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Why do i have to pay on a simple return? i don't own a business. nothing, pretty simple pretty crappy to waste 120 of my refund to file, i used to be free.

i am thinking next year i am going to look around, i have been a customer for ten years
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Why do i have to pay on a simple return? i don't own a business. nothing, pretty simple pretty crappy to waste 120 of my refund to file, i used to be free.

A simple tax return is Form 1040 only OR Form 1040 + Unemployment Income. Situations covered in TurboTax Free Edition include:

  • W-2 income

  • Limited interest and dividend income reported on a 1099-INT or 1099-DIV

  • Claiming the standard deduction

  • Earned Income Tax Credit (EIC)

  • Child tax credits

  • Unemployment income reported on a 1099-G

Situations not covered in TurboTax Free
Edition include:

  • Itemized deductions

  • Business or 1099-NEC income

  • Stock sales

  • Rental property income

  • Credits, deductions and income reported on schedules 1-3, such as the Student Loan
    Interest Deduction

 

Why do i have to pay on a simple return? i don't own a business. nothing, pretty simple pretty crappy to waste 120 of my refund to file, i used to be free.

I had none of the lower things and all the upper

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