Ask Slashdot: Can You Trust Online Tax Software?

An anonymous reader writes "TurboTax from Intuit and H&R Block's own tax package have been perennial mainstays for U.S. citizens trying to use software to figure out just how much they owe the country, without reading the tens of thousands of pages of IRS forms guidance. With tax season just around the corner, the new online platforms from both providers raise an interesting question: can you trust your return information any more or less to an online platform than you do to the equivalent software on your computer?"

Comments

Worried the government will see it

[GlobalEcho]

Given the recent revelations about NSA spying, I refuse to use these services. The risk is simply too high that the government might see my tax returns.