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This past summer I had my first job, I need to file my refund (with the free turbo tax version) and it will not let me begin without purchasing software.

 
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This past summer I had my first job, I need to file my refund (with the free turbo tax version) and it will not let me begin without purchasing software.

You are too late to file for free.  You missed the deadline.

 

 

Online tax preparation and e-filing for 2018 returns is now permanently closed.  You had until midnight on Tuesday, October 15 to finish and attempt to e-file; if your e-file was rejected you had until October 20 to make corrections and re-file. Now it is too late If you already paid for your TurboTax software, you can contact customer support to push a download of the software to you.

 

To call TurboTax customer support

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899263-what-is-the-turbotax-phone-number

They are available from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific time.

To finish a prior year return started in TT online:https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2559403-how-do-i-finish-a-prior-year-return-that-i-started-in-turb

 

When you mail a tax return, you need to attach any documents showing tax withheld, such as your W-2’s or any 1099’s.  Use a mailing service that will track it, such as UPS or certified mail so you will know the IRS and/or your state received the return.

to use online software or to e-file. If you have any changes/corrections at all to make to your 2018 return, you now have to complete it using desktop software, which you must download to a full PC or Mac  (not to a mobile device).

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2559403-how-do-i-finish-a-prior-year-return-that-i-started-in-turb...

 

If you already paid for your online software you can ask customer support for a download of the desktop software.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899263-what-is-the-turbotax-phone-number

 

If you are getting a refund, there is no penalty for filing late.  If you owe tax due, then file and pay the amount due as shown on the Form 1040, but expect a bill later from the IRS for the penalty and interest you will owe.  Only the IRS will calculate this—TurboTax will not calculate it.

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-finish-a-prior-year-return-that-i-...

 

 

If you want to just get the forms and prepare them by hand, that would be free--except for postage to mail them.

Form 1040

Instructions for Form 1040 (HTML)

This past summer I had my first job, I need to file my refund (with the free turbo tax version) and it will not let me begin without purchasing software.

This past summer?  You mean this year in 2019?  2019 doesn't open until December.  We don't file a 2019 return until after the year ends.  You will get a W2 in January 2020 for it.

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