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Alternatives to Turbo Tax?

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I've been filing with Turbo Tax for the last 4 years, and I have had no problem with it, but I do wonder if I could be getting a larger return. Does anyone have any relatively cheap online recommendations?
 
I used H&R Block online, worked well for me. Free unless you have really complicated stuff or want extra guidance.
 
Unless you have particularly complicated taxes, Turbo Tax, H&R Block, TaxAct, etc. will all put you in the same exact place - they all ask the same questions. And if you have particularly complicated taxes, I would go to an accountant. I use which ever one of the online services I can get for the cheapest (and I'm a tax lawyer).
 
Unless you have particularly complicated taxes, Turbo Tax, H&R Block, TaxAct, etc. will all put you in the same exact place - they all ask the same questions. And if you have particularly complicated taxes, I would go to an accountant. I use which ever one of the online services I can get for the cheapest (and I'm a tax lawyer).

Did you get your LLM?
 
I use taxbrain. Cheap and never had a problem. They always have a discount code as well.
 
I've heard good things about taxslayer. I've never used it though.
 
My taxes are pretty simple, so I will just stick to Turbo Tax since it's comparable to everything else. Thanks for the help everybody.
 
Did you get your LLM?

No LLM - didn't really know I was going to do tax (really estate planning, but I've been stuck in Subchapter K hell for the past couple of weeks) until after I got to work and while sometimes I think it would be useful (for example, when I am neck deep in the 737 regs), I definitely don't think it would be worth being out of practice for a year (or 9 months or whatever).
 
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