Do I receive quick books for free?

With the purchase of TurboTax Self Employed you get a year of QuickBooks Self Employed for free, which is different than the regular QuickBooks. For more information, see the link below:

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/3401546-i-was-offered-quickbooks-self-employed-at-no-additional-co...

where can I check if I used turbo tax self employed?

According to your user profile you are using it currently, but if you log into your TurboTax account it will say on the left menu of your Tax home page under the TurboTax logo.

thank you, do I just click on the quick books and start using it?

You're welcome! This article should get you started:
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is quick books free for 1 year?  when I click on the article you just gave it says free until April 2018?

The offer to sign up is only good until April 17th, but when you start your subscription the whole year is free.

great, I received an email stating thank you for choosing quickbooks self-employed, so I must subscribed.