TurboTax Uses Dark Patterns to Trick You into Paying to File Your Taxes
They're not perfect, but I've had success filing with FreeTaxUSA - federal is free, state is $15:<p><a href="https://www.freetaxusa.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.freetaxusa.com/</a><p>Obviously too late for people this year, and my tax situation is relatively straightforward so I can't speak to how well it handles edge cases, but the first year I used it I went through the process with both TurboTax and FreeTaxUSA and got the exact same estimated refund.<p>The last straw with TurboTax was when I needed to get some details from a previous year's tax return and found out that they would not let me access a return <i>I'd paid to file with them</i> unless I upgraded my plan. Absolute scum. I took the opportunity to also close my Mint account (same parent company as TurboTax) which I barely use and has been sending all kinds of transaction data for them to profit from.