Duluxe asks for income for side businesses but wont let me enter expenses with out upgrading to a more expensive turbo tax so it will let me add my income but not deduct

[usertamker2004]

i sold a painting for 80 and have 200 worth of bought paint and need to spend 50 to upgrade turbo tax  they will add the 80 as income in the deluxe edition but will not deduct the 200 any where   scam

[xmasbaby0]

Before you go through all of that----was the one painting the only thing you did with this side business in 2021?  No other income from your paintings?   If so, how about entering the $80 you made as hobby income?   You cannot deduct expenses for hobby income, but as you can see, it will cost you more than it's worth to try and claim business expenses if you have to upgrade to a higher version of the software.

Or......try using a different version of tax software available on the IRS site instead

Use this IRS site for other ways to file for free.  There are 8  free software versions available from the IRS Free File site

https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile/

[ZoltanB45]

Each level of Turbo Tax offers more features than the level beneath it. I have attached a link with features included for each Turbo Tax Product. 

Turbo Tax Product Comparison