TaxSlayer Reviews

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As a tax volunteer who has used TaxSlayer for years, they noticed a recent software change that limits box 14 to one entry per code. Their team now combines unlisted codes as a workaround.

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While helping someone with a simple W-2 return, they found TaxSlayer wanted a payment just to preview the actual federal and state forms before filing, and they went looking for a free alternative.

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They have filed their own simple W-2 and roommate-rent return through TaxSlayer every year, but with a new duplex rental they worry the software may miss depreciation and are weighing a professional.

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They have prepared their own and their photography business returns in TaxSlayer for years, but found its qualified business income screens only let them enter loss carryforwards and worry they missed deductions.

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Only a premium option appeared at checkout, the payment never went through, and a form was filled in wrongly even after answering no, leading to an IRS letter claiming double tax.

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They filed through TaxSlayer and say the IRS told them their refund went to TaxSlayer to cover fees, with TaxSlayer supposed to pay them out, but they had not received anything yet.

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Requires identity verification every single year across three straight tax seasons, which never happened on TurboTax.

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They filed through TaxSlayer, which had the return accepted the next day, but the refund still had not moved over a month later. They say they have used TaxSlayer for years without this happening before.

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They use TaxSlayer and find it noticeably less user friendly than TurboTax, but say the cost savings make it well worth it. They note it is easy to miss a required form if unsure what you are doing.

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Doing their own taxes for the first time in TaxSlayer after previously using H&R, they hit a warning on the Social Security withholding box that confused them; commenters said it is a common false alarm with tips.

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Form 8962 information entered in the software interface does not carry cleanly into the filed form, causing multiple e-file rejections; they are filing a complaint and suggest reviewing the printed form before e-filing.

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They used TaxSlayer, the only free option they qualified for, for a part-year return in two states after a move, and it showed a large Maryland bill that looked wrong. They could not tell what to change in the software.

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Their part-year state return was rejected by TaxSlayer with a confusing error code about residency dates, and the example in the error text, written for another tax year, left them unsure what date to enter.

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They could not advance past the W-2 upload in TaxSlayer because of a box 14 items error, no matter how many lines they entered, and support was closed on the weekend when they needed help.

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They completed a prior-year 2024 return in TaxSlayer but the software would not let them e-file it, leaving them asking whether to print and mail it instead.

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A decade-long TaxSlayer user who got stuck on the health insurance questions for an Essential Plan with no 1095-A, found support paywalled, disliked the price, and was ready to switch to FreeTaxUSA.

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They used TaxSlayer through the free file route the prior year, but when they tried again for 2025 they hit a valid-URL error and could not start their return.

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They used both TurboTax and TaxSlayer and found both fairly user friendly and step by step. They found TaxSlayer easier because it lists form numbers with descriptions, and say they have had no IRS letters about errors.

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They prepared their federal return on TaxSlayer, later added a missed education credit and the software recalculated the result, then filed an amended return through TaxSlayer, which cost a bit but seemed acceptable.

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They filed a simple W-2 return with TaxSlayer and saw the state return figure come out nearly double what they expected, even after repeatedly rechecking every number. They asked if it was a known problem.