1: Free Tax USA
https://www.freetaxusa.
2: Cash App Taxes (Formally Credit Karma Tax)
https://cash.app/taxes
3: OnlineTaxes
https://olt.com/
4: MyFreeTaxes (for AGI $89,000 or less)
https://myfreetaxes.com/
5: IRS Free File: Do your Taxes for Free (for AGI $89,000 or less)
https://www.irs.gov/file-your-taxes-for-free
https://irs.treasury.go
6: IRS Free Fillable Forms: Do your Taxes for Free (no AGI limit)
https://www.irs.gov/e-file-provid...able-forms
List of states with free state e-file directly on their website [thefinancebuff.com]
(requires transferring data from your tax software to the state website)
You can apply Amazon digital credits to save even more (YMMV). However it only applies to the "normal" listing; NOT the GC offer.
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TT strongly pushes Premier and Home & Business but the fact is that TT Deluxe can handle every situation that these more expensive versions can. The only exception that I am aware of is the ability to create W2 and 1099 forms for employees in H&B.
Deluxe has everything for all investment types, everything for owners of rental properties, everything for self-employed (1099-NEC/Schedule C filers), everything for those who do itemized deductions.
The higher versions offer more guidance but Deluxe has all the forms required and will still walk you through all of it.
Note that Turbotax Online is completely different, Deluxe Online is purposely limited forcing more complex returns to use the more expenisve Online versions than Deluxe.
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Using turbotax to do estimates in Decemeber is painful and frustrating.
Doing estimates in TurboTax in December has been completely useful to me for decades, but this year is different.
wow. i dont remember it being that expensive.
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If you have rental properties or you receive K‑1s, Premier is designed to guide you through depreciation, basis tracking, passive activity rules, and the various supplemental statements that often come with those forms. Deluxe may let you enter the data manually, but it won't give you the same level of explanation or error‑checking, and it may prompt you to upgrade once you start entering more advanced items.
In short, Deluxe works for simpler returns, but Premier gives you the extra help and structure that makes investment and rental reporting easier and less error‑prone. If your return includes rentals or K‑1s, Premier is usually the smoother experience.
Your statement "Deluxe can handle some of the same forms" is terribly misleading. Deluxe can handle every form that Premier can so if there is a form that Deluxe doesn't support then Premier doesn't either.
Yes, if you need lots of extra help then Premier may make sense - you might also consider having someone do your taxes in that case as well.
But once you have gotten into a rhythm of doing your taxes year after year and only the numbers are changing then there is no reason to pay for Premier when Deluxe will work just fine.
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