Sigh. It's this time of year again....
(Full Disclosure: I have been a highly satisfied TurboTax customer for close to twenty years now. On average I can complete my forms and send them out electronically, with Direct Deposit selected to receive my refund, inside of 30 minutes. It really helps when you don't own anything.)
TurboTax is FREE. It's FREE. It's FREE. Unless, of course, you want to file electronically, or you want to file your State form along with your Federal form, or if you want any guarantee of accuracy from TurboTax, or if you want to use Direct Deposit to get your refund. If you don't care about any of that, then yes, there is a version of TurboTax that is FREE. Do I have to add that I really, really don't recommend that version AT ALL?
It costs me about $100 to file both State and Federal taxes with TurboTax, and I have never had an issue with the IRS, and I've received my refund very quickly- once, only three days after official Approval. So again, I have ZERO problem with TurboTax itself. But these "do it for free" ads which pop up every. Single. January. are not particularly honest. Simply put, you get what you pay for. And when it comes to something like taxes, it's worth a small investment to do it right.
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