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"but eventually want to move to a model where we charge a small percent of the tax write offs we find for you." Make it that or $10 a month where $10 is minimu

"but eventually want to move to a model where we charge a small percent of the tax write offs we find for you." Make it that or $10 a month where $10 is minimum. ;) Edit: You might want to make pricing closer to what H&R Block does online. They've set some market expectations. I think they tried to charge me $30.

pkoullick92 8y ago
Haha yes the tax filing giants (TT, HRB) are the kings of funky pricing claims. They say "File for free!" oh and by the way "State Filing costs $39.99". As if anyone would only want to file federal.
- nrmitchi 8y ago
  I'm not sure if it's your entire point, but there are 7 states with no personal income tax, which is a population of ~70M people.
  - pkoullick92 8y ago
    Touche.
pkoullick92 8y ago
H&R Block tried to charge you $30 per month @nicksecurity ?
- nickpsecurity 8y ago
  No, one time. They have a new service that lets you file for free online if you're doing regular, tax filing. It finds deductions for you and everything. All through web with no software to download. I decided to try it. https://www.hrblock.com/online-tax-filing/free-online-tax-filing/ https://www.hrblock.com/online-tax-filing/free-online-tax-fi... Their gimmick is to use popups to try to get you to buy two things: 1. Convenience of importing your W-2 data vs manually typing it all in. It kept popping that up trying to get me to buy that. Then, after saying I'll manually enter everything, it tells me there's some way to automatically get a W-2 from registered employers where it has all the information already. It did that. So, I didn't pay a convenience charge but got same thing looks like. Sneaky. 2. Keeping all the stuff on file with unlimited access. They only keep the tax documents for a limited time with the free option. Site reminds you that you will have to pay some high fee to the IRS to get them outside that window. I just printed a copy (shrugs). Overall, the free filing was extremely easy to use with the get help links being really helpful. Got more back than I did with a tax professional last year. Partly due to not paying a tax professional. :)

pkoullick92 8y ago

Haha yes the tax filing giants (TT, HRB) are the kings of funky pricing claims. They say "File for free!" oh and by the way "State Filing costs $39.99". As if anyone would only want to file federal.

nrmitchi 8y ago
I'm not sure if it's your entire point, but there are 7 states with no personal income tax, which is a population of ~70M people.
- pkoullick92 8y ago
  Touche.

pkoullick92 8y ago

H&R Block tried to charge you $30 per month @nicksecurity ?

nickpsecurity 8y ago
No, one time. They have a new service that lets you file for free online if you're doing regular, tax filing. It finds deductions for you and everything. All through web with no software to download. I decided to try it. https://www.hrblock.com/online-tax-filing/free-online-tax-filing/ https://www.hrblock.com/online-tax-filing/free-online-tax-fi... Their gimmick is to use popups to try to get you to buy two things: 1. Convenience of importing your W-2 data vs manually typing it all in. It kept popping that up trying to get me to buy that. Then, after saying I'll manually enter everything, it tells me there's some way to automatically get a W-2 from registered employers where it has all the information already. It did that. So, I didn't pay a convenience charge but got same thing looks like. Sneaky. 2. Keeping all the stuff on file with unlimited access. They only keep the tax documents for a limited time with the free option. Site reminds you that you will have to pay some high fee to the IRS to get them outside that window. I just printed a copy (shrugs). Overall, the free filing was extremely easy to use with the get help links being really helpful. Got more back than I did with a tax professional last year. Partly due to not paying a tax professional. :)