@jwpearson2010 wrote:
I appreciate your support and your candor.
That's deeply frustrating. To be candid, we will consider filing our taxes directly in the future, without companies such as TurboTax et al, and keeping the feds current on our bank account info.
Very, very frustrating news.
I would support that 100% except that I don't think the IRS has a free e-file option that doesn't go through a tax software company, unless your income is less than $36,000. And for various reasons I think e-filing is far preferable to mailing a return. Many states seem to have free e-filing with fill-in forms online.
The cheapest was to use Turbotax is to buy the CD or download of Deluxe Federal+1 State from Costco (if you are a member) or Amazon. It should be around $50, maybe $60. Don't buy any offered add-ons or upgrades. The desktop version of Deluxe includes all the forms that you have to upgrade to Premier or Self-Employment Online to get. Then you get your refund straight to your own bank account. Turbotax will want an additional $25 to e-file the state return, but state preparation is included with the CD, so if you live in a state with free online fill-in forms, you can print your Turbotax return and copy the info to your state return and e-file on the state's web site.
Good luck.
