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New Member
posted Jun 4, 2019 8:23:36 PM

Uber discount not applying

Used the link from my uber driver app, still no discount

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New Member
Jun 4, 2019 8:23:37 PM

Normally if a third-party is offering a discounted price, you'd need to Clear and Start over any progress you've made, and be sure to sign out of your account. Go to the page offering the discounted price, and make sure you go to TurboTax through their page.

That should then apply the discount to your return for you.

Luckily since you're a Self-Employed user, you can contact us and speak to a live agent who can go about applying that discount for you.


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New Member
Jun 4, 2019 8:23:37 PM

Normally if a third-party is offering a discounted price, you'd need to Clear and Start over any progress you've made, and be sure to sign out of your account. Go to the page offering the discounted price, and make sure you go to TurboTax through their page.

That should then apply the discount to your return for you.

Luckily since you're a Self-Employed user, you can contact us and speak to a live agent who can go about applying that discount for you.


We don't have a single, all-purpose phone number. Instead, we have many different numbers, depending on what you need help with.

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New Member
Jun 6, 2019 12:49:53 AM

That should then apply the discount to your return for you.

Luckily since you're a Self-Employed user, you can contact us and speak to a live agent who can go about applying that discount for you.    

This is stated above but yet not honored by Turbo tax when I called. Discount is not working and they said they cannot apply the discount for me, yet it states it here in their responses.

Level 15
Jun 6, 2019 12:49:57 AM
Level 2
Jul 30, 2019 3:28:22 PM

From Uber:

 

Important dates

  • February 28, 2019: Deadline for free federal and state filing with TurboTax Self-Employed, 50% off TurboTax Live Self-Employed
  • April 15, 2019: Deadline for free federal filing with TurboTax Self-Employed or 50% off TurboTax Live Self-Employed (state not included)
  • April 15, 2019: Tax Day

Between 12/1/18 and 2/28/19 (11:59pm PT), sign up to file your 2018 federal and state returns online for free with TurboTax Self-Employed or 50% off TurboTax Live Self-Employed.

 

Between 3/1/19 and 4/15/19 (11:59pm PT), sign up to file your 2018 federal returns online for free with TurboTax Self-Employed or 50% off TurboTax Live Self-Employed (state not included after 2/28/19).