Free Turbo Tax Software!
January 26, 2010
Free TurboTax Premier Giveaway
Thanks to the team at Intuit, I’m giving away free access to TurboTax Premier to three of you! Using TurboTax to file your income tax return has been the topic here for a few days so I figured it would make sense to give you a chance to try for some free tax software.
TurboTax Versions
As you may remember from my conversations with Bob about TurboTax vs manually filing a tax return, about 15% of people that use TurboTax use the Free 1040 EZ edition. If you qualify for free filing, you’re welcome to try and win the Premier edition but it’s definitely more than you need. I also learned that around 60% of their customers use TurboTax Deluxe; which doesn’t have some of the investment and rental property features in TurboTax Premier. Here are the differences between Deluxe and Premier as listed on the TurboTax website:
Investment Guidance
- Provides extra guidance for investments sales such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and employee stock options plans
- Finds deductions for your IRA contributions
- 401(k) Maximizer shows you how to increase your contributions without decreasing your take-home pay
- Cost Basis Lookup tracks and accurately calculates your purchase price for stock sales in three easy steps
Rental Property Deductions
- Finds over 20 deductions for landlords, from travel to advertising to repairs to insurance
- Shows which depreciation method will get you the biggest deduction
- Guides you through deducting points, appraisal fees, and recording costs to maximize refinancing deductions
Of course, if you only need the Deluxe version, the Premier edition will work for you so feel free to enter to win.
Win TurboTax Premier
So how can you get your hands on TurboTax Premier? Well you don’t actually have to worry about messing around with the mail because the versions up for grabs can be accessed via TurboTax online. The winners will receive a Turbo Tax coupon code that gives them one free federal, free state, and free e-file with the Premier edition.
How to Enter
Here are the rules. The contest is open to anyone in the United States, I will randomly select three winners on February 8th. In order to claim your prize I’ll need your email address so I can send you the coupon code . There are three ways to participate in the contest (listed below) and you can perform each action once. The first two below will earn you 1 entry and the 3rd will earn you 5 entries into the contest. Good luck!
1) Follow me on Twitter (Worth 1 entry)
Stay tuned to the latest tax posts from around the blogosphere. Follow me here on Twitter and tweet the following:
Free Turbo Tax Premier, follow @moneysmart to win your copy http://bit.ly/77SL14 #moneysmart
2) Leave a Comment (Worth 1 entry)
List your biggest frustration about preparing your taxes in the comments below.
3) Get Free Money Tips (Worth 5 Entries)
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My biggest frustration is waiting for the documents to file! I’m impatient.
My biggest frustration about preparing taxes is the fear that I’ve missed something in MY favor. I’m good about catching anything that might hurt me but I’m always afraid I missed a deduction, etc. That’s something TurboTax helps with, for sure.
I’m really frustrated with this year’s tax issue because I got married and this is the first year I’m off my parents’ dependancy. I know how they have filed taxes in the past, but I never had to deal with some of the oil/gas leases and farm situation in my name before. Additionally, my husband has an easy W-2 situation but I had multiple jobs and freelancing positions this year in addition to being a student and things have just gone CRAZY tax-wise especially with saving for retirement and getting married halfway through the year and our deductions changing then! This software would be a big help.
I really don’t have a major frustration with preparing taxes – I most annoying aspect is just making sure all of the forms are available. I have used Turbo Tax for years now and it makes tax prep very easy.
The only real frustration I have is the time I’m ready to do my taxes doesn’t coincide with the delivery schedule of financial documents. Last week was perfect “stay inside – do nothing – work on the computer” weather and I was mentally prepared to do my taxes but not documentally prepared.
I’m with Laura…..I’m ready to file now….but Ihave to wait for the docs to arrive.
p.s. please select me for the free tax software.
That the government mandates you have to pay to be in compliance. Especially since state here you can’t free file!
Since I have owed taxes for the past few years and this year probably the same, I hope April 15th will never come
I am following you on Twitter, and tweeted the giveaway. This would be a godsend. Every year there is always a new twist to our taxes. They are never simple.
Once we even paid someone to do them. And they had us paying almost $1500 when we should have been getting back nearly $1000. I insisted that I just leave and not pay. The manager came running into the office on a saturday, and said yes, lets just forget about this. Never again… Groan….
I subscribed to your email also.
Most annoying is waiting to get forms from work, banks, other investments to complete my taxes. I also hate trying to see if I can read into IRS instructions, what I want them to say.
My biggest frustration is just finding all the right forms for the various things I need to file!
My biggest frustration? That taxes aren’t all year round! Of course, as a tax preparer, I love taxes. Kinda sick, I know!
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The hardest part is waiting for my W-2 to arrive and to know exactly what information to put in my schooling.
My biggest issue would be finding out which tax breaks I’m qualified for there are so many it can get confusing….
p.s. I follow moneysmartlife on twitter and RSS
and retweeted.
Waiting for all the different forms to arrive!
Thanks for the giveaway!
I have to agree with everyone else. I wish my tax forms would get to me faster. In the age of “the internets” you would think it would be easier/faster to get my forms to me so I can do my taxes and be done with it!
The most frustrating thing for me when filing taxes is finding all of my tax documentation that I should have proactively set aside in a file throughout the year!
finding all the documentation is annoying. Preparing the returns after that is not too bad.
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I stress about missing deductions, since I don’t know all the possible deductions possible.
Thanks for the contest!
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My biggest frustration about taxes is that there’s so much completely unnecessary complexity involved.
Why can’t it be simple?..
I just moved states, again, so filing for two states is frustrating and I need to make sure I get it right.
Forgot to mention that I’m subscribed via email (for an additional 5 pts). Thanks!
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