Free online tax filing websites?

Question

I'm sure there are lots of free online filing sites to file for '06 tax, however, which one would be the best if I wanted to file tax with stock investment gains? I've been filing with Turbotax for few years, however, they want me to upgrade to the premiere version if I need to enter my stock gains/losses. So far, I'm down to OLT.com. Any suggestions?

I will be filing as an individual by the way. And my stock gains are not that much so I don't want to pay the extra $40 turbotax asks for.

Answer 1

I would start here: http://www.irs.gov/efile/article/0,,id=118986,00.html

Answer 2

We used H & R Block and you can go straight to their site without going through the IRS freefile homepage, and if you made $52,000 last year or less, you qualify to have your tax return filed for free. You can at least try and fill out your return with them, and then see what it says at the end whether you will owe anything or not for efiling, and then it's your choice as to whether you wish to continue and submit the info to the IRS through them. If not, just move on to another tax preparer service! We have used H & R Block for the past few years and have had no problems and the direct deposit goes straight to your bank account if you are receiving a refund---not through a tax preparer service who then takes out service fees first.

Here's the freefile page that lists all the tax preparer companies:

http://www.irs.gov/app/freeFile/jsp/index.jsp?ck

OLT.com is listed there but I have never used their service or heard of anyone that has--sorry!

Answer 3

new Turbotax Free edition offer. See http://MyTaxgurus.com and http://Couponsdealspromos.com

Answer 4

I agree w/ the cat....or dog. start at irs.gov as those free file and online sites have been approved by the IRS.

Answer 5

Try TaxAct