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I've been using https://www.freetaxusa.com/ https://www.freetaxusa.com/ the last couple years and plan to continue this year. It is free for Federal (though I
by linsomniac 3y ago
I've been using https://www.freetaxusa.com/ https://www.freetaxusa.com/ the last couple years and plan to continue this year. It is free for Federal (though I usually pay for an upgrade), and state is $15. The only option I know of for free state is to do the forms manually.
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- ok_dad 3y agoI second this suggestion. The free federal taxes and $15 state actually mean free federal and $15 for state! You can certainly add on the "pro service" or "audit protection" or whatever if you want, but it is simple to say NO to those and just do the forms. This year, I opted for the "audit protection" because of some new tax forms I had to fill out, but overall I only paid $45 with the sales tax. I used to use Turbo Tax and paid about $100 per year on average, but it was simple to switch to using another provider, I just had to get the previous year's return out to fill some stuff that is filled automatically if you use the service each year.
- linsomniac 3y agoWhich reminds me... In previous years I had used TurboTax and paid for their "have a tax expert answer any questions you have" upgrade. I asked a question and all the dude they connected me with did was to read the the field from the form to me. "What does it mean?" "It says <reads the form field verbatim>." In retrospect, I should have contacted support and asked them to remove the upcharge.
- takk309 3y agoI decided to use FreetaxUSA on the advice of another HN thread and I was very happy with the results. I had used TurboTax for the last 8 years and can say that FreetaxUSA was much easier to navigate. I was asked to upgrade to their top tier 2 times and it was very clear how to continue with the free federal option.