Turbotax and Chromebook

[Anonymous]

My brother wants the two of us to go in on a laptop for our mom. Mom wants to be able to browse the web, do word processing and use TurboTax. He found a Chromebook that he thinks looks good, but I'm not sure it is going to run Turbotax properly. I have no experience with Chromebooks, but I gather they are much more limited than a Windows laptop. He says she will be able to run TurboTax in the browser, but I don't think that is going to cut it. My parents have complicated taxes - rental income, business income, and soon there will be retirement income as well. Can TurboTax running in a browser handle all that? And can it pull in previous years' files the way regular TurboTax will?

I don't want to be a Debbie Downer about his gift idea and I would love for my mom to have a new laptop, but I don't know if a Chromebook or its equivalent is going to meet her needs.

[Anonymous]

I would agree that you should just get a windows laptop. They aren't that expensive.

[Anonymous]

You can run turbotax in the browser. I don’t know if it will satisfy her needs; but that’s not an issue. Also doesn’t matter how complicated the taxes are.

[Anonymous]

I love the web-based TurboTax. My MIL insists on using the desktop version. It depends on what her needs are.