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April 16, 2020
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I am doing my taxes on turbotax not IRS why are you putting charges out there Sylvia Dwyer

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Employee
April 16, 2020

You are posting from online Premier--which is not free.

 

WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY?  I WANT THE FREE EDITION

 

The information that you can enter in Free Edition is pretty limited now.  Thanks to the new tax laws that began for 2018 returns, there are no more simple Form 1040EZ or 1040A's.  Everything goes on a Form 1040 that has three extra "schedules" with it, and if you need any of those schedules, you are not able to use the Free Edition.  Using the standard deduction instead of itemizing does NOT mean you will not need any of those schedules.

https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1040 

If you qualify to use it, there is another full-featured free version of the software:

Try Free File: 

You qualify if your income was $36,000 or less, or $69,000 or less if active duty military, or if you qualify for Earned Income Credit

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900583-what-is-turbotax-free-file-program

If you switch to Free File you must create a new account and new user ID.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/4511011-what-happened-to-the-1040a-and-1040ez

 

Note:  If you do not qualify to use Free File then you will have to upgrade to Deluxe or higher in the paid versions of the software.   

Online Deluxe $60  State software $50

 

 

Or—-Use this IRS site for other ways to file for free

 

https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile/

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Employee
April 16, 2020

Not sure what you are asking. You are using the Premier version of TurboTax which is not free. You must pay to use that version. The Free Edition is the only free version of TurboTax and it's for very simple tax return. See this: https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1913043-is-turbotax-free-edition-right-for-me

 

Does this answer your question or are you asking something else?