AARP Investment Program From Scudder Enables Shareholders to Prepare and File Their Taxes for Free, Over the Internet.Business Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 2, 2000 Quicken A popular financial management program for PCs and Macs from Intuit, Inc., Mountain View, CA (www.intuit.com). It is used to write checks, organize investments and produce a variety of reports for personal finance and small business. (R) TurboTax(R) for the Web(SM) Available Via aarp.scudder.com, the First Web Site Designed Specifically for Investors Age 50 and Over Shareholders of the AARP Investment Program from Scudder, the only mutual fund family designed specifically for investors age 50 and over, will be able to prepare and file their taxes for free over the Web this season on the newly relaunched AARP Investment Program Web site (aarp.scudder.com). Starting February 4, 2000, aarp.scudder.com, the first Web site designed expressly for investors over 50, will provide direct access to TurboTax for the Web. The online tax preparation and filing service will be free to AARP Investment Program shareholders that register or have registered at the AARP Investment Program site and &uot;enable&uot; their accounts. &uot;People age 50 and over make up one of the fastest growing segments of Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f . Accordingly, we're committed to making aarp.scudder.com as tailored as possible to the education and transactional needs of the over-50 investors by offering value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. , such as the free access to TurboTax for the Web ,&uot; said Greg Titus Titus, Roman emperor Titus (Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus) (tī`təs), A.D. 39–A.D. 81, Roman emperor (A.D. 79–A.D. 81). , Director of Scudder Investments Electronic Commerce Group.. The streamlined interface of TurboTax for the Web shortens the learning curve for novices. This year's &uot;drop-dead simple&uot; EasyStep Interview is designed to make tax preparation and filing even easier, for both experienced and first-time users, by asking questions customized to each taxpayer's unique situation. All TurboTax calculations are guaranteed accurate. (Additional tax planning Tax planning Devising strategies throughout the year in order to minimize tax liability, for example, by choosing a tax filing status that is most beneficial to the taxpayer. and preparation information is available at aarp.scudder.com and www.aarp.org.) aarp.scudder.com: Like No Other Investment Site In addition to Quicken(R) TurboTax(R) for the Web(SM), the newly relaunched website has a host of experiences specifically designed for the 50-Plus investor. aarp.scudder.com resonates with 50-plus investors through features designed with the input of AARP members and AARP Investment Program shareholders - such as a &uot;natural language&uot; search engine, a &uot;memory&uot; of your personal information and easy-to-read, adjustable font font or typeface or type family Assortment or set of type (alphanumeric characters used for printing), all of one coherent style. Before the advent of computers, fonts were expressed in cast metal that was used as a template for printing. sizes. More specifically, the site includes: -- Deep and broad range of education materials specifically geared to the &uot;life events&uot; faced by investors age 50 and over. This includes educational and personal finance guides on relevant mature investor topics ranging from Getting Married after 50--Investment Considerations to What Individuals 70 and Over Should Know About IRAs. All of these materials are designed to get investors thinking about, and better preparing for, life's eventualities. -- &uot;Financial Concierge&uot; service that acts as a &uot;natural language search engine,&uot; allowing users to simply type in a question or financial concern (without using search language). -- Customizable, &uot;smart&uot; features for registered users that store and remember personal information. For example, registered users can customize their home page, or save personal information on a financial calculator calculator or calculating machine, device for performing numerical computations; it may be mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic. The electronic computer is also a calculator but performs other functions as well. and not have to re-enter re·en·ter also re-en·ter v. re·en·tered, re·en·ter·ing, re·en·ters v.tr. 1. To enter or come in to again. 2. To record again on a list or ledger. v.intr. it with each return visit. -- Careful, clear language - presented in large type-font. (Plus reminders for how users can adjust browser browser Software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. The first text-based browser for the World Wide Web became available in 1991; Web use expanded rapidly after the release in 1993 of a browser called Mosaic, which used settings to increase font size even further). -- E-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. capability allowing current shareholders to exchange among funds, access balances and purchase funds online, anytime. -- State-of-the-art site security, assuring investors that they can communicate and conduct business with the AARP Investment Program in complete privacy. (Site security is consistently rated as a top priority among older investors using the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the ). -- Regular news updates from Reuters(TM) and the AARP Investment Program, as well as a vast glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. of financial and investing terms. -- Portfolio management capability to track and view not only AARP Investment Program investments, but also many other non-Scudder investments. 53% of people born between 1933 and 1945, and 27% of people born before 1933, are online, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. recent Scudder Investments research. &uot;However, 50-plus users of the Internet interact with the Web differently than, say, Generation Xers,&uot; said Mr. Titus. &uot;For instance, more mature Web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical Historically important browsers In order of release:
Founded in 1985, the AARP Investment Program from Scudder, with over $16 Billion in assets, is the only family of mutual funds specifically designed to meet the investing needs of individuals age 50 and over. Each of the 16 no-load AARP Mutual Funds is managed to seek competitive returns, but with less risk of loss than with similar mutual funds. Scudder Kemper Investments, Inc., the AARP Funds' investment manager, is the global investment management business of Zurich Financial Services Zurich Financial Services Group is a major financial services group based in Zurich, Switzerland. Global operations North America The US consumer market is served primarily by Farmers Insurance Group the third largest personal lines property & casualty insurance Group, one of the largest and most experienced investment management organizations in the world. Scudder Kemper Investments offers a full range of investment counsel and asset management capabilities, based on a combination of proprietary research and disciplined, long-term investment strategies. Quicken TurboTax is the No. 1-selling tax preparation software program, with approximately 70% of retail unit share in 1999, according to PC Data. Its Web-based counterpart counterpart n. in the law of contracts, a written paper which is one of several documents which constitute a contract, such as a written offer and a written acceptance. , Quicken TurboTax for the Web, is the leading site for online tax preparation and filing. In addition, Intuit in·tu·it tr.v. in·tu·it·ed, in·tu·it·ing, in·tu·its Usage Problem To know intuitively. [Back-formation from intuition. 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. Neither the AARP Investment Program from Scudder nor Quicken provide tax advice. The AARP Investment Program from Scudder cannot provide technical support -- Quicken and its parent, Intuit, will provide technical support for AARP Investment Program users of TurboTax. That support is available online from within TurboTax, or from the Intuit Web site at intuit.com/support/. For a small fee, users can speak with a live technical support representative about TurboTax by calling Intuit at (900) 555-8899. These are not the opinions of Scudder Kemper Investments and do not constitute investment advice. For a prospectus containing more complete information on any Scudder fund, including management fees and other expenses, contact Scudder Investor Services, Inc., Distributor, at 1-800-225-2470. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest or send money. |
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