topic I was supposed to be able to file my taxes for free, but they will not allow me to do that now that I am all the way through. How do I do it? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax

I was supposed to be able to file my taxes for free, but they will not allow me to do that now that I am all the way through. How do I do it?

ttax-t1der — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 09:34:19 GMT

Re: I was supposed to be able to file my taxes for free, but they will not allow me to do that now that I am all the way through. How do I do it?

xmasbaby0 — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:07:06 GMT

Major tax reform and major changes in the tax forms have also resulted in changes to the tax software.

WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY? I WANT THE FREE EDITION

The information that you can enter in Free Edition is pretty limited now. Thanks to the new tax laws, there are no more simple Form 1040EZ or 1040A's. Everything goes on a little “postcard-size” Form 1040 that has six extra "schedules" with it, and if you need any of those schedules, you are not able to use the Free Edition. Using the standard deduction instead of itemizing does NOT mean you will not need any of those schedules.

https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1040

If you qualify to use it, there is another free version of the software:

Try Free File:

You qualify if your income was $34,000 or less, or $66,000 or less if active duty military, or if you qualify for Earned Income Credit

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900583-what-is-turbotax-free-file-program

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2026912-how-do-i-switch-to-turbotax-free-file-program

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/4511011-what-happened-to-the-1040a-and-1040ez

Note: If you do not qualify to use Free File then you will have to upgrade to Deluxe or higher in the paid versions of the software.

Online Deluxe $59.99 State software $44.99

If you choose “refund processing” to have fees deducted from federal refund, add another $39.99 ($44.99 in CA)

Re: I was supposed to be able to file my taxes for free, but they will not allow me to do that now that I am all the way through. How do I do it?

ttax-t1der — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:24:44 GMT

Yeah. I qualified for for free file, sank my time into it, got to the end, and the only way to file was to pay for an upgraded, more expensive edition. This is absolutely bait and switch.

Re: I was supposed to be able to file my taxes for free, but they will not allow me to do that now that I am all the way through. How do I do it?

ttax-t1der — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:25:43 GMT

To be clear, I was using the Free File version, and they made me pay.