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0 pointsbluGill3y ago0 comments

Let me know if you find anyone that is better. I'm sick of TaxAct premium for the same reason.

I'm ready to go back to doing my taxes by hand and mailing them in. (I'm old enough to remember doing that - it is faster than doing it on the computer except for the one year I forgot to copy line 13 of form 1234A to line 56b of form 9876B) So many dark patters where the software is pretending to take time doing a complex calculation that takes a computer a couple nanoseconds, not to mention all the time to skip over things that don't apply to me.

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rajup3y ago

FreeTaxUsa is great for most usecases, including stock sales. It is free for federal filing, state is a bit extra ($10)

tomc19853y ago

FreeTaxUsa forced me to manually enter my stock last year, I had to provide a supplemental PDF form outlining each transaction.

Obnoxiously, this year TurboTax's integration with Binance is broken. I haven't checked in a few weeks but it won't accept Binance CSV's either. This needs to be fixed soon.

pvarangot3y ago

TuboTax web or the desktop application? Last year their Schwab integration was broken on the web version but not on the desktop version.

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1991g3y ago

I also would vote for FreeTaxUSA, they have served me well. I do however note the irony of them being named FreeTaxUSA and in the same breath, mentioning that it costs to file. Especially given the context of the thread in general.

oh_sigh3y ago

I like them for the most part, but FTU tricked me this year by forcing me to upload certain forms for a state EV tax credit, and then just completely ignoring those uploaded forms and not sending them to my state tax agency. I only noticed it because I went over the final packet of state tax forms and noticed the ones I uploaded weren't included.

ThatPlayer3y ago

I used them for the first time and it was fine. But it doesn't look like they support the state form I plan to use for this year. Already contacted them asking for it next year, but didn't receive a concrete answer.

davchana3y ago

Plus until now they always have 10% off with code FTUSA10

colinmhayes3y ago

I'll second free tax usa. Quick process, $10.

foxyv3y ago

To be honest, I think I may just do it all myself like I did back in the early days. I'm a single, high income, earner with few complicated investments and no state income taxes. I may as well just fill out a 1040 myself at this point.

TurboTax tried to double count my Benevity sales anyways and I had to catch it when it messed up the 1040. Why am I paying for software? If I get to the point I can't handle it myself anymore I'll just start paying an accountant.

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