Billed for premium for simple return

[ala143]

I was doing a simple tax return for my summer job and turned down all the upgrades that were popping up. Initially, I was using the free edition. By the time I got to the payment page, it said it was $40. I was like ok I guess there's payment regardless, but how did it end up being $129 premium charged after I submitted my card info?! It doesn't even say what was charged or added.

[DoninGA]

Did you enter self-employment income and expenses?  If so, the TurboTax online Premium edition must be used to enter the income and expenses on a Schedule C and use Schedule SE for self-employment taxes.  Those schedules are not supported in either the Free or Deluxe online editions.

[ala143]

Last tax return, I did have a schedule C, but I removed that for this return because I did not have any for 2025. All I included was my W2 and my regular roth IRA contributions, but those didn't need require specific forms.

[DoninGA]

@ala143 Then you need to either downgrade or clear the return and start over.  In either case you need to look at what is included in your tax return and if a Schedule C is shown it needs to be deleted.

Click on Switch Products at the bottom left of the online program screen.  Click on Downgrade or Clear & Start Over.

To see the list of forms and schedules included in your tax return -

Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen

Click on Tools

Click on Delete a form

Note - There may be multiple pages of your tax return forms and schedules so click on the page number or right arrow (>) shown at the bottom of the federal tax return forms.