Which TurboTax should we use?

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February 24, 2021
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My wife is salaried and I am retired but self employed. Should we use both TurboTax Deluxe and TurboTax Self Employed? Also, in 2020, I started my self employed business. I did not have income but I had approximately $1,000 in expenses.

sdm8

Level 2

I am not a tax expert. However, last year I was in a very similar situation to you. My husband and I filed jointly - and we just used the Self-Employment edition of Turbotax. It worked really well.

tracy429Author

Level 2

Thank you very much for your help!

BillM223

Level 15

You can use the Self-employed product (if online) and the Home & Business product if get the CD/download software. These products support the same range of tax situations, including the W-2 and Schedule C (for the business).

You may see elsewhere that the Premier version also supports Schedule C, but the range of expenses that you can deduct in the Self-employed and Home & Business product is far broader.

Note that most tax pros here in the Community use the CD/download software, because you can see all the forms all the time. Plus you can do as many tax returns as you like (but e-file only 5). But many of the extra features like Max are only available to Online users.

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