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posted Feb 11, 2020 10:05:57 AM

Why Intuit advertise turbo tax as free? It is not free, but actually a scam to trick you out of your money. How does Intuit get away with this con?

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Feb 11, 2020 10:20:57 AM

The information that you can enter in the 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 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.

 

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