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- From: vanover@bcsaic.boeing.com (Jann VanOver)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
- Subject: Re: I NEED ALTERNATIVES! Re: MacInTax 92 Woes
- Message-ID: <87559@bcsaic.boeing.com>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 00:05:31 GMT
- References: <ZACCONE.92Nov13152753@rigel.cs.bucknell.edu> <87333@bcsaic.boeing.com> <iscjcw-171192084312@ajax.ucop.edu>
- Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle
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- iscjcw-171192084312@ajax.ucop.edu> iscjcw@uccvma.ucop.edu (Jerry Wilcox) writes:
- >vanover@bcsaic.boeing.com (Jann VanOver) wrote:
- >> I've used MacInTax for 4 or 5 years now, and I think that's as far as
- >> I'll go.
- >>
- >> What are the alternatives? Any recommendations?
- >>
- >I got a mail-order offer for TaxCut from MECA (the Managing Your Money
- >folks) and decided to take them up on it. I just got the "headstart"
- >version over the weekend, haven't gotten it installed yet, but did scan
- >through the manual. If the software lives up to the manual, I'll be happy.
- >
- >This is a Mac version of a DOS product, but it looks like they've done as
- >good a job on the port as they did with MYM. From a quick perusal of the
- >manual, it doesn't look like a DOS application on a Mac screen, unlike what
- >ChipSoft did to (formerly very nice) MacInTax.
- >
- >Warning - MECA has only ported a few state versions (including California,
- >thankfully) to the Mac thus far. That may be a problem for users in some
- >states.
- >-----------
-
- Well, I'm in Washington State which has no state income tax, so will
- someone PLEASE post a phone number for MECA?
-
- Also, noone mentioned a price. How much is TaxCut?
-
- Jann "ANYTHING BUT CHIPSOFT" VanOver
- vanover@atc.boeing.com
-