CompleteTax has a tax version for most all taxpayers. You don’t really need to know before you start which version is right for you because with the question and answer format, the program will tell you if you need a more enhanced version. Here are a few categories to help you decide:
Basic
- The basic version supports most taxpayers
- Filing status: single, married filing jointly, married filing separately
- Education expenses like tuition tax credit
- Child care credit
- Earned income credit
- Interest income
- Social security income
Deluxe
- The deluxe version is mainly for people with itemized deductions and investment income
- Any filing status including head of household
- Stock and mutual fund dividends
- Capital gains and losses
- IRA distributions
- Employee business expenses
- K-1′s from partnerships, trusts or S-Corporations
- Includes importing last year’s data
- Includes advanced help
Premium
- The premium version is for self employed taxpayers and business owners
- Schedule C filers
- Rental real estate
- Royalty income
- Farming income
- Depreciation schedules
- Sale of business property
- First time home buyer credit
- Includes importing last year’s data
- Includes advanced help
- The premium version has a feature to help value charitable donations