- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (10 stock trades per TXF file trial); $4.99 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 3.x/95/98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/NT
- Date added: February 09, 2009
- Total Downloads: 1,865
- Downloads last week: 8
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 15 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on October 23, 2009
TXF Creator attempts to save you time and effort with its smooth ability to convert financial files from online investment sites and third-party financial software into tax-friendly formats. Its incredibly simple operation and fast results make for a sure-fire hit with those who invest a lot and file their own taxes.
The program's interface surely could have been more professional; however, its stark, white-space-heavy design did help us stay focused on the task at hand. We never felt confused or lost, thanks to its simplicity, or distracted, thanks to its dullness. The onscreen instructions break down the entire process into seven steps. We were able to pull our investment files from a variety of online sources like E-Trade and Scottrade. From there we simply clicked a few buttons and TFX Creator converted our file to TXF format. We didn't have the proper tax software (such as TurboTax) to test our TXF file with, but our files effortlessly converted and maintained all the information, thanks to TFX Creator's extensive compatibility. The program also offers a handy feature for tracking your history, which seems useful for those with several different accounts to manage and convert. We were pleased with this program's simplicity, but we'd liked to see a more appealing layout.
TXF Creator has a trial limit of 10 stock trades per TXF file. It comes as a compressed file. While its layout was boring, the overall program was simple, and we recommend it.
Publisher's description
From TXF Express :TXF Creator can convert your stock trades to TXF (Tax eXchange Format) files with just a few clicks of the mouse. You can then import your capital gains and losses into any tax software program that accepts TXF such as TurboTax and TaxCut to generate Form 1040 Schedule D.
TXF Creator supports stock trade data from Ameritrade, Charles Schwab, Etrade, Fidelity, Interactive Brokers, MB Trading, optionsXpress, Scottrade, ShareBuilder, TradeKing, Zecco, and many others.
TXF Creator also supports several generic trade data formats. You can easily convert your stock trades from other brokers into one of these generic formats and then use our products to generate TXF files. If your broker is not on the list of supported brokers, you can use the Comma Delimited (CSV Customized Conversion) feature to convert your trade data (Transactions History or Realized Gain/Loss) to the standard TXF format.
What's new in this version:
Updated support for the following brokers
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 15 votes
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Version: TXF Creator 1.3.2
"The comma delimited feature is very useful"
Pros: A nice and easy-to-follow interface for converting transactions to .txf files. The comma delimited feature is very useful for my trades from Smith Barney.
Cons: My broker smith barny is not on the list of directly supported brokers.
Summary: Good software for schedule D generation. No need to spend tens or even hundreds dollars buying expensive software like tradelog and gainskeeper.
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Version: TXF Creator 1.3.2
"worked for all my 3 brokerage accounts"
Pros: works for etrade, interactive brokers and fidelity! And cost me less than 10 bucks by using the on-line service! I'll be definitely using their service again.
Cons: nope, nope, nope
Summary: great produce with reasonable price
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Version: TXF Creator 1.3.2
Pros: The tech support at txf-express.com is very friendly and professional.
Cons: My broker Merrill Lynch is not supported directly by TXF Creator. I had to convert it to the generic-2 format to generate .txf.
Summary: I strongly recommend this small tool.
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Version: TXF Creator 1.3.2
"I got it work for my etrade data too"
Pros: The broker specific instructions are easy to follow.
Cons: I downloaded my etrade data as .xls file. The TXF Creator could not find the file. After I realized that I need to rename the file as .csv file, I had no problems in generating my TXF file.
Summary: The little tax tool is very useful for schedule D.
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Version: TXF Creator 1.3.2
"Love the simplicity of the tool"
Pros: Simple to run and yet accurate in calculating my Etrade capital gains. I had no trouble to import the generated .txf file into TurboTax based the tool's online support doc.
Cons: A bit slower on my four year old dell laptop.
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