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TurboTax Premier free for some Fidelity customers (Premium Services, Active Traders, Private Client), YMMV (2020 tax year thread)

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It's back! Select Fidelity customers are eligible to receive a free copy of TurboTax Premier. In general, it seems to be Premium Services (>$250k) customers who are also Active Traders or Private Client Group customers (> $1m in assets at Fidelity, not all 401(k)), but not everyone seems to get it. The Fidelity website [fidelity.com] has a chart with some confusing wording at the bottom of the page (I've included it at the bottom of this post).

To see if you have the offer, login to your account and go to the Summary page if it's not your default (Accounts & Trade -> Portfolio). If eligible, you will see a box titled "Get TurboTax® Online Premier free" on the right side towards the bottom of the page with a link to go to the TurboTax site to "purchase" (see the attached image to see what it looks like).

You can either use the online version, or look towards the bottom of the page for "Download Install TurboTax software on your computer." and you can get the downloadable version of Premier for free. You can get Windows or Mac, or both (just say you want to add additional products after adding one version to your cart). If you need Home & Business, there is no discount on the website but once you install the Premier download, you can upgrade for only $10 (Help -> Upgrade TurboTax). There is no comparable cheap upgrade if you use the online version, you will pay $70 fo the Self Employed version.

With the download version, one state is included but state e-file is not free (unless you're in NY, where it is free by law). Additional states are an extra charge (plus e-file fee, so $60 in total) in the download version. If you use the online version, it appears that you can file multiple states for free, so that is definitely something to consider if you need to file in more than one state.

If you don't qualify for the free copy, there is a $20 off offer, but you can do better elsewhere.

If you are a good Fidelity customer and do not have the free offer, some people have reported contacting their rep and being given an account credit after buying it on their own. YMMV on that.

I don't see a thread from 2019 (I was on a cruise when it was released in January, remember those?) but here is the link to the 2018 thread.

http://www.fidelity.com

Fine print of who qualifies from the page referenced above:

Certain covered clients: Private Wealth Management (PWM) client and owns one or more nonretirement account(s) or PCG, Premium, and ATS clients with minimum assets of either: PWI assets of $1,000,000 or more and PI assets of at least $500,000 and own one or more nonretirement account or Nonretirement assets $1,000,000 or more. Applies to Federal returns and one state return only. Cost of additional state returns are the responsibility of the client.

Definitions:
PWI = Personal & Workplace Investments (aka 401k/pension/ESPP/etc.)
PI = Personal Investments (individual, joint, IRA, Roth IRA, etc. accounts)
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Created 12-17-2020 at 08:07 AM by MisterBill
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MisterBill
12-17-2020 at 10:35 AM.
12-17-2020 at 10:35 AM.
Quote from DuckFan34 :
Here is the page regarding levels and how to get the free Turbo Tax Premier:

https://www.fidelity.com/trading/...ice-levels [fidelity.com]
Yes, that is in my post.
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Remini
12-17-2020 at 10:36 AM.
12-17-2020 at 10:36 AM.
Got it, Thanks for posting OP.

Many people have a lot of taxes owed this year because of bull market.

California and NY is collecting unprecedented tax revenue due to bull market, IPOs

Pandemic is widening wealth gap even more these days.
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FancyTeam7624
12-17-2020 at 10:36 AM.
12-17-2020 at 10:36 AM.
Both the offers don't show up for me, neither the free premier nor $20 off. I am looking at the portfolio page, do I need to look elsewhere
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12-17-2020 at 10:38 AM.
12-17-2020 at 10:38 AM.
Quote from FancyTeam7624 :
Both the offers don't show up for me, neither the free premier nor $20 off. I am looking at the portfolio page, do I need to look elsewhere
The $20 off is on a different page, and it's no deal anyway unless you really want to use the online version. Should you qualify for it, are you a Private Client or Active Trader?
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nighth3k
12-17-2020 at 10:39 AM.
12-17-2020 at 10:39 AM.
Thanks. Got it!
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thedealsman440
12-17-2020 at 10:39 AM.
12-17-2020 at 10:39 AM.
I got over $250k but see nothing???
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DuckFan34
12-17-2020 at 10:40 AM.
12-17-2020 at 10:40 AM.
Quote from MisterBill :
TurboTax offers a 60-day refund policy.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community...y/00/25544 [intuit.com]

You should see your Fidelity status in the top right corner when you login, and on your statement.
Thanks, I didn't know about that!
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12-17-2020 at 10:41 AM.
12-17-2020 at 10:41 AM.
Quote from alchemista :
Weird I have more than that and still just see $20 offer under "tax information page"
https://www.fidelity.com/tax-info...n/overview [fidelity.com]

So who knows what the criteria is.
The free offer is not on that page. Did you look on the page I listed in my post?
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12-17-2020 at 10:42 AM.
12-17-2020 at 10:42 AM.
Quote from thedealsman440 :
I got over $250k but see nothing???
$250k alone doesn't typically do it.
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FancyTeam7624
12-17-2020 at 10:42 AM.
12-17-2020 at 10:42 AM.
Quote from MisterBill :
The $20 off is on a different page, and it's no deal anyway unless you really want to use the online version. Should you qualify for it, are you a Private Client or Active Trader?

I don't think I qualify, but saw that other people had gotten it who were below the qualifications level.
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alchemista
12-17-2020 at 11:20 AM.
12-17-2020 at 11:20 AM.
Quote from MisterBill :
That is not the correct page for the free offer! You need to go to Accounts & Trade -> Portfolio after logging into the Fidelity site.Ta
Tried that too, not there or any mention of TT.

Here's the direct link to the page you are mentioning: https://oltx.fidelity.com/ftgw/fb...io#summary

Saves people time instead of your instructions.
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Mike0Ryan
12-17-2020 at 11:23 AM.
12-17-2020 at 11:23 AM.
Quote from FancyTeam7624 :
I don't think I qualify, but saw that other people had gotten it who were below the qualifications level.
Me neither. 😔 120+ trades in a year -- that's one every three days. Not going to happen...
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tkeppell
12-17-2020 at 11:27 AM.
12-17-2020 at 11:27 AM.
Thanks OP. I was able to download TT Premier and saved $100. They do make it harder to find the downloaded version however on the TT website.
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publicpersona
12-17-2020 at 12:03 PM.
12-17-2020 at 12:03 PM.
Quote from DuckFan34 :
Here is the page regarding levels and how to get the free Turbo Tax Premier:

https://www.fidelity.com/trading/...ice-levels [fidelity.com]
That link is more a description of sufficient but not necessarily the necessary conditions to receive the offer. I have a brokerage account that has had exactly one cent in it for years, and zero trading. All of my Fidelity assets are in retirement accounts.

My understanding (which amounts to a guess based on data point of one for the last four years; always gotten the free Premier) is that retirement accounts do count towards the requirement, but not company 401(k) accounts.
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