I’m not here to promote one service over another, but I do want to help other first time filers out there. As I said above, this year was my first year filing my own taxes, after getting charged almost $300 for H&R Block to do it for me in one of their offices last year. Because of this, I decided to enter my taxes on three different “free” tax service websites- H&R Block, TurboTax and Freetaxusa.
I did this not only to ensure I was getting my maximum refund, but to also see which was the superior service, as I had seen all 3 recommended frequently throughout the sub. As someone who is completely new to filing their own taxes, Freetaxusa was by far the most enjoyable all around experience (as enjoyable as doing your taxes can be, at least.) I would recommend to anyone here that plans to file their taxes themselves to use their service.
It was far and away the cheapest option, as it actually honored the free filing option for federal and only cost $12.95 for state filing (10% discount if you enter FREETAXUSA10 in the promo code section at the the end). H&R and TurboTax both shot up to between $80-$100 total cost to file my federal and state returns once I entered in my 1098e, 1099-MISC, 1099-INT etc. They also hounded me to upgrade to an even more expensive service through LITERALLY the entire process.
Freetaxusa walked me through the process very efficiently and painlessly. They went through every possible type of income, credit and deduction I could have. And most importantly (for me at least), they were true to their word of being a free service. They didn’t steadily increase the price as I entered more information and they didn’t try to get me to buy additional products and services I didn’t need. Hope this helps anyone else out there new to the process, without a doubt will be using them again next year!
Submitted January 22, 2019 at 01:39PM by Brundonius http://bit.ly/2MozRJ2
