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I use taxhawk.com and would absolutely recommend it, I think the UI is fantastic (and without a fantastic UI, I'd just continue to do taxes with paper and pen). I've been using it since 2011.

I have heard good things about freetaxusa.com as well.

Both are very reasonably priced, only $15 for state - federal is free. Since I have business income TurboTax wants over $100 to do my taxes.

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Thank you, you just saved me $164.98 (turbotax self-employed) - $14.99 (taxhawk)! A lot of money given that it's for my kid's $620 income :) And honestly, the taxhawk experience was better, with less cutesy messages and fewer screens. Not to mention the annoying turbotax upsells.

Just one thing to complain - it didn't discover that I over-contributed to Roth and need to return a bit to prevent a penalty.

Yay! Glad I could help! Doing taxes in subsequent years is where it really shines, it remembers your previous year stuff so it goes much faster. It also shows you a side-by-side summary of this year vs last year which I find really helpful.

Perhaps you can let them know about the IRA thing for next year?

They're the same company; no idea why they have two brands.

So they are!

From their About Us page:

>FreeTaxUSA is an online tax preparation website owned by TaxHawk, Inc.

SEO Benefits. The latter is a keyword domain that might rank well when people search for a generic term.

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