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You can file federal income tax returns for free if you make less than $79,000: https://www.irs.gov/filing/free-file-do-your-federal-taxes-for-free
I’m partial to freetaxusa, one of the IRS partners. They made it relatively easy to do my Uber taxes without paying anything.
Same. Easier to use and it has lost none of my history unlike TurboTax (which I refuse to use because of their lobbying BS).
Buddy of mine turned me on to them probably 4-5 years ago and I never looked back. Been an overall much better and more affordable experience.
I don't miss playing games trying to get discounts to do my taxes.
I use 1040.com which lets me file federal and state for free and have had 0 problems with it. Highly recommend
You can also download the forms directly from the federal and state revenue services and paper file for the price of printing and postage. For people with just W2 income, a 1040 EZ and the equivalent state form is very easy to fill out. All IRS forms have accompanying instruction documents.
The whole mysterious tax credit thing is a FOMO tactic by the software companies. The majority of people should be taking the standard deduction and probably don't qualify for any credits.
i've always just filed by mail. standard deductions, simple eic look-up. even the se and c forms are a breeze. can use previous year's forms to eyeball what numbers go where--unless they change the damn forms like they did a couple years back. one of the few benefits to not having anything and not making much.
8th option down on the front page for IRS.gov
You could have checked before commenting like I did
I'm not simping for Intuit, you only just mentioned them in this comment chain. The OP was talking about the IRS and so am I