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What should I use to file my taxes if I want to move away from TurboTax?

4d66ba06 5y ago
I like TaxAct
niij 5y ago
A local, independent, tax preparer. There's plenty of individuals who are partially retired that help file simple tax returns for ~$50 during tax season.
organman91 5y ago
If you are willing to do ALL of the leg work yourself, https://www.irs.gov/e-file-providers/free-file-fillable-forms https://www.irs.gov/e-file-providers/free-file-fillable-form...
- commandlinefan 5y ago
  > ALL of the leg work yourself Every year, I go ahead and self-prepare my taxes, and then type all the data into Turbotax to see if they find something I missed, and every year they do, and it's in my favor (and always worth more than the Turbotax fee). OTOH, I've seen suggestions that Intuit themselves have had a hand in making the tax preparation process so complex that humans can't possibly get it right without them.
cableshaft 5y ago
I've had great luck with freetaxusa.com, personally. I've been using them to file taxes for like, 10 years now. E-filing the federal tax form is free, and state tax form is only like $14 I think, really cheap, and the website does a good job taking you through it step by step in an easy to understand way.
- jwond 5y ago
  Yeah, I use FreeTaxUSA also. It doesn’t have all the integrations that Turbo Tax et al. have, so you have to spend a bit more time manually entering your figures, but I had no issues. You can also double check the numbers if you want by going through another service like Turbo Tax but stopping before the payment step.
- somehnguy 5y ago
  +1 for freetaxusa.com I used them this year after getting screwed by Intuit again last year and swore it would be the last time. Their UI isn’t quite as shiny but still very straightforward and easy to use for someone like me who knows almost nothing about taxes besides ‘I need to do them’. I’ll use them again next year too, was very happy with the service.
black6 5y ago
Pen and paper. I've been doing it for the past several years.
- bschwindHN 5y ago
  Same here, if you have a simple setup it's honestly more straightforward to just do it on paper. Especially after form 1040 got simplified from 2019 onwards. Still ridiculous I have to file them at all, but that's another thing to get into.

I like TaxAct

niij 5y ago

A local, independent, tax preparer. There's plenty of individuals who are partially retired that help file simple tax returns for ~$50 during tax season.

organman91 5y ago

If you are willing to do ALL of the leg work yourself, https://www.irs.gov/e-file-providers/free-file-fillable-forms https://www.irs.gov/e-file-providers/free-file-fillable-form...

commandlinefan 5y ago
> ALL of the leg work yourself Every year, I go ahead and self-prepare my taxes, and then type all the data into Turbotax to see if they find something I missed, and every year they do, and it's in my favor (and always worth more than the Turbotax fee). OTOH, I've seen suggestions that Intuit themselves have had a hand in making the tax preparation process so complex that humans can't possibly get it right without them.

cableshaft 5y ago

I've had great luck with freetaxusa.com, personally. I've been using them to file taxes for like, 10 years now. E-filing the federal tax form is free, and state tax form is only like $14 I think, really cheap, and the website does a good job taking you through it step by step in an easy to understand way.

jwond 5y ago
Yeah, I use FreeTaxUSA also. It doesn’t have all the integrations that Turbo Tax et al. have, so you have to spend a bit more time manually entering your figures, but I had no issues. You can also double check the numbers if you want by going through another service like Turbo Tax but stopping before the payment step.
somehnguy 5y ago
+1 for freetaxusa.com I used them this year after getting screwed by Intuit again last year and swore it would be the last time. Their UI isn’t quite as shiny but still very straightforward and easy to use for someone like me who knows almost nothing about taxes besides ‘I need to do them’. I’ll use them again next year too, was very happy with the service.

black6 5y ago

Pen and paper. I've been doing it for the past several years.

bschwindHN 5y ago
Same here, if you have a simple setup it's honestly more straightforward to just do it on paper. Especially after form 1040 got simplified from 2019 onwards. Still ridiculous I have to file them at all, but that's another thing to get into.