TurboTax Free Edition Online Review

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Jul 16, 2020

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What is TurboTax Free Edition Online Used For?

TurboTax Free Edition is a tax software that can help users with their tax return needs. It can prepare and print your 1040EZ/ simple tax return for you and also supports efiling them if possible. Users can also import their W-2 income data and last year’s tax return from TurboTax automatically.

Intuit, the company behind TurboTax Free Edition, was founded back in 1983. The company is also known for their product Quicken and QuickBooks and is popular as one of the most admired software company in America. They provide services for customers from Asia, Australia, Europe and North America and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Average Rating -

The rating of TurboTax Free Edition Online is 3.9 stars out of 5. The rating is based on ITQlick expert review.

Typical Customers

TurboTax Free Edition is perfect for individual users who are looking for help with their simple/1040EZ tax return. People who are looking for a way to simplify their tax return needs and efile them can try this software. You can find thousands of customer reviews in their official website.

Features

TurboTax Free Edition comes with automatic W-2 income data importing, tailor made solutions for unique situation, live expert answers, thousands of error checking, automatic info transfer and guaranteed maximum refund features. The software will offer you personalized tax return solutions after asking you some questions and will search for tax break that applies to you. It’s also easy to import your 1099s and W-2s using this software.

If you are not sure where to start from, there are credentialed TurboTax experts online ready to help you with live expert answers. You can talk to them one on one by phone. All your files are double-checked for errors to make sure you don’t miss anything when filing. Your last year’s tax info are transferred automatically to help you increase accuracy and save time. Other notable features are: 100% guaranteed accurate calculations, audit support guarantee and maximum refund guarantee.

TurboTax Free Edition Online 5 Pros

• TurboTax Free Edition offers tailor made, personalized solutions for your unique situations
• TurboTax Free Edition supports importing 1099s and W-2s securely and directly for users
• The customer support of TurboTax Free Edition offers live expert answers for users
• The tax software offers thousands of error checks feature to make sure your file is error-free
• The tax solution can transfer your tax info of last year automatically unlike other similar tools

TurboTax Free Edition Online 2 Cons

• TurboTax Free Edition doesn’t offer online access to all your returns on file
• TurboTax Free Edition doesn’t cover freelance, independent contractor and 1099-MISC income properly

Competitors & Alternatives

H&R Block and TaxACT are the competitors of TurboTax Free Edition. H&R Block comes with free audit support, double-error checking, guided interview, accuracy, guaranteed maximum refund and tax information importing support from TaxACT and TurboTax features. However, it’s e-filling feature is expensive comparing to other similar tools.

TaxACT is another popular tax solution with W-2 importing, stock assistant, telephone support, audit assistant, user-friendly interface and refund/owe meter features. However, the software doesn’t offer any mobile version yet.

TurboTax Free Edition Online Pricing Information

The cost of license starting from $29 per user/month. The experts at ITQlick has reviewed TurboTax Free Edition Online pricing and gave the software a total cost of ownership (TCO) rating of 5.6 out of 10. Custom price cost for your business is available upon request.

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Specifications

Company:	Intuit
Address:	Intuit, Marine Way, Mountain View, CA
Website:	https://turbotax.intuit.com/
Customers:	Start up, Small business, Medium business, Large business
Business Area:	Cross Business Areas
Platforms:	Desktop
Operating Systems:	Mac OS, Windows, Linux

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TurboTax Free Edition Online Features