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TurboTax is FORCING me to upgrade to TurboTax Deluxe because i have a $10 Tax credit i could care less about.... Why would i pay $39 to get $10??????

dreamofspeed — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:44:01 GMT

Is it right to advertise free taxes only to force people to pay money for your service???? is that ethical??

Re: TurboTax is FORCING me to upgrade to TurboTax Deluxe because i have a $10 Tax credit i could care less about.... Why would i pay $39 to get $10??????

xmasbaby0 — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 22:47:11 GMT

Is it the retirement credit? Just tell TurboTax you are a student in My Info and you will get rid of the credit.

Re: TurboTax is FORCING me to upgrade to TurboTax Deluxe because i have a $10 Tax credit i could care less about.... Why would i pay $39 to get $10??????

Critter-3 — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 23:11:27 GMT

TurboTax Free Edition is very limited. It's only for the simplest tax returns. But if you have pension or IRA income on a 1099-R, with no complications, you can probably use Free Edition.

If your AGI is $73,000 or less you can probably use IRS Free File.

Re: TurboTax is FORCING me to upgrade to TurboTax Deluxe because i have a $10 Tax credit i could care less about.... Why would i pay $39 to get $10??????

dreamofspeed — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 14:38:46 GMT

Yes that is it! Thank you

Will that affect anything adversely by saying we were students?

Re: TurboTax is FORCING me to upgrade to TurboTax Deluxe because i have a $10 Tax credit i could care less about.... Why would i pay $39 to get $10??????

dreamofspeed — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 14:40:27 GMT

Ours is very simple, my wife has had one job, and I had one for a short time and then another and that's it. Putting in (3) W2's and nothing complicated. I was suprised that it came up with anything