FreeTaxUSA Reviews

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First-year FreeTaxUSA user who says the program works well but that its state refund estimate was far higher than what the state actually paid, so the summary numbers were unreliable for them.

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Filed on FreeTaxUSA and used its beta import, which brought in interest, pension and IRA data well but got capital gains wrong; the Roth contribution from alimony was also not accepted.

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After years with TaxAct, loved FreeTaxUSA's UX and ease of use but hit a roadblock with Form 3921 for ISO exercises.

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They use FreeTaxUSA for free federal filing and their state site for state, calling it clunky next to paid options but filing for free in about half an hour with a fairly simple situation.

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FreeTaxUSA showed a wrong Form 8615 result that fixed itself after clicking in and out of the section.

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Found FreeTaxUSA's 1099 import split a sale into two boxes with blanks, and fixed it by combining the entries manually.

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They find FreeTaxUSA a joy for their partner's simple W-2 and 1099 return, but it repeatedly failed to guide them through their own multi-state return with K-1 forms, so they use TurboTax for that.

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Filed this year and noticed the state fee steadily creeping up and audit-defense upsells on almost every page, more than they remember, so plans to try OLT next year.

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Needed an hour the first year for RSU income and a backdoor Roth, but liked FreeTaxUSA's simple website with clear steps better than TurboTax.

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Fifteen years of federal filing with zero issues, fast and easy with prefilled prior-year info, but its Colorado state software flagged credits they were not eligible for.

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Handled a rental with a mid-year switch from personal use, though guidance on property tax allocation was buried and they had to check the forms.

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Wants FreeTaxUSA to import more forms; it kept saying a form was needed but they could not generate it.

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Only had difficulty with crypto one year; otherwise super easy, simple and fast, and amending was very easy.

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Paid for FreeTaxUSA's premium support and called about a state deduction question; after much back and forth and some wrong answers, they arrived at a workable answer.

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Many years with no problems on FreeTaxUSA, but this year it could not handle their return because of a PTP K-1, forcing them to use TurboTax.

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Likes FreeTaxUSA's interface but found an issue with one form that could not be overridden, unlike in TurboTax.

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Moved from TurboTax to FreeTaxUSA but finds multi-state credits less helpful, with vague instructions that frustrated them the first year.

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Filing with a 1099 on FreeTaxUSA and finds it much like TurboTax, though the sections are a little vaguer and they have to look up what each Schedule C section means.

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Filed with FreeTaxUSA one year on a low income and was surprised it still cost money, apparently for the state return, despite the name.

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Usually uses FreeTaxUSA but had to use TurboTax this year because FreeTaxUSA could not handle a complex situation.