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5:12 am EDT

TaxAct rude and unprofessional company

I decided to return my tax, so I went to the website www.taxactonline.com. I filled the form and made the claim, and in result I got the big sum. I was a little bit confused, but the agent told me that everything was ok. After 4 days I got the phone call and the agent started to ask, why I haven’t paid them money back. I was shocked and it turned out that the sum was wrong and they wanted to get it back. I tried to explain it to the agent, but he was rude and didn’t want to listen to me. Better don’t return taxes through this company.

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9:19 am EDT
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TaxAct my money

I recieved my taxact card used it at Walmart went to get somemoney the next day and I called the bank and they say its blocked where's my money what's goin on...

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Leigh at TaxACT
cedar rapids, US
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May 01, 2012 10:38 pm EDT
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Greetings,
My name is Leigh A. and I work for TaxACT. The best number to call is [protected]. This will take you directly to the division in Bancorp that will investigate your card issue.
Thank you,
Leigh

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6:48 pm EDT

TaxAct screweing me over

I e-filed for my first time this year, and I decided to use TaxACT online because a family member of mine had recommended it. The whole process was unusually simple and I received my confirmation emails that the IRS had received my return that day. Great!

Last week, a whole 4 MONTHS after the deadline, the IRS sent me a letter stating that I had never sent in my forms. I calmly called the TaxACT tech support line, where they told me if I wanted to know what went wrong with my filing I would have to pay to upgrade my membership. PAY AGAIN TO SEE WHAT THEY DID WRONG?!?!?!?! It is ridiculous and a scam, and I would hope that nobody would use their program ever again. I hope nobody else is put into my poor position now, thanks TaxACT for SCREWING ME OVER!

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Suzyblue
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Jun 01, 2011 7:22 pm EDT
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Just got screwed myself! Got all the paperwork done, hit send, everything seemed okay. They showed me a copy of my taxes and said to print it out & put it in a safe place. Now here I am in June being told that it was never transmitted and I am liable for all penalties. No recourse.

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6:01 pm EDT

TaxAct I would never use them again

After paying for the return and looking at it, I knew something was wrong, I did it myself and had to pay $285.00 less then what taxact said I had to pay, and there is no way to contact them to try and get my money back, I would never use them again.

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2:08 pm EDT
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TaxAct cannot delete account/bad experience

Other than TaxAct having minimal and useless customer service, an all around horrible product that you can get most other places for a fraction of the price and continuously send you emails even though you never agreed to recieve any- you cannot delete your account. You cannot cancel your membership. I wanted my PERSONAL information out of their database, out of the hands of their affiliates and after searching with a fine-toothed comb through the website for some way to get out, I emailed the company. Two days later I recieved this email:

Dear TaxACT(R) Customer:

If you wish to discontinue using our services at any time during the tax season, you may simply abandon your online return. If you would like to remove all personal data from your return, simply log back into your return and remove or replace any personal information with fictitious data.

You may also disable your account by signing in to your return at www.taxactonline.com. Then click the link "My TaxACT"; click "Update your Account Information"; click "Disable your Account". On the following screen you will see a link to permanently disable the account.

Thank you for using TaxACT. Please let us know if you have any further questions.

TaxACT Customer Service
[protected]@TaxACT.com
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Hows that for protecting your identity from identity theft? I can't help but think this website and the whole process is a scam and a phishing website. It's too late, I signed up for a low priced e-file and they wanted to charge me over $40 for a state return. Crooks. I got the same thing from a similar website for less than $20 and now these people have all my personal information and never supplied me with a thing.

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Samuel Stephen
US
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Apr 15, 2023 1:41 pm EDT
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I began using the free tax filing service online and when I completed it they started proffering me numerous offers that obviously were for the rich.

Then, to my surprise, they said they would not file for me unless I paid them.

I was using the "free" product.

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Evange Grecousis
US
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Feb 04, 2023 5:23 am EST

I have used Taxact for several years. I had to reset my pc & NOW I am unable to access my Taxact account. I have tried several methods to access my account but every attempt was unsuccessful. . If I DO NOT receive an answer from u soon I will be forced to use a different online tax preparer.

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Bietle
US
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Mar 06, 2012 4:14 pm EST

I will never use this site again. Shortly after starting to do my return it showed that I owed the state...a lot! this is weird because I have been getting money back... and now according to its figures, i owe ...i went to Turbo tax and it was totally different and i WAS due money back...I DO NOT TRUST TAXACT ever again!

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Reviewer81293
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Feb 21, 2016 7:50 pm EST

I began the free file tax return only to have it tell me when I was nearly finished that I did not qualify. Then it wanted to charge me twice as much as I had paid for another family members return. I'll file on paper before I give them another penny. That's the last time I use TaxAct. Ever.

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adruid53
Lexington, US
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Mar 15, 2013 12:16 pm EDT

If you use this website...PRINT your return.I have not been able to access last years return despite paying an archive fee and giving all that credit card information.The fee is 13.95 FOR EACH year you want to access.What a ripoff.Also...good luck deleting an incomplete return.It is STUCK there, too!

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teiah
Shakopee, US
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Feb 27, 2013 4:48 am EST
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I just deleted my account on taxact but before I do that my return was accepted by the irs. So is that means that I need to file my return again?

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trg77241
US
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Feb 16, 2013 8:59 pm EST

My husband an I used Tax Act every year for the last 6 or 7 years. However, this year it appears to be a problem with the site. it's not totalling, and it's asking me the same questions 2 times. Please advise if there is a problem. Thanks TRG

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Yellabone
Killeen, US
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Feb 02, 2013 1:35 pm EST
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I have used taxact for the last 3 years and this year taxact forgets to send republic bank my direct deposit info. So now the irs has sent my refund and republic has to send it back to the irs. Taxact isn't even responding to my emails nor have they fixed the problem. When I call them taxact support isn't help at all will never use them again or ever recommend them to anyone! Taxact is very unprofessional! Please do not use TAXACT!

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jacklynb
Muskegon, US
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Jan 20, 2013 5:41 pm EST
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ive used taxact the last few years and have had no problems at all.i had my returns deposited in my checking with in 2 weeks!

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altair
Southbridge, US
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Jan 19, 2013 10:10 am EST

i used tax act last year because it was cheaper than turbotax. The only way I could really use it though was to use turbo tax first and then transfer that information over to taxact manually. The reason for this is because Taxact is a clumsy program and not very user friendly. Their guided program is very disorganized and wonky. If you're not sure what credits/ deductions you qualify for then you are likely to miss out on claiming them if you use tax act. With tax act you'll have to fish around for things to claim and unless you have used turbotax and *know* what information should be there, you'll be left wondering if it was done right. Not at all the kind of peace of mind I want after sending in my tax return! Spend the extra $30 and use turbotax.

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TaxAct reviews first appeared on Complaints Board on Apr 15, 2010. The latest review Refer a Friend is a scam was posted on Mar 30, 2024. TaxAct has an average consumer rating of 1 stars from 51 reviews. TaxAct has resolved 0 complaints.
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