[kube-system]

I am glad there are still desktop versions where I can keep the software indefinitely and keep my data offline. I’ll go back to pen and a desktop calculator before I use a web app.

[outworlder]

> I am glad there are still desktop versions where I can keep the software indefinitely

That's useless for tax software though, unless they are getting updated every tax year.

[markkanof]

I recently had to go back and file an amended return for one state and file a return for an additional state for the past 5 years. It made my life a lot easier to be able to just install the past 5 years versions of TurboTax Desktop which I had saved the installers for. I was able to run through this whole process using the tax rules that were in place at the time.

Not sure if this would have worked on a web version or not, but I was pretty happy to have this option available to me.

[kube-system]

Older versions of the software are useful for reviewing historical records and calculations in context.

Last night while preparing my 2021 return I opened up the 2020 software with my old return to review what I had done in the prior year.

[bubblethink]

I don't think the desktop version makes any guarantees about data privacy, analytics, or anything of that sort. It routinely connects to the mothership from what I can tell.

[kube-system]

In my experience, I have never had an issue running them offline after downloading the updates and before inputing data.