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mntnmn117

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Do my own Taxes 2021
« on: January 18, 2021, 09:54:48 AM »
I'm going to do my own taxes this year.  Tired of paying the Turbo Tax fee. 

Always seemed like a minor fee for convenience but screw them and all their lobbying against easy to file taxes (USA).

RWD

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Re: Do my own Taxes 2021
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2021, 10:48:18 AM »
FreeTaxUSA is free for federal tax returns. For my taxes I haven't seen any difference compared with Turbo Tax or TaxAct.

windytrail

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Re: Do my own Taxes 2021
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2021, 11:04:00 AM »
I have done my own taxes every year, as my mother has also done. Of course, when you do not need to itemize, taking the standard deduction is very easy. Usually takes about 2 hours to look through everything. You can learn a lot about tax policy and the types of activities that we subsidize (i.e. home ownership) vs. those that we punish (i.e. foreign income).

kpd905

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Re: Do my own Taxes 2021
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2021, 06:28:36 PM »
+1 to FreeTaxUSA.  It ends up being about $11 if you have state filing.

Dee18

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Re: Do my own Taxes 2021
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2021, 06:54:36 PM »
CreditKarma provides free tax filing, for both state and federal. 

katsiki

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Re: Do my own Taxes 2021
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2021, 06:58:40 PM »
+1 to FreeTaxUSA.  It ends up being about $11 if you have state filing.

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You can do this, OP!!

Joel

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Re: Do my own Taxes 2021
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2021, 10:49:47 PM »
CreditKarma provides free tax filing, for both state and federal. 

I prefer credit karma over freetaxusa since the state filing is free.