https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/how-are-people-filing-etc-for-free-when-i-m-being-charged-120-to-file-and-direct-deposit/01/1032785#M375257 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 21:42:07 GMT chuckstrong93 2020-01-28T21:42:07Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/how-are-people-filing-etc-for-free-when-i-m-being-charged-120-to-file-and-direct-deposit/01/1032785#M375257 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 21:42:07 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/how-are-people-filing-etc-for-free-when-i-m-being-charged-120-to-file-and-direct-deposit/01/1032785#M375257 chuckstrong93 2020-01-28T21:42:07Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-how-are-people-filing-etc-for-free-when-i-m-being-charged-120-to-file-and-direct-deposit/01/1033997#M375733 <P class="p1"><SPAN class="s1">You are posting from Deluxe&nbsp; $40</SPAN></P> <P class="p1"><SPAN class="s1">State return $40</SPAN></P> <P class="p1"><SPAN class="s1">Refund processing to have fees deducted from federal refund by 3rd party bank $39.99 ($44.99 in CA)</SPAN></P> <P class="p2">&nbsp;</P> <P class="p3"><SPAN class="s1"><STRONG>WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp; </SPAN>I WANT THE FREE EDITION</STRONG></SPAN></P> <P class="p4">&nbsp;</P> <P class="p3"><SPAN class="s1">The information that you can enter in Free Edition is pretty limited now.&nbsp; Thanks to the new tax laws that began for 2018 returns, there are no more simple Form 1040EZ or 1040A's.&nbsp; Everything goes on a Form 1040 that has three extra "schedules" with it, and if you need <STRONG>any </STRONG>of those schedules, you are not able to use the Free Edition.&nbsp;&nbsp;Using the standard deduction instead of itemizing does NOT mean you will not need any of those schedules.</SPAN></P> <P class="p5"><SPAN class="s2"><A href="https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1040" target="_blank">https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1040</A></SPAN><SPAN class="s3">&nbsp;</SPAN></P> <P class="p3"><SPAN class="s4"><I>If&nbsp;</I></SPAN><SPAN class="s1">you qualify to use it, there is another full-featured free version of the software:</SPAN></P> <P class="p3"><SPAN class="s1">Try Free File:&nbsp;</SPAN></P> <P class="p3"><SPAN class="s1">You qualify if your income was $36,000 or less, or $69,000 or less if active duty military, or if you qualify for Earned Income Credit</SPAN></P> <P class="p5"><SPAN class="s2"><A href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900583-what-is-turbotax-free-file-program" target="_blank">https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900583-what-is-turbotax-free-file-program</A></SPAN></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li5"><SPAN class="s5"><A href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2026912-how-do-i-switch-to-turbotax-free-file-program" target="_blank"><SPAN class="s6">https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2026912-how-do-i-switch-to-turbotax-free-file-program</SPAN></A></SPAN></LI> </UL> <P class="p6"><SPAN class="s1"><STRONG>If you switch to Free File you must create a new account and new user ID.</STRONG></SPAN></P> Wed, 29 Jan 2020 00:38:27 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-how-are-people-filing-etc-for-free-when-i-m-being-charged-120-to-file-and-direct-deposit/01/1033997#M375733 xmasbaby0 2020-01-29T00:38:27Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-how-are-people-filing-etc-for-free-when-i-m-being-charged-120-to-file-and-direct-deposit/01/1034014#M375740 <P>Simple...you have some kind of situation in your tax data that requires that you use one of the "pay for it" versions.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>$120 for deluxe? that's either 2 states, or one state, but paying for the software with the Federal refund (an extra $40)&nbsp; <STRONG><EM>Always</EM> </STRONG>pay for the software with a credit card<STRONG><EM> Always !&nbsp;</EM></STRONG></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 29 Jan 2020 00:40:32 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-how-are-people-filing-etc-for-free-when-i-m-being-charged-120-to-file-and-direct-deposit/01/1034014#M375740 SteamTrain 2020-01-29T00:40:32Z