TurboTax also frequently runs sales on its services and products during tax season. It will cost extra for you to get access to an expert, but there are four plans available, corresponding to the four plans listed in the table above. Cost is always a consideration when you choose a tax filing service. As mentioned, both services offer a free option, covering simple returns.
You can also file some additional schedules and forms with this option. It also allows you to file multiple state returns for free. By contrast, the free plan from TurboTax includes only one free state return. The Deluxe option is enough for many filers. Both Deluxe options include deduction-finding software, help with charitable donations and access to tax financial experts through online chat.
There are a couple of big differences between the options in the forms that they support. It also allows you to file Schedule C and Schedule C-EZ if you have business income to report but do not have any expenses to report. TurboTax is generally pricier than everything else out there, but even though confident filers may not need all the bells and whistles that most TurboTax online products offer, many people will find the experience and the availability of human help worth the extra cost.
Quick facts. Live, on-screen support option offers human help at extra cost. Some of the most expensive software on the market. The list price of its software routinely is on the high end of the spectrum, especially when adding the cost of a state return. And if you want access to human help, it costs even more.
TurboTax offers a free version for simple tax returns only; it lets you file a Form and this year can handle unemployment income reported on a G. This is essentially the free version but with on-demand video access to a tax pro for help, advice and a final review. This version lets you itemize and claim several other tax deductions and tax credits. And if you have business income but no expenses, this might work for you, too. This is the Deluxe version with added capability for reporting investments and rental income Schedules D and E, and K-1s.
Gets you everything in the Premier version, plus it can handle both business income and expenses on a Schedule C. It also works for the home office deduction, and offers extra deduction help and special Square, Uber and Lyft features for freelancers, independent contractors and side-hustlers. One note about prices: Providers frequently change them.
A banner running along the side keeps track of where you stand in the process and flags areas you still need to complete. Not so much a slacker, but definitely a couch potato. I order a lot of takeout, I love to sleep past noon and I prefer to take Ubers instead of the subway. So when I was doing my taxes a few days ago — right before the April 17 deadline, because I'm also a chronic procrastinator — and TurboTax offered me the option to take its preparation fees directly from my refund, it seemed like the obvious choice.
I was at my kitchen table, and my purse was in my bedroom. Why would I get up and dig out my debit card when I could just pay TurboTax from the pool of money I was about to get? That's what I was charged for the Refund Processing Service, which surprised me when I went to check out and saw my bill was way higher than I thought it would be.
I clicked back through the pages of my return, each time a little afraid I would mistakenly delete some crucial piece of information, until I figured out how to deselect the Refund Processing option. But then I was curious. If I, a personal finance reporter who spends 40 hours a week working on a magazine called Money, didn't catch this fee, would other people? Community : Discussions : Taxes : Get your taxes done : Why is it charging me. Enter a search word. Turn off suggestions.
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