Whether or not you can use a free product depends on what forms are required in your return and whether you meet other qualifications. Read this whole posting to learn about the 2 free products.
TurboTax does have 2 free products, but it appears you
are not in one of them. You appear to be using Live Self-Employed, which is the most expensive of all the online products. That edition is 199.99 for Federal and 44.99 for State and includes Live on-demand help from a CPA/EA tax pro and a final review of your return prior to filing. If you choose to pay the fees out of your Federal refund, there is an additional 39.99 service fee (44.99 for California filers.)
If you want to downgrade, I'll leave you a link below that tells you how to use "clear and start over" if you think you can use the Free Edition. I'll also tell you about the other free product.
Or you can remove the "Live" portion of your product, which will save some money, but it still won't be a free product. Regular Self-Employed Edition is 119.99 for Federal and 44.99 for State.
FAQ: How do I remove TurboTax Live?
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/4140092-how-do-i-remove-turbotax-live
Regular Free Edition cannot prepare a lot of the tax forms. And regular
Free Edition is more limited this year due to tax law changes. If you
need any of the new Schedules 1-6, for instance, then you can't use
Free Edition. You can read about the new schedules at the link below. If
you click the blue "see schedule" link there, it will show you what each
schedule looks like.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/4511015-what-are-the-new-schedules
Here are some common things that cannot be handled by the regular Free Edition:
Itemized deductions
Business or 1099-MISC income
Sales of stocks/mutual funds/bonds
Rental property income
Foreign Earned Income
HSA
Credits, deductions and income reported on the
new schedules 1–6, such as the Student Loan Interest Deduction
If you are sure you could use the regular Free Edition, you
could downgrade to Free Edition, as long as you have not
paid or registered. You would use the feature "Clear and start over."
Here's how:
It's possible that it would make you later upgrade, however, if Free Edition cannot handle the situations in your return.
TurboTax
also has another free product called
the TurboTax Free File Program. It is free for both Federal and
State--IF you meet just one of the qualifications. It can handle all
the usual forms without the limitations of regular Free Edition.
You have to meet only ONE of these qualifications:
1) 2018 AGI of $34,000 or less
or
2) Eligible for EIC (earned income credit)
or
3) Active duty military including Reservists/ National Guard with military W-2 and 2018 AGI of $66,000 or less
NOTE: If you switch to Free File Program by that method, and
find out later you don't qualify, you won't be able to go back to
regular Online TurboTax in that same account. So instead of switching
that way, if you wish you could start a new account (User ID) at the
Free File Program website, which would maintain the option of returning
to the other Online TurboTax account, if necessary.
