[gui-talk] Economic stimulus online tax preparation

[Steve Jacobson]

Joel,

At one point, the TurboTax web site was said to be completely accessible including the forms.  From what you are saying, this may have changed.  Can you 
describe what happened after you pressed the "register" button?  Were you able to determine that there was text that JFW didn't see at all, or was it a case where 
you could read the text with JFW but not find the verious controls?  If this site has changed, I need to get the word to those who worked TurboTax before regarding 
their web site.  Thanks in advance.

On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 08:17:08 -0700, Joel Deutsch wrote:

>Thanks for the input, Les. I appreciate hearing about your experiences. I'm 
>just so accustomed to dealing handily with so many forms I encounter online 
>using Jaws that I was surprised to find myself faced with obstacles like 
>this.
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Les Kriegler" <kriegler at nycap.rr.com>
>To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 3:21 AM
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Economic stimulus online tax preparation


>Hi Joel,

>This is why I have not used on-line forms in order to complete tax returns.
>I know some have done it, but I'm not certain what problems were
>encountered.  I have been using TaxAct with the Jaws scripts for several
>years now, and I find that is the best option for me at this time.  I buy
>the Deluxe version which includes the software for completion of Federal and
>State returns, and one free federal filing for $17.

>Les

>-----Original Message-----
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>Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
>Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 10:10 PM
>To: GUI-Talk
>Subject: [gui-talk] Economic stimulus online tax preparation

>I've gone to the IRS Web page for free tax return filing in order to apply
>for my economic stimulus payment. There's a list of links for a number of
>tax prep services you can use, with a couple of qualifications restricting
>some of them by state or incomeor age. That leaves me with a few to choose
>from.
>First I clicked through to the Turbo Tax site and began the process of
>registering and getting started. But immediately I found that this service
>isn't likely to work for me, because when I clicked on the button to
>register, I think some sort of Java-based form popped up, which my Jaws
>screen reader can't "see" and allow me access to. I can fill out all sorts
>of online forms, so long as they are presented in HTML like the Web page
>itself, but a Java form is impossible, and I have to imagine that other
>forms on the Turbo Tax site are likely to be similarly inaccessible to me.

>So I thought I'd just stop before driving  myself nuts going from one
>service to the other, trying to figure out which would work, and ask here if
>any Jaws user has filled out a tax form this way and, if so, which service
>they used, and was there any trick to understanding it and navigating around
>the service and the forms?

>Thanks. For anyone who wants to see those options, I'll paste in the URL of
>the IRS page below.

>Thanks to anyone who can recommend one of the services. The only two
>qualifiers apart from appropriate income status that concern me are age
>requirements, some of which want you to be under 54, others over 65,. (I'm
>63) and some list the states in which you can reside and use their services,
>and for me California (CA) must be listed.

>Here's the address:

>https://www.completetax.com/CT/Login/CTLogin.aspx

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