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TurboTax, Tax Tools

Features

  • Current articles and information
  • Tax calculators and tools
  • Tax guides on a variety subjects
  • Multimedia: videos and blog discussions

This offering from tax software company TurboTax is a one-stop shop for all your tax-related information, with relevant tools, calculators, articles and community.

The look and feel of the Web site makes it a place that’s pleasing for users. (That’s key for a site dedicated to taxes, which everyone will agree is not a simple and inviting subject.) It also features plenty of easy-to-digest videos explaining various tax issues.

One aspect that helps set this site apart is the integration with community. From the success stories of how visitors used the site to the TurboTax Socialhub, which allows you to “connect with your friends that use TurboTax,” it makes the most of the support and motivation that can come from others. This is especially important with this topic.

This site not only offers a raft of calculators and tools but also more unusual ones, like a tax-refund estimator (the well-named “Taxcaster”). The downside of this site is that it’s run by a company selling a product. That said, if you can use the site without feeling like you have to become a TurboTax customer if you don’t want to, it’s a great resource.

AARP.org's Personal Finance

Features

  • Robust selection of current articles, expert opinion and information
  • Calculators and tools
  • Financial advice geared to those over 50 years old
  • Hub for other valuable AARP resources like the AARP Tax-aide

AARP’s Personal Finance section is a resource particularly useful to those over 50 years old, however much the information can be of help to those much younger, too. Of particular note is their plethora of current articles on a variety of topics related to changes and updates in all things personal finance.

IRS Withholding Calculator

Features

  • Useful calculator
  • Content that is easy-to-understand and follow
  • The authority on taxes
  • Links to relevant tax forms

Go straight to the source. The IRS Web site features information that is easy to read and understand on every tax-related topic you can think of and has relevant calculators, too. The withholding calculator is the perfect way for you to determine what you should have your employer take out of your paycheck.

Dinkytown’s Tax Calculators

This straightforward site offers more than 350 financial calculators — covering every topic in personal finance — with an entire section devoted to tax calculators.

Paycheck City

This site, which is extremely useful for both organizations and individuals, features paycheck-modeling tools to help answer questions related to all things paycheck.