Mine automatically prepares too....but I think (raw guess at this point) the trigger point for auto-prep may be whether the taxes owed is under $1000(?) for the current year .while ignoring any estimated taxes paid.
I always need to pay 3k-4k estimated taxes each year and come out around even....so ignoring those estimates paid I would have owed 3k-4k at tax time without them..so they autoprep without my doing anything to prompt their preparation. (But I also just shut them off, and pay what flat amounts I think I need to...electronically...online)
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