When Intuit originally came out with its Web based version of TurboTax, they’d save your information and let you access it again the following year and file at no change, assuming you’re using the “free” option they offer. While they still offer it this year, unlike last year, they won’t pre-fill your personal information, even though they already have it, unless you cough up $15. (Last year, if you had your AGI you could pre-fill for free still — Or they’d charge you $20 to tell you what it was.)
Naturally, if you didn’t keep your prior year AGI, you can still get a PIN for filling by calling the IRS at 1-800-829-1040 via an electronic phone system, completely free. Further, I opted to type in my name, birthday, ssn, and address manually. Hardly worth $15 to me. What a ripoff.
As always, Intuit continues to suck.
Oh, here’s the hilarious part — They transfer the number from last year for you anyway at the end, even if you don’t pay them a dime! They also transfer over your PIN from the prior year.
The scaremongering when selecting between the ‘free’ option and the others is more annoying with TurboTax every year.
Holy shit. Just got ripped off. They’re charging me for Florida filling. There is no filling in Florida except under specific circumstances as a non-business owner I don’t fucking meet!
Solved. I had to delete my unnecessary state filling from the State section. Lovely.