Started with TurboTax. Just signed in, confirmed name, address, etc.

[question everything]

But it immediately invited me to "share tax info with Intuit and its subsidiary." Supposedly to help me with strategies, or something. I decided to skip.

[CountAllVotes]

1. I use the free version of it

I never complete it though.

I print it out and mail it in and never do the electronic filing.

For the rest of YOUR life you get *reminders* from them telling you that you have not submitted your taxes yet and to do so right now!

Right now!

Free version?

[iemitsu]

2. Turbo tax was also hacked in the past.

I have been fighting identity theft issues ever since.

[question everything]

4. Wow! Never heard of this. One good reason to decline

[progree]

5. Don't they have all the info they need just from one's tax return -- name, address,

social security number, a phone number or email address, financial details, to give a hacker a gold mine?

Decline sharing that info so that it doesn't end up on other databases and servers, yes, good idea, but still whoever hacks into wherever TurboTax users' info is kept has got all they could want.

[question everything]

6. Precisely. All the changes in the past 20 years! So no need to give them more.

[LiberalBrooke]

3. They will give you many opportunities to upgrade. Just say no thanks and move on.