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Funny you mention that, the first time I tried to use Credit Karma Tax, either last year or the year before, they punted on me for having lived in two states.

Funny you mention that, the first time I tried to use Credit Karma Tax, either last year or the year before, they punted on me for having lived in two states. I agree with your sentiment, but not resolution. The truest resolution is in simplifying the tax code, which Intuit and co do not want. Edit to add: When CreditKarma gave up on me, I tried FreeTaxUsa. It sounds like a scam I know, but they are top notch, and cheap. Highly recommend.

aorth 5y ago
> Edit to add: When CreditKarma gave up on me, I tried FreeTaxUsa. It sounds like a scam I know, but they are top notch, and cheap. Highly recommend. Ah! I remember FreeTaxUsa. They have this silly verification thing in their signup. Your email address must be on an "American" domain. Mine is self hosted on some other domain and they literally say it's "foreign". Just checked again and it's still there. Hah... sigh.
- mro_name 5y ago
  did you contact them on that? What does an email prove anyway?
  - aorth 5y ago
    Ah, I just checked my records. I contacted them in 2021-02. Their response was: > We prefer customers to attach email addresses from widely recognized providers for security purposes. Additionally, our servers have a hard time communicating with private email servers. > You may create a new email address to handle your tax returns through FreeTaxUSA with a major provider.
    - mro_name 5y ago
      thanks for asking them – it's really important to give feedback. Otherwise they just continue to not know.
- londons_explore 5y ago
  If getting an email address is too big a barrier for you... you might not be the target market.
Isthatablackgsd 5y ago
Honestly, the best solution for all of this is use the local CPA or Licensed Tax Preparer. No, I don't mean HR Block or chain tax preparers. I have my own and it is the best money spent since my CPA know the state and the federal taxes further than Intuit software (Intuit use dark patterns to take advantage of everything).

aorth 5y ago

> Edit to add: When CreditKarma gave up on me, I tried FreeTaxUsa. It sounds like a scam I know, but they are top notch, and cheap. Highly recommend. Ah! I remember FreeTaxUsa. They have this silly verification thing in their signup. Your email address must be on an "American" domain. Mine is self hosted on some other domain and they literally say it's "foreign". Just checked again and it's still there. Hah... sigh.

mro_name 5y ago
did you contact them on that? What does an email prove anyway?
- aorth 5y ago
  Ah, I just checked my records. I contacted them in 2021-02. Their response was: > We prefer customers to attach email addresses from widely recognized providers for security purposes. Additionally, our servers have a hard time communicating with private email servers. > You may create a new email address to handle your tax returns through FreeTaxUSA with a major provider.
  - mro_name 5y ago
    thanks for asking them – it's really important to give feedback. Otherwise they just continue to not know.
londons_explore 5y ago
If getting an email address is too big a barrier for you... you might not be the target market.

Isthatablackgsd 5y ago

Honestly, the best solution for all of this is use the local CPA or Licensed Tax Preparer. No, I don't mean HR Block or chain tax preparers. I have my own and it is the best money spent since my CPA know the state and the federal taxes further than Intuit software (Intuit use dark patterns to take advantage of everything).