Tax Advisor 2.0: Our first time - makes you want more

The program could be quickly installed from CD, but it required after an update (about 66 MB) as of March. However, the CD also contains some information videos that support the profile of the control input, so that the disk has its raison d'être.

At the very beginning a friendly lady explains the possible next steps, but you can also choose a version with text only. The layout of the screen is a bit wasted on modern, large widescreen monitors, because the lady and the input boxes use only a small part of the big screen and sometimes you have to look pretty to the Next button. At the first use not functioned some info-button and we received numerous error messages. For later use, it no longer existed, the error messages, however, and the Info button on the Internet led to corresponding pages with further explanations and information on document types, etc.

The various documents which have accumulated in the year, such as doctors or craftsmen invoices, documents provided by the owner on the deductible costs or donation receipts can be recorded and later insert the corresponding point of the tax return in the beginning. However, we found some evidence in the wrong place indicated (eg medical expenses rather than exceptional expenses) and to correct the so still we noticed a little hard for beginners quite self-explanatory. Overall, the input but works well and is structured and gives numerous tips that you do not get when using the ELSTER software. At the end you can see the data then directly to the tax office, however, convey in the conclusiveness test we had a mistake, but we were then congratulated the completion of the declaration, although apparently no delivery had taken place. Only after a correction of the erroneous entry worked the transmission (charging bars) and we were again congratulating. Yachts can be, may have a problem.

Also nice that the program determines directly what is coming up on its assessment of reimbursement or additional payment. Since the program but can not verify that the entered documents are really deductible, the forecasts should similarly reliable as the weather be but we are very interested to see whether forecasts and tax bill halfway agree, we will report.

Overall, our first experience was positive with a tax assistance program and after one year with unexpected payments we cling to the positive repayment forecast. The virtual tour with the friendly lady and the numerous tips and explanations are helpful, and all in all it's certainly cheaper than an accountant. However, it is next year will need to purchase the current version again consolation here is that the data you simply can not accept, so that the double entries of names, tax identification numbers, etc. are unnecessary.

Overall, a control program with good behavior but small mistakes.