Do you use TurboTax to calculate your investment gains and losses? Do you use TurboTax to generate form Schedule D or Form 8949? If so be aware that TurboTax is now charging extra for these features.
In addition to paying $59.99 for the Deluxe version of Turbo tax, if you want to calculate your investment capital gains or losses from stock, mutual fund or ETF sales you will have to pay an additional $20 or $30.
You can read more about the changes to TurboTax here.
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-intuits-catastrophic-turbotax-20150118-column.html
If you are looking for an alternative to TurboTax for calculating your capital gains or losses, checkout EquityStat. With EquityStat you can generate IRS Form 8949 . Form 8949 is used to report your short and long term capital gains and loses. Once you enter your purchases and sales of your investments into EquityStat, you can then generate Form 8949 and use this form to fill out your Schedule D Form.