I think if you have to file state taxes there is sometimes a small fee, but it’s incredibly minimal. For federal taxes it is 100% completely and totally free and I use it each year.
cozycosmic@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Use freetaxusa. It’s actually free. I haven’t used it as an independent contractor, but it has worked well for my complicated finances.
dingus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
JDubbleu@programming.dev 11 months ago
Something people don’t tell you is you can file federal and state taxes at completely different places (they’re 100% separate anyway so it really doesn’t matter). I did this one year using freetaxusa for federal, and some other tax software that did state for free but charged for federal.
This next year though I’m hiring a CPA because my shit has become complicated.
KombatWombat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Second this. It is free for federal, and iirc $15 for state. Also, you can upload submissions from Turbotax if you used them before so many fields will be pre-filled out. I actually preferred the freetaxusa experience to turbotax having used both.
joekar1990@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I just switched last year and it worked great. I had like 4 other family members file as well through them without issue.