Doing taxes always sucks, but I've used Turbo's website + the free edition for ages & it's been the least objectionable method available (when the state file was extra, I just vetoed their upcharge & used the WI free efile). My job's categorized as "self-employed" so the last couple years I was forced to use the $60 version - so this spring I snagged the comparable Deluxe cd @ a retail store when it was on sale...but installed the desktop version instead of just entering the code online. BIG MISTAKE -- that made things WAY worse this time (even though my only difference was some brief stim check/Covid-related items) & the 1 included state file probably got negated w/ all the drama, so that was the key. Luckily that anger-making $20/$25 loophole is approx. the markdown I got up front, so that's the distinction. Turbo SHOULD do better re: the clarity of their different options + which applies to your situation (NOT after the fact) but realistically, most of the legit services/products do this kind of stuff (they're not charities)...so like most things in our capitalist economy, it's about shopping around & deciding the cost/benefit ratio for your specific scenario : /
