Think Your Taxes Are a Joke? Here's Your Chance to Prove It! Enter Quicken.com's $10,000 'Take A Tax Break' Sweepstakes and Vote For Your Favorite Tax Joke

Business Wire, Feb 9, 2000

Business Editors

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 2000

Think your taxes are a joke? Now, here's a chance to prove it!

During the month of February, Quicken.com's Take A Tax Break Sweepstakes provides a place where taxpayers can vote for their favorite tax joke and enter for a chance to win $10,000 that they could use to help pay off their taxes.

Quicken.com (www.Quicken.com), the leading e-finance Web site from Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq:INTU), is sponsoring the Quicken.com Take A Tax Break Sweepstakes, which runs February 1, 2000 through February 29, 2000.

Consumers can enter the Sweepstakes at http://vb.quicken.com/tax_break or via AOL Keyword: Take a Tax Break. The AOL service, AOL.COM, and Excite (www.excite.com) are also promoting the Take a Tax Break Sweepstakes.

Consumers who complete the sweepstakes entry will also learn more about tax-related information on Quicken.com, and how to prepare and file taxes online using Quicken TurboTax for the Web.

&uot;With tax season in full swing, everyone is concerned about filing their taxes,&uot; said Tony Cook, managing editor, Quicken.com.

&uot;Through our Take A Tax Break sweepstakes, Quicken.com and TurboTax will help educate consumers not only about their taxes, but also about the benefits of filing their taxes online. These include a substantially reduced chance of mathematical errors, alerts to deductions that apply to each user's specific tax situation, and understanding new tax laws to save money. And there's the additional perk of potentially winning $10,000.&uot;

How to Enter to Win Grand Prize

To enter the Quicken.com Take A Tax Break Sweepstakes, participants visit either, http://vb.quicken.com/tax_break/, http://vb.quicken.com/tax_break/aol_welcome.php, http://vb.quicken.com/tax_break/excite_welcome.php or AOL Keyword: Take a Tax Break.

The user will be directed to a questionnaire where they need to enter their name and email address, and vote for their favorite tax joke. All entries must be received no later than 11:59 PM PDT, February 29, 1999.

Only one entry per person/email address.

In addition to other eligibility requirements participants must legal residents of the United States and be 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. All participants are automatically entered into the sweepstakes for a chance to win the grand prize of $10,000 cash.

Winners will be determined by a random drawing from all eligible entries, to be held on or about March 1, 2000, and will be notified by email. To obtain the official rules, please log onto http://vb.quicken.com/tax_break/rules.html.> About Quicken.com

Quicken.com (www.Quicken.com), Intuit's (Nasdaq:INTU) leading e-finance site, brings together tools, resources and expertise to help empower consumers to make confident investment and financial choices. Once consumers have determined their financial needs, Quicken.com can help them reach a solution for all areas of personal finance management, including investments, insurance, tax and mortgage. Most of which is available for FREE.

Quicken.com content is also distributed through America Online and Excite.

About Quicken TurboTax

Quicken TurboTax is the No. 1-selling tax preparation software program, with approximately 70% retail unit share in 1999, according to PC Data.

In 1999, more than 240,000 returns were prepared through its Web-based counterpart, Quicken TurboTax for the Web(SM), the leading site for online tax preparation and filing. In addition, Intuit offers Quicken TurboTax Home &Business (designed exclusively for self-employed taxpayers) and Quicken TurboTax for Business for Corporations and Partnerships.

With 16 years of personal finance expertise, the TurboTax family of products saves time and money for millions of Americans each year. Last year, one in five individual returns filed with the IRS were prepared using an Intuit consumer or professional tax software program.

About Intuit

Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq:INTU) is the leader in e-finance, including financial software and Web-based services. Intuit develops and markets Quicken(R), the leading personal finance software; TurboTax(R), the best-selling tax preparation software; and QuickBooks(R), the most popular small business accounting software.

Intuit's Quicken.com(R) Web site (www.quicken.com) is a leading financial Web site, offering a comprehensive set of financial news, information and tools, including insurance, mortgage, investment and tax preparation services. Intuit's products and services enable individuals, small businesses and financial professionals to better manage their financial lives and businesses.

Note to Editors: Intuit, the Intuit logo, Quicken, QuickBooks, QuickBooks Pro, TurboTax and ProSeries, among others, are registered trademarks and/or registered service marks of Intuit Inc. in the United States and other countries. Quicken.com, QuickenInsurance, Quicken Loans and Lacerte, among others, are trademarks and/or service marks of Intuit Inc., or one of its subsidiaries, in the United States and other countries. Other parties' trademarks or service marks are the property of their respective owners and should be treated as such.