use the free version on turbotax

kichkanni · Mar 11, 2012 2:31 PM

I was with TurboTax for 5 years. They started with free version of TurboTax and still at the end of the filing, I had to pay $9.95 They maintained this for couple of more years. Then later years, they raised the fee to $19.95, but they still bragged it as a FREE filing. And this year, the fee was eye-popping almost $50 dollars. WTH.. I checked back and it was still FREE filing. I went through their online docs and stuff and I came to know they're charging me whole these years for State filing. So, it's like even if they're giving you FREE Federal filing, they'll charge you for State filing. And they got more greedier year after year. First off, I almost made my mind to pay $50 after going through all that hassles and time but wait a minute ,second thought stopped me and I did research online and I found TaxAct. For now, they charged me $14.95 for everything. I would recommend you to go for TaxAct. There is no such thing as free in the world. It's just marketing. Eventually, you'll end up paying more or less, no matter what.

bittertruth · Mar 11, 2012 3:56 PM

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MaGorkhe1 · Mar 11, 2012 6:14 PM

I agree turbo tax is really getting expensive. Free my a$$. The real reason ppl stayed for couple years with turbotax is that their data is in their system. But when i switched, i found it really doesnot take that much re entering ya data and it is very much similiar and gave me same return. So save some bucks folks n switch to tax act.

Ojaswi rana · Mar 11, 2012 10:47 PM

Turbotax Freedom edition! Not the free. There is difference

guchcha chor · Mar 12, 2012 5:10 PM

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MAgorkhe1 · Mar 13, 2012 1:30 PM

I don't know about you guys, but I have used Turbo Tax for free for years, or maybe it was because I was in School, as you'll have to have a lower income bracket to qualify for it. But I have found it to be the most friendly in terms of usage. State taxes are not free, but I never used turbo tax for it, instead used the free state filing online site. Always worked for me.

snurp · Mar 13, 2012 3:40 PM