NWA-PCUG 1/99 NewsLetter Article 18861 N. Hwy 112, Springdale, AR 72762-9303 FREE SOFTWARE ----TaxACT '98 www.taxact.com by Betty Davis, President, NWA-PCUG Can't beat a deal like that. This is a new program put out by 2nd Story Software, Inc., in Marion, Iowa. It's for Windows 95/98/NT and I'd recommend that you take a look at it. I downloaded their Preview Edition and first of all, I was pleased with their homepage and download information. They tell you upfront the size of the file and how long it will take to download according to your modem speed. I appreciate that. It was nearly a 4 meg file so I saved it to a Zip disk and then checked for viruses and it was clean. Loading it was a breeze, and using it is easy, too. I quess my only caveat here is that I've never used either TurboTax or TaxCut so I don't have a comparison, but if I could work through TaxACT I'm sure you could also. They take you page by page through the forms beginning with your name and pertinent information and asking for income, deductions, exemptions, IRAs, dividends, the whole works. When you finish you can review your information and check out the completed form. They also give methods of filing your taxes. Their web site is: www.taxact.com and this is the free Preview Edition available now. (I'm writing this on Christmas Eve). The final Standard edition will be available about the middle of January, and that is also free. The Deluxe edition will be $9.95. They also have separate State Tax packages. But there is more information about the various programs and the creators of this software on their home page so please check it out. You can also contact them at: 2nd Story Software, Inc. 642 10th Street Suite 202 Marion Iowa 53202 Phone 319-447-4751 Fax 319-447-4674