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Let me get this straight. I can claim my EARNED tax break only if I buy your [profanity deleted] deluxe product? How is that legal?

 
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Let me get this straight. I can claim my EARNED tax break only if I buy your [profanity deleted] deluxe product? How is that legal?

Major tax reform and major changes in the tax forms have also resulted in changes to the tax software.

WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY?  I WANT THE FREE EDITION

The information that you can enter in Free Edition is pretty limited now.  Thanks to the new tax laws, there are no more simple Form 1040EZ or 1040A's.  Everything goes on a little “postcard-size” Form 1040 that has six extra "schedules" with it, and if you need any of those schedules, you are not able to use the Free Edition.  Using the standard deduction instead of itemizing does NOT mean you will not need any of those schedules.

https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1040 

If you qualify to use it, there is another free version of the software:

Try Free File: 

You qualify if your income was $34,000 or less, or $66,000 or less if active duty military, or if you qualify for Earned Income Credit

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900583-what-is-turbotax-free-file-program


Note:  If you do not qualify to use Free File then you will have to upgrade to Deluxe or higher in the paid versions of the software.   


**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**

Let me get this straight. I can claim my EARNED tax break only if I buy your [profanity deleted] deluxe product? How is that legal?

Of course it is legal.  Intuit is a for-profit company, not an entity that owes you free tax software for any tax return complexity.  TurboTax provides Free Edition for very simple returns, and provides Free File as an alternate free software for lower income taxpayers who have more complicated returns.
**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**
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