I definitely recommend FreeTaxUSA. I work 1099, and my tax burden was a not-insignificant amount (to me) this year. I went through TurboTax, CreditKarma, and FTUSA’s processes and found:
-Of the three options, TurboTax returned the highest amount owed to federal and state govt
-CreditKarma and FTUSA’s federal totals owed were ~$2k less than TT, and a few hundred $ less owed for state
-FTUSA was the least expensive option of the three, at ~$80 less owed than CreditKarma
I’m not sure why the totals were different, but it was absolutely worth it to go through the process three times. Especially to not support Intuit’s lobbying practices.
-Of the three options, TurboTax returned the highest amount owed to federal and state govt
-CreditKarma and FTUSA’s federal totals owed were ~$2k less than TT, and a few hundred $ less owed for state
-FTUSA was the least expensive option of the three, at ~$80 less owed than CreditKarma
I’m not sure why the totals were different, but it was absolutely worth it to go through the process three times. Especially to not support Intuit’s lobbying practices.