TurboTax Basic 2016 Tax Software Federal + Fed Efile Mac download. Platform: Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11, Mac OS Sierra, Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite. Years ago, I found myself sitting in law school in Moot Court wearing an oversized itchy blue suit. It was a horrible experience. In a desperate attempt to avoid anything like that in the future, I enrolled in a tax course. I signed up for another. Before I knew it, in addition to my JD, I earned an LL.M Taxation. While at law school, I interned at the estates attorney division of the IRS. At IRS, I participated in the review and audit of federal estate tax returns. At one such audit, opposing counsel read my report, looked at his file and said, 'Gentlemen, she’s exactly right.' I nearly fainted. It was a short jump from there to practicing, teaching, writing and breathing tax. Just like that, Taxgirl® was born. The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. When it comes to choosing a tax preparation platform, some taxpayers like the opportunity to create and file a tax return on the internet by using a product like TurboTax Online. However, amid concerns about security, some taxpayers prefer the option to prepare and print a tax return to be mailed directly to the appropriate taxing authorities. That’s exactly what you get with a desktop product like TurboTax for Windows. You’d think – as many taxpayers assumed – that would also be the case for TurboTax for Mac. It turns out that’s not true. Taxpayers who use TurboTax for Mac software – either out of the box or downloaded from Intuit – must first connect with Intuit and share data before being allowed to print their return. This is true even if the return is to be print only and not e-filed. We’ve been Mac only at our office since 2000 and this is the first year I’ve heard this particular complaint. ![]() Confused, I asked Julie Miller, spokesperson for Intuit, for more information. “Due to changes in Apple App store guidelines,” Miller explained, “we could no longer use a third-party code library in the Mac desktop software product.” And that means what exactly? A company like Intuit doesn’t necessarily write every piece of code in their product from scratch. Some times, they collaborate with third parties to buy or license code that performs subroutines. They do this for efficiency, explains Jerome Kerns, a CPA and founder of, a business that teaches coding and robotics to kids. “That way,” he says, “they don’t have to reinvent the wheel.” In this specific case, the third-party code library in the Intuit product allowed users to print tax returns without connecting to the internet. That’s no longer the case. 24, 2013 file photo, a customer looks at a copy of TurboTax on sale at Costco in Mountain View, Calif. TurboTax says it has temporarily stopped processing state tax returns due to an increase in fraudulent fillings. Intuit, the company behind the popular tax preparation software, says state tax returns already filed since Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, will be transmitted as soon as possible. Users can still submit their federal income tax returns.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) So why would Apple say no to a third-party code library? There could be all kinds of reasons, according to Don Feiler, EVP, Digital Services for, ranging from security to licensing concerns. Referring to the Apple Store App Guidelines, Feiler pointed out that the agreement to distribute software through the App Store is between Apple and the software developer and not a third party.
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