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This is a massive waste of time, if you use TaxHawk/FreeTaxUSA (same company/software different website) you can just e-file your federal return for free withou
by astura 6y ago
This is a massive waste of time, if you use TaxHawk/FreeTaxUSA (same company/software different website) you can just e-file your federal return for free without copying information to another place. Yes, it's actually free, you don't have to pay anything or even give out your credit card number.
If your state doesn't have income tax you're done, you pay nothing. If you want to continue on to e-file your state, it's only $15 (currently on sale for $13). If you want to do your state's taxes any other way (their website?), no problem, just stop after e-filing your federal return, you still pay nothing.
Taxhawk is a company that has been around for 20 years, they are authorized to e-file with the IRS, and their software is (in my subjective opinion) excellent. Been using them for a decade. I am not affiliated with the company, but I advocate for TaxHawk on HN all the time, because I'm extremely satisfied with it and apparently not many people know it's an option. My taxes are not straightforward either. (multiple W2s, 1099-INTs, 1099-DIVs, 1099-Bs, and business income)
- throwawayboise 6y agoI do my taxes manually entirely on paper and send them in. I don't want H&R Block, Intuit, Taxhawk, or anyone else to have that information that they will then turn around and monitize. I also like the painful yearly reminder of the unnecessary burden the government is placing upon its citizens. For the majority of W2 income earners, the IRS already has everything it needs to compute your taxes and send you a refund or a bill in mid-February.
- astura 6y agoOkay, but if you're going to go enter all your info onto a for-profit company's website anyways it's a massive waste of time to then go copy all the numbers to a different place. That was my point.