TaxCut Premium provides extra tools and advice to help you save money on your federal taxes. You'll get valuable tools for managing home ownership, investments, and retirement planning. TaxCut Premium is loaded with special interview help, tools for investors, home offices, and much more.

Features

• H&R Block Premium Tax Tips – Better tips to save you money with more than 25 new topics including Charitable Deductions, Rentals, Dividends, Interest, Capital Gains, and more.
• Home Ownership & Rental Tools and Advice – Understand how home ownership and rental property can affect your taxes:
  - Home Basis Assistant: Easily determine your home's true tax basis when selling, so you can accurately calculate your capital gains tax liability.
  - Vacation Rental Assistant: Accurately calculate vacation rental taxes by evaluating personal and rental use of your vacation property, to make sure you're adding it up correctly.
  - Sale of Rental Property: Get strategies to maximize tax benefits.
  - Rental Property Assistant: Maximize your rental property savings. Rental Property Assistant provides tax tips and reminds you of overlooked deductions so you can get the most from your rental investment.
  - Mortgage Advisor: Get the most from the tax benefits of your home loan.
  - Depreciation Assistant: Money-saving advice about depreciating assets.
• Investment Tools and Advice – Get tax-saving tips on managing your investments, stock gains/losses and deductions, and more:
  - Investment Income – Find out how the new tax laws apply to your income.
  - Restricted Stock – Get information on this new employee stock trend.
  - Guidance on Capital Loss Carryovers - Don't miss this deduction.
  - Wash Sale Assistance – Easily report your wash sales and get tax advice.
  - Capital Gains Assistant – Takes the mystery out of capital gains tax calculations by helping you navigate this portion of your return, so you can accurately calculate the cost basis for different types of securities, including stocks, bonds, or mutual funds.
  - Children with Investment Income – Guidance for reporting this income.
  - Maximize After-Tax Performance – Import Schedule D from Gainskeeper®.
  - Stock Options Advisor – Get answers to all stock options questions, including the consequences of your transactions on all types of options, including incentive, nonqualified and employee stock.
  - Decipher Broker Statements – Understand complicated broker statements.
• Premium Retirement Tools and Advice – Make the most of your retirement savings with our collection of retirement resources and tools:
  - Retirement Savings Enhancer – Get the most from your savings plan.
  - IRA Advisor – Decide between a Roth or Traditional IRA.
  - Express IRA – Instantly open a Savings account to prepare for retirement.
  - Inherited IRA Accounts – Understand your tax implications.
• Family Tax Strategies – Tools and advice to help you optimize your tax situation:
  - Alternative Minimum Tax - Estimate and reduce your alternative minimum tax exposure.
  - Tuition Assistant – Get the best tax advantage on tuition expenses.
  - Claiming Your College Student – Tax strategies for dependents.
  - Child Care Credit Interview – Get the most from new tax laws.
  - Tax Law Assistants - Don't miss out on the new tax breaks.
  - Child Tax Credit – Information on how the new laws apply to your family.
  - Family License – TaxCut Premium lets you prepare returns for the whole family.
• Home Office Qualifier – Helps you determine whether you qualify for a home office deduction.
• Kiplinger Tax and Financial Planning Library – Manage life's biggest financial opportunities with advice from the experts at Kiplinger's. Kiplinger's Tax and Financial Planning Library provides information to help you make the most of your money.
  - Control debt, minimize your taxes and stay ahead of inflation with Practical Guide to Your Money .
  - Come out on top of the home-buying process with Buying & Selling a Home .
  - Make your money work harder with Practical Guide to Investing .
  - Plan for a bright future with Retire Worry-Free .
  - And more! (Not available with download version.)
• IRS Publications – Our Web links let you access the most up-to-date IRS publications.
  
