Win $100! What do you wish you'd known the 1st time you filed taxes?

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February 8, 2022
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Thank you so much to everyone that participated! It was so great to hear about all of your experiences. A winner was randomly selected and has been contacted to claim their prize.

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Hello community members!

For first-time visitors, welcome to the TurboTax + Mint Community. For returning members, welcome back! We’re so glad to "see" you again!

As we gain life experience, our perspective on finances and taxes changes. We spend a lot of our young adult life trying to get this thing called taxes right. Sometimes life throws us curveballs, and finances can get a little hectic. Eventually, we realize it’s not the end of the world. As we learn more about managing finances, it gets easier to handle the challenges.

Now that you’re a tax filing "pro," what is something that you wish you would have known the first time you filed your taxes? For this month's sweepstakes, we are going to focus on tips that you wish you knew before starting your tax journey.

Sharing your opinions with our community could earn you a gift card to help you achieve your financial goals. To enter simply reply to this thread with your most helpful tax filing tips. On March 16th, 2022, a winner will be selected from this thread at random.

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We will be hosting the What You Wish You Knew About Taxes 2022 Sweepstakes to give you, and others, the opportunity to share your tips. One lucky winner will be chosen at random to receive a $100 gift card.

WHAT: Sweepstakes for a $100 gift card
WHEN: Entries will be accepted from March 1st, 2022 through March 16th, 2022 at 12:00pm Pacific Time
HOW: Enter by adding a comment to this post telling us what you wish you knew about taxes when you first filed. If you are the winner, we will send you a private message. The winner will be selected at random on March 16th, 2022.

Refer to the attached document for the complete rules.

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Cq5

I wish I had know how to be organized all year long with receipts and files so that taxes was easier at the end of the year.
and also wish I knew all the ways to save on taxes!!

Kwalker1085

I wish I known all the extra tax deductables I could file with my taxes, like child care and health care. I also wish I would have known how cheap it is to go with TurboTax. Going to a other company Cost me hundreds of dollars and TurboTax is so reasonable priced plus you can pay a little extra to get the audit protection. Man oh man do I wish I would have known that the first time i did my taxes.. I use it everytime now..

JScare

Ah the first time taxes is extremely unnerving but TURBOTAx does it right. They basic format it so you just enter your details and its VOILa like really, that's it, just keep all your paperwork together for next year etc.

1234Ja

I wish I had known I could file electronically for free.

chloejro

I wish that I had known how simple this process really was. I’m 22 years old, taxes always intimidated me but turbo tax really does make everything so much easier to understand!

pressbutton

that turbotax is the easiest way to file.

Cynthia10

I wish I would have hired someone (at a good price and necessary qualifications) or used one of TurboTaxes Experts!

OUO

I wish I know earlier that there is a free version of Turbotax!

Santovalenzuela

Es bueno pruebenlos 👀

Southerngrl4u

I wish I would have known how to properly fill out my w-4 and how to correctly itemize my deductions correctly so that I could have benefited the most when it came to filing my taxes, but now with Turbo tax I have peace of mind and I am a lot more confident!