Current Events > TurboTax is no longer participating in the free filing program

(+) Yeah! (+)

Some greedy ass billionaires aren't getting a cut out of my tax returns. Screw 'em.

I assume poor peoples tax returns are more complicated now with the stimulus and advance CTC payments

I switched to Credit Karma two years ago. I forget why. TurboTax wanted to charge for some specific thing that I needed now but never needed before (can't even remember what it was), but Credit Karma did it for free.

Legato-and-Vash posted...

I switched to Credit Karma two years ago. I forget why. TurboTax wanted to charge for some specific thing that I needed now but never needed before (can't even remember what it was), but Credit Karma did it for free.

Intuit, the company that owns TT, also owns CK now.

yeah its bullshit

"we got called out a year ago for hiding our free service and people found it, so we're just not gonna do it!"

well, back to my ahem, normal way of getting turbotax.

you know

finding a copy that fell off the back of a truck.

CE_gonna_CE posted...

Intuit, the company that owns TT, also owns CK now.

Lame.

Actually, it looks like it's still free with Credit Karma. Although it's going to be called Cash App Taxes now. Weird. https://www.creditkarma.com/tax

At least we won't have to suffer through those "free free free free" commercials

Im going through the Dave Ramsey tax service this year. I think it's $45 but they generally make their money off being honest

What is the least amoint i have to pay with tt? 40? Im ok with that. Just for the convenience.

SauI_Goodman posted...

What is the least amoint i have to pay with tt? 40? Im ok with that. Just for the convenience.

freetaxusa is only $15 for state taxes and free for federal.

Jesus, guys please go to a good tax guy that finds all the legal ways to reduce your income that ends up saving you on taxes.

The fee you pay them is worth it, trust me. Youre doing yourselves a disservice by doing it yourself for free.

• Also, its not those tax services you see in plazas. They do the same shit you could do for free and charge you.

I thought they were required to offer the free tax filing service as a compromise to quash some program that'd have the government provide it?

XxKrebsxX posted...

Jesus, guys please go to a good tax guy that finds all the legal ways to reduce your income that ends up saving you on taxes.

The fee you pay them is worth it, trust me. Youre doing yourselves a disservice by doing it yourself for free.

* Also, its not those tax services you see in plazas. They do the same shit you could do for free and charge you.

Most people are just earning a wage from a job. Maybe they have a house. In terms of tax tricks, how many are there in such a simple case, really?

XxKrebsxX posted...

Jesus, guys please go to a good tax guy that finds all the legal ways to reduce your income that ends up saving you on taxes.

The fee you pay them is worth it, trust me. Youre doing yourselves a disservice by doing it yourself for free.

* Also, its not those tax services you see in plazas. They do the same shit you could do for free and charge you.

I'm too embarrassed to have them read the stock trades I did this year.

TheHoldSteady posted...

freetaxusa is only $15 for state taxes and free for federal.

So nv dont have state tax so i can do it for free. Is it s reliable company tho. Never heard of it.

1337toothbrush posted...

Most people are just earning a wage from a job. Maybe they have a house. In terms of tax tricks, how many are there in such a simple case, really?

Still worth a shot to find out. So before I started working for commission in the timeshare industry, the first year I made a good income I got referred to a tax guy a lot of the sales reps use. So I go there, he did his thing and got me thousands back. Im single with no kids.

He also asked what I did the past three years. I told him I did turbo tax. He did a revision of the past three years and got me back $900 to $2000 back per year for the years he did the revisions.

He also signs off that he prepared the taxes as well; its not like hes doing shady shit and then nopes himself out of responsibility either.

SauI_Goodman posted...

So nv dont have state tax so i can do it for free. Is it s reliable company tho. Never heard of it.

Ive used it for two years and have had great results. Its pretty straightforward

XxKrebsxX posted...

Jesus, guys please go to a good tax guy that finds all the legal ways to reduce your income that ends up saving you on taxes.

The fee you pay them is worth it, trust me. Youre doing yourselves a disservice by doing it yourself for free.

* Also, its not those tax services you see in plazas. They do the same shit you could do for free and charge you.

I'm a tax CPA and I would advise most people here to just use TurboTax or something similar. Our minimum fee for a 1040 is like $750, and most of the ones we do are well over $1,000. If you just have a W-2, there's not much we can do to lower your taxable income.

XxKrebsxX posted...

Jesus, guys please go to a good tax guy that finds all the legal ways to reduce your income that ends up saving you on taxes.

The fee you pay them is worth it, trust me. Youre doing yourselves a disservice by doing it yourself for free.

* Also, its not those tax services you see in plazas. They do the same shit you could do for free and charge you.

Depends.

When my income was minimum wage, I could do that shit myself.

Now that I own a home, dabbled in day trading stocks a few months, paid off a few debts.....idk, I may pay someone this year. And only reason I'm considering it is because the idea of dealing with it sounds annoying.

Too bad the IRS can't figure out this tax thing themselves and just send us a bill for what we owe(If applicable).

EndOfDiscOne posted...

I'm a tax CPA and I would advise most people here to just use TurboTax or something similar. Our minimum fee for a 1040 is like $750, and most of the ones we do are well over $1,000. If you just have a W-2, there's not much we can do to lower your taxable income.

This. And Im a CPA as well.

SauI_Goodman posted...

So nv dont have state tax so i can do it for free. Is it s reliable company tho. Never heard of it.

I can 2nd freetaxusa, I've been using them for a while.

I always use Tax Act

Sajo posted...

I can 2nd freetaxusa, I've been using them for a while.

I've also been using them and everything's been fine. I file state taxes with them as well and though it's not free, it's still cheap. Plus they handle investments (which is something at a higher tier for turbo tax).

Just use freetaxusa

Eh, I'll still probably use Turbo Tax. Still much better than something like H&R Block.