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michelle-chai99-

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Why did I have to pay for the deluxe version for my taxes? I’m considered low income ($6000 work study) because I am a graduate student and do not have any loans.

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
April 15, 2024
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I am a current graduate student. I do work study on campus but do not have any loans or debts. TurboTax made me pay for the deluxe and the state return fee of $133. My tax return is only giving me $46. I was told because I am low income I wouldn’t have to pay anything so why did I have to pay so much???

I didn’t see any option to remove the deluxe turbo tax plan.

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It's the fact that your $6000 of income was not reported on a form W-2, making it more than a "simple" return.

For more discussion and options, see https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/this-said-it-was-free-and-now-it-s-making-me-upgrade-to-deluxe-to-file-without-any-other-option-how/00/2868607

How was you income reported to you? If it's stipend income, under $13,850, it may not need to be reported.

michelle-chai99-Author

My income was reported through 2 W2 forms both through day force and given the W2 by mail.

Employee

You probably entered something else. 1098-T?