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Does anyone know how to begin filing taxes for free? I thought payment is when we actually file. Every time I select the option it sends me back to the $80 option, nope!

I select the DIY option and select my preferences when it starts at $0 then I get asked about how I filed last year. After that it pulls up the Deluxe option and higher. Why do I have to pay immediately instead of it coming out of the return?
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Does anyone know how to begin filing taxes for free? I thought payment is when we actually file. Every time I select the option it sends me back to the $80 option, nope!

The Online version hasn’t opened yet.  You have to wait until early to mid December.   The only version available now is the Desktop download program you buy and install on your computer.   

Does anyone know how to begin filing taxes for free? I thought payment is when we actually file. Every time I select the option it sends me back to the $80 option, nope!

I’m trying to file for 2023 not 2024 

Does anyone know how to begin filing taxes for free? I thought payment is when we actually file. Every time I select the option it sends me back to the $80 option, nope!

Then you have to buy the Desktop program.  Did you already start it online?  How to finish a prior year online return

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-finish-a-prior-year-return-that-i-...

 

Sorry it's too,late to start a 2023 or prior online return or use the mobile app, either on Turbo Tax or the IRS.  And too late to efile 2023.

 

If you need to start 2023 or prior you can buy the Desktop download here,

TurboTax 2022 Prior Year Tax Prep - File Past Years' Taxes

You will need a full Windows or Mac to install it on.

 

If you have a simple return and want to file for free you can fill out the forms by hand.  Here are some basic forms.....

 

Here is the 2023 1040 return

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040--2023.pdf

 

or if you want bigger type use 1040SR for Seniors,

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s--2023.pdf

 

2023 1040 Instructions

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040gi--2023.pdf

 

2023 EIC and Tax Tables

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040tt--2023.pdf

 

Schedules 1-3

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s1--2023.pdf

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s2--2023.pdf

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s3--2023.pdf

 

Don’t forget your state.  And you will have to print and mail your returns.  So be sure to attach copies of your W2s and any 1099s that have withholding on them.  You have to mail federal and state in separate envelopes because they go to different places.  Get a tracking number from the post office when you mail them for proof of filing.

 

Then when you file for 2024 you need to enter 0 for the 2023 AGI since you are filing 2023 late.

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