Turbo Tax has always been doing a great job of minimizing the pain of filing for tax. But it is a pain nonetheless. And this year Turbo Tax has started more nagging about upgrading to premium version whenever I navigate to the stock/investment section.
In places like California, most people have decent jobs will be subject to the pain and humiliation of AMT (Alternative Minimum Tax) again this month.
The outlook isn’t better either. If some of the president’s proposed changes to the tax code go through, tax burden will become even higher in high cost of living areas next year.