upgraded to an OS that TurboTax for the year couldn’t be run on. One year, I simply used a friend’s newer Mac. But it is worth it so I don’t have to enter the previous year’s information into some new tax program manually.

The real scandal here isn’t about their upgrade issue, it’s the fact that Intuit have lobbied the government to keep the IRS from making its own tax prep software and manipulate the complaints by making a handicapped free version available. There’s a good article about this history of TurboTax in ProPublica that you can Google.

I'm having MUCH trouble trying to use H&R Block Deluxe + State.

Using H&R Block tax software With macOS M… - Apple Community

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Problems Using H&R Block Tax Software - Apple Community

Can't use T.Tax this year with my late 2015 iMac.

Turbo Tax should have been warning users what the requirements are to run their program, the downloads shouldn't work if you don't have the correct platform. I got lucky and checked it out before downloading TurboTax is why I switch to H & R Block after over 30 years with them.

Well I was one of the dumb ones that logged down and purchased TurboTax without thinking, I have used it for so many years now and used it on my Apple. I didn’t read through every last bit of fine print, I agree they need to have a little flash or something come up that says make sure you’re operating system is Compatible, I have tried H&R Block and did not like it, I don’t like that the online services don’t save all your data, I am done with TurboTax now that really made me mad! Trying so hard to save money and end up wasting it on some thing that doesn’t even work and I’m not buying a new computer because my old one still works fine

This may be a classic move by apple to induce or possibly enforce their customers to buy a new computer with dwindling Mac sales in the past few years. Terrible move imo. Some old computers are perfectly capable of being upgraded.

I just bought one from Sam's club and I did ask them prior to purchase it, I even asked for the CD and they said it doesn't come with it, I also asked them if it work with my MacOs and they said it should, guess what?! I'm going back tomorrow to return it. I think Turbotax will be loosing tons of money this year for this glitch .

My running system is Monterey 12.7.6 and it does not update to MacOs 13. If Apple is working with Turbo tax to make us buy new computers then I guess someone will be loosing money, and guess what, it ain't gonna be us !