• Customized Tax Interview – Answer only the questions that pertain to your taxes.
• Error Check – Accuracy gives you confidence. Error Check alerts you to potential mistakes that could draw the attention of an auditor. New error messages help you increase accuracy and file your return faster.
• Life Events Advice – Makes life changes less stressful. Whether you've recently married, retired, purchased a new home, or changed your investments, TaxCut delivers advice to help you keep up with your changing tax situation.
• Electronic Refund Advance – Get your money faster. Within two business days of the IRS accepting your electronically-filed return, our Electronic Refund Advance (ERA) deposits the amount of your refund (up to $5,000) directly into your bank account—sometimes in just one day.
• Seamless Imports – Quickly and easily import last year's tax and financial data from TaxCut, TurboTax ®, Quicken®, Microsoft Money® and H&R Block DeductionPro.
• Multiple Tax Payment Options:
  - Simple Pay: Deduct your e-file fee directly from your refund. It's quick, easy and convenient, so you pay nothing out of pocket. (additional fee applies)
  - Easy Pay: Pay your balance due to the IRS with the major credit card of your choice. (additional fee applies)
• E-file – File faster, electronically. The most accurate tax filing method, e-file ensures you get your refund up to three times faster than with paper filing. E-file allows you to file up to five returns, and it is the only way to get online confirmation the IRS has accepted your return.
• E-file Your Extension – You can now e-file your extension through April 15, 2005 , for an additional fee.
• Get Ready Screens – Prepares you for each section of the tax interview so you have the correct tax documents and information ready.
• H&R Block Advantage Report – Personalized tax advice from the tax professionals at H&R Block to improve your tax situation. Here's what's included:
  - H&R Block Plain Talk Tax Tips: Save money with more than 25 new topics including Savers Credit, Bunching Deductions, Overlooked Deductions and more.
  - H&R Block Tax Payment Planner: Estimate your 2004 taxes and adjust withholdings to maximize tax benefits.
  - H&R Block Home Mortgage Advisor: Calculate your savings from purchasing and refinancing your home and understand how your mortgage loan options affect your taxes.
  - H&R Block Express IRA: Save money on this year's return by opening an IRA instantly or contribute to an existing account. Whether a traditional or Roth IRA, H&R Block Express IRA lets you use part or all of your tax refund to open an account or add contributions electronically. (Eligibility restrictions and additional fees apply.)
• Entry Manager - Keeps you organized by creating an itemized list and flags entries as “tentative” to review later. Entry Manager keeps tabs on where your data originates and guides you to related forms.
• Topic Navigator – Shows you where you are in the process of the tax interview and lets you navigate easily from one part of the return to another.
• Tax Law Assistants – Help you understand which new tax laws affect your return and how to get the maximum tax break possible.
• Help Central - Makes it easier than ever to find assistance as you complete your tax return.
• Auto Entry - Save time and ensure accuracy. Auto Entry lets you import your tax data directly from participating employers and financial institutions.
• Refund/Owe Meter - Watch the bottom line change as you go. Use the Refund/Owe Meter to monitor how your refund or amount due changes.
• Improved Interviews – Helps you easily navigate through complex tax situations like depreciation, dependents, and more.
• Satisfaction Guarantee – If you are not completely satisfied, notify us within in 60 days of purchase and we'll refund the purchase price .
• 100% Accuracy Guarantee – We guarantee the calculations within the program are correct or we pay penalties and interest.

Minimum System Requirements

• Pentium or Pentium 90 MHZ-compatible processor (133 MHZ or higher recommended)
• Operating System:
  - Windows 95
  - Windows 98
  - Windows NT 4.0
  - Windows Me
  - Windows 2000
  - Windows XP
• 32 MB RAM (64 Recommended) for Windows 95/98/Me/
• 64 MB RAM (128 Recommended) for Windows NT/2000/XP
• 150 MB Available Disk Space for Federal Program, 20 MB disk space per installed state
• Monitor (minimum 256 colors)
• Speakers and sound card for Videos/Flash animations
• Mouse
• Windows-compatible ink jet or laser printer for printing
• Internet connection
• Internet Explorer 5.5

Available Options:

1 Year Download (+$9.99) 1 Year Product Support (+$9.99) 90 Day Download (+$4.99) Backup FlashDrive Shipped (+$9.99)