No one here in the public user community forums can know what all your return consists of, but we can speak in general to that, and offer another option.
First of all, there is a known "bug" that is having some Free Edition users upgrade when
it's not necessary if they entered a state refund from last year. See this FAQ:
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/4515732-in-free-edition-of-turbotax-online-looping-when-asking-to-...
Here are some other possibilities:
Because
of new changes in the tax laws for 2018, there may be some filers who
can no longer use regular Free Edition this year. But there is soon to
be released a second free product that you might consider as well, if
necessary. I'll provide more info about it below.
The Free
Edition is more limited this year due to tax law changes. If you need
any of the new Schedules 1-6, for instance, then you can't use Free
Edition.
Here are some common things that cannot be handled by the regular Free Edition:
Itemized deductions
Business or 1099-MISC income
Sales of stocks/mutual funds/bonds
Rental property income
Foreign Earned Income
HSA
Credits, deductions and income reported on the
new schedules 1–6, such as the Student Loan Interest Deduction
TurboTax
has another free product that will start up around mid-January called
the TurboTax Free File Program. It is free for both Federal and
State--IF you meet just one of the qualifications. It can handle all
the usual forms without the limitations of regular Free Edition.
See this FAQ to see if you meet one of the qualifications:
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900583-what-is-turbotax-free-file-programWhen
it opens, the TurboTax Free File Program will be located at the link
below. It requires a new User ID from what you are currently using for
Free Edition since it is a different website, and the IRS requires it to
be disconnected from the TurboTax commercial products.
https://turbotax.intuit.com/taxfreedom/
