• Free tax prep?

    (USA centric post)

    The other day on the news I heard a story about free tax prep for those who earn under $69,000.

    Sounds great right?

    Well…but… when you look at the IRS web site and the offerings that they have from the various vendors, ALL of them have gotchas.

    Some age discriminate.  (yea, don’t you LOVE that!!)

    Most don’t offer free state tax filing…. or most don’t offer a free tax prep IF you live in a state that has no state tax.  Thus you’ll get a charge for filing your state return.

    Bottom line, like many things my Mom taught me, you get what you pay for and it’s not always free.