I jumped the turbotax ship... Longtime turbotax user here. Until yesterday. I jumped the turbotax ship at the eleventh hour (everything was input, I was all set to file despite being somewhat aghast at the steadily increasing service fee). My buddy sent me a text saying he finished filing. I asked what service he used. He said freetaxusa for 14.99. I immediately hopped on board and found it to be a friendly, seamless interface, all my numbers lined up with turbotax. Very glad I found freetaxusa. By the time I bailed on turbotax, the fee had reached nearly $180.

WARNING! Hard to FIle Free State Return WARNING!! If you want to file the FREE STATE TAX you have to start out on the State website and use their link to the FreeTaxUSA website. Otherwise you have to pay for the state return. SO stupid. Once we did that is made us go through the whole process AGAIN with the fed return and then because we had already efiled that the only way to get the free State return was submit it FOR MAIL IN!! I was so angry. My grandaughter only has a part time job - it should not be this hard to file her taxes.

Used this website for two years and it worked perfectly! I used freetaxusa.com to electronically file my federal and state of Illinois income taxes for 2022 and 2023. It worked extremely well and both returns were filed at no cost to me. The online program allowed me to edit information I had forgotten to enter, which saved me from having to start over. This free version takes you directly to your state tax screen once your federal forms are completed. They sent me a text, within 15 minutes of filing my federal return, to let me know the IRS accepted my 1040 return. It was pretty easy since I had my 1099 forms in front of me for the federal return, and my property tax form available to provide the amount I paid and the property number for the state return. I only had to answer a few more questions to "sign" the forms. It took me about two hours to complete everything, given that I am old, cautious, and slow completing online forms. They even gave me the option of editing the forms after they had accepted them. I haven't tried any other free filing programs and I won't, since this program worked perfectly. I highly recommend using this website to file your federal tax return at no cost. Once that's filed, they will tell you whether they will also file your state form for free, as they did for me.

"Free" isn't really free! Look before you leap! If you need support, no matter how simple, you have three choices: free email which never gets answered, chat for $7.50 or Pro for $49.99 (presumably someone who can spell gouge! Once your return is filed you NO LONGER have access to the forms, only a PDF with a bold PREVIEW COPY DO NOT FILE splashed across each page. ANY correction requires their support - you're prohibited from making any changes once the return is submitted. Misspelled your middle name, typed a wrong digit, wrong PIN? Pay up! And, if you have to resubmit you have to pay for that as well. The biggest issue I have is that once your return is filed the return is NO LONGER AVAILABLE for review, copy or print. Why? The files are NOT SAVED ON YOUR COMPUTER! In other words, you no longer have a record of your return. They have all those forms and you can't have access - no matter that they have all your personal and financial information on them. THIS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL! Presumably, all that information is on THEIR STORAGE - no matter that it's encrypted. At least I hope it is because they would be a prime target for cyber thieves. H&R Block, TurboTax, et al save clear copies of all forms on YOUR computer and you have free access and can even make changes at will. Need to amend a return - no problem. Sure you pay for the re-filing online BUT you could also just mail the return in at NO COST except the stamps.

Free Filing This is what it says on the IRS website. Somewhere there is a disconnect between FreeTaxUSA and the rest of the online world. FreeTaxUSA you might want to talk to your Marketing Department about this and either make the correct changes so tax payers aren't mislead, honor the deal they came to your website to redeem until they do so. I could see if only one person said they were told that it would be free, maybe it was a mistake but when multiple people are saying that it was supposed to be free and then you want to hold their tax forms hostage basically until they pay isn't a business practice I'd ever want consider. Its not right. Anwyays, see below: IRS Free File Program delivered by FreeTaxUSA® AGI $45,000 or less Age Any Federal Return Free in all states State Return Free in all states EITC Included if AGI criterion is met Military Pay Included