From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Dennis  wrote:   
   > On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:20:02 -0500, Maria Sophia   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >True to their marketing roots, Intuit apparently says if you buy TurboTax   
   > >Desktop 2025 and can't install it because you're on Windows 10, Intuit will   
   > >offer you TurboTax Online Premium at no extra cost, including:   
   > > 1 federal return   
   > > 1 state return   
   > >But if I had wanted to use insecure online software, I never would have   
   > >purchased the desktop versions in the first place over all these years.   
   >   
   > I wouldn't be surprised if at some point they drop the desktop version   
   > completely.   
      
     In our country - The Netherlands - we have a web-version already for   
   twelve years. Just to many platforms to make platform-specific versions   
   for. What use is a Windows version if people have an Android tablet or   
   an iPad or a ChromeBook or ... ad infinitum.   
      
     Like Carlos mentioned for Spain, ours is also free (as in gratis) and   
   provided by the Dutch tax office ('Belastingdienst').   
      
     As mentioned, the 'offline' 'privacy' argument is bogus. because they   
   already have the 'private' information or will get it anyway.   
      
     N.B. We started with a PC version [1] which was supplied on 3.5"   
   diskette and when you were done filing your tax return, you just sent   
   back the diskette in the provided envelope. *Those* were the days! :-)   
      
   [1] The PC version started at least in 2001 (I still have the backup to   
   prove it! :-)), but perhaps earlier. Not sure if there was only a   
   Windows version and a Linux version or perhaps earlier also a DOS   
   version.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)