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Turbo Tax Melts Down on Tax Day
Raven17 writes "Turbo Tax by Intuit completely melted down under the load from last minute filers. Some people have been having problems as long as 24 hours already. I surrendered 2 hours before the East Coast deadline and schlepped on down to the Post Office."
on my blackberry.
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
Sourceforge could help them with their server load next year :-)
....to file for an extension. Or, better yet, file in February as soon as all the necessary paperwork comes in. Perhaps this is the gods' way of paying back Intuit for some of their indiscretions with our personal data (and software activation) a couple of years back.
I shipped my 15% (30 hogs) early, to avoid problems just like this
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Political discussion for a new world
If only there were some way to file in March, or even February. But that could only happen if employers had a deadline to send out W-2 forms by like the end of January.
Losers. I did my taxes last year. - Homer
Would you look at those morons... I paid my taxes over a year ago!
Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.
They should have contracted with a company like Google to cache the returns
... in fact, can't Google just fill out my returns automatically now, with the info they have?
Excellent, then my tax return could be stored along side my e-mail, calendar, documents, searches, and every website I've visited that uses Double-click or Google ad services
Peak Load Estimation Guy: You need 300 xeon class servers on optical fibre to handle the load!
Peak Load Estimation Guy's Manager to His Boss: Yeah we'll be fine with a 486 on DSL!
Later...
CEO to Public: There's no way we could have foreseen the huge spike in traffic that caused our servers to melt down.
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Since you want a simplified tax system, just send us all your money. You didn't need it anyway. Thanks a lot. Congress
Avoid Missing Ball for High Score
Or a series of stouts. I know I'd be looking for a beer if my servers went down right before the deadline.
Saying your "phone ran out of batteries" is like saying your "car ran out of gas tanks".
MOD PARENT UP!!
In all seriousness, that may be the single most insightful thing that I have ever heard said about money. It makes so much sense, but I had just never thought about it in those terms before.
Somehow, in a strange way, I find it almost comforting to know that the tax system is there to ensure that the paper in my pocket is perceived to have some value.
Thank you, I feel that I have been enlightened.