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[โ€“] hungryish 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

TurboTax. I used freetaxusa this year and I'm never going back.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've used freetaxusa for almost 20 years now. I'm always surprised more people don't know about it (granted, from the name, it does sound like a total scam).

Wish we didn't have to file taxes at all though...we have the technology.

[โ€“] cybersandwich 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I never gave it a second thought because of the name. It sounds like a cheap scam site.

I finally got convinced to use it this past year. I'll never go back.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Have a care with some of those.

One year I tried a couple of those free services, and they told me I owed over $5k. Not even exactly the same number. But turbo tax told me I only needed to pay $2k. Guess which one I used?

Not saying it's always that way, but made me a lot more cautious about the smaller tax filing sites. It's worth doing your taxes twice or more before submitting them to see the difference.

[โ€“] FitzTheBastard 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

+1 for freetaxusa, used them for the last 3ish years with no issues. fuck turbo tax.

[โ€“] DestroyerOfWorlds 3 points 1 year ago

AARP has tax people for free in person both state and federal. They can electronically file for you too. Really great service.