by Anura Guruge
on February 14, 2024
I have been using FFFF for close onto a decade. It is NOT perfect. But, it does what I want. There has been a few years, like last year (methinks), that I could NOT use it to eFile because it has issues dealing with NEGATIVE NUMBERS in ‘Schedule D‘ — i.e., Capital Gains. Even if it refuses to do eFile, I still use it (beforehand) to do my taxes. I like it, I am used to it.
I, for very good reasons, DON’T trust ANY tax software! Period. I know — & I have been proven right multiple times — that my data will be COMPROMISED, EXPLOITED & SHARED. I don’t want anyone, BUT anyone, other than the IRS knowing about my taxes. I am a very private person.
Yes, I do my TAXES by HAND!
I know how to do taxes by hand. You should too. Useful skill.
Yes, I was trained by one of THE BEST over a period of 16-years.
Now I know how to do it by hand, I am NEVER going to lose that skill.
FFFF saves me from having to do in on paper — in pencil. SMILE.
FFFF still can’t handle NEGATIVE PROCEEDS in terms of Capital Gains/Loses in Schedule D. Luckily I didn’t have any such negative proceeds. So, I was OK. Not so one of my daughters. Had to file using PAPER!
