I can only speak to myself. TaxHawk ( https://www.taxhawk.com https://www.taxhawk.com ) is what I've been using for like almost a decade. Federal filing is fre

I can only speak to myself. TaxHawk ( https://www.taxhawk.com https://www.taxhawk.com ) is what I've been using for like almost a decade. Federal filing is free, state filing is only is $15. You're free to use the free federal option without having to pay for the state option. No tiers, no dark patterns, no upsells. The UI is fantastic (and the UI is the entire point of using software, otherwise I'd just fill out my 1040 by hand like I did for many years). You can pull up the 1040 for any of your previous returns. I've mentioned it on HN before and one reply said they used it to file because of my recommendation and it was both better than TurboTax and saved them like $100.