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The free version is just for Federal, you have to pay to file your state tax return. What I find insulting is having to pay to file my taxes, then having to pa
by gav 14y ago
The free version is just for Federal, you have to pay to file your state tax return.
What I find insulting is having to pay to file my taxes, then having to pay sales tax on top of that.
- k3n 14y agoThanks for the clarification; luckily (?) I live in TX where we don't have state income tax, and so I forget that. Agreed about the "paying taxes on paying taxes", and of course the general idea of there being a for-profit industry centered around a requirement of citizenship. This is clearly another area that furthers the agenda of the Plutocracy, whereby the wealthy are at a great advantage on account of being able to afford a CPA to find all the loopholes.
- cm2012 14y agoI filed my NY state tax return for free using TurboTax, just a data point.
- smackfu 14y agoWhat a lot of people don't realize is how easy state income tax is, and how a lot of states have gone to fully online forms. I think people assume it is as complicated as federal taxes, but our state, it's essentially just "take your federal gross income from the 1040, add a few things to it, then subtract a few deductions." The form and the worksheets is two pages. So what I do is prepare the return in Turbotax, then print it, then file it electronically on the web for free. Fun thing is that Turbotax calculates the tax a dollar different than the state's web site.