More Cheap Tax Return Software
Here are more free and cheap tax filing options, in addition to my previous list of free tax-filing options (check those out first!). Note the following are online and Mac-friendly. Links courtesy of Fatwallet.
H&R Block TaxCut Premium Online #1 - Free Federal Return if you print it out, $19.95 to e-file. State Return is $24.95. Thus, best for people with AGI’s > $50k with no state income tax.
H&R Block TaxCut Premium Online #2 - Federal + State Return for $19.95. Free Federal e-file. Best for people with AGI’s > $50k with state income tax. The Premium version offers extra features like extra help for small-businesses and a free tax consultation. I’m most likely going to use this one, to get some help with my Schedule C.
February 10th, 2006 at 9:48 am
If you have State Farm Insurance, you can file Federal + State for FREE using Turbo Tax Online! Just login to your statefarm.com account and there is a link on the left menu.
February 10th, 2006 at 12:27 pm
I wrote a price comparison of filing options a while ago (all mac compatible and for those with AGI > 50k) that I intend to update (for example eSmartTax’s pages time out ALL the time…so, don’t use them! LOL) — but they take Fed + State into account for the total price (at least, from my perspective as a MA resident) it could be a starting place for those looking to keep these costs low.
February 25th, 2006 at 5:59 pm
I was disappointed this year when taxcut online didn’t support the form for HSA contributions. Last year I didn’t find out until after I’d already submitted all my information that taxcut didn’t allow e-filing due to my IRA recharacterization. Now I’m a fan of TAXACT.COM. Their online program got the job done without problems, and it’s very reasonably priced. The standard federal version is free for everyone to print and e-file - no income restrictions. I like the extra advice in the deluxe version and I want to e-file state as well as federal so I upgraded, but the grand total for both was still just 15.95