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Top 10 Best Online Tax Software
Welcome to the Online Tax Software Piki, the best place to decide between online tax software. Doing your taxes will never be great fun, but using online tax software does make fulfilling your legal duty much more convenient. Considerations that might be made in choosing one of these softwares are cost, specific circumstances, help options, and convenience. This Piki makes use of more than 2,400 facts about 34 online tax software. Sort and filter these online tax software according to your preferences using the options on the left. Whether you're looking for online tax software for students, online tax software for businesses or something else entirely, we have you covered.
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TurboTax Free Edition
TurboTax Free Edition costs $27.95 for a combined return, $0 to complete a federal return and $27.95 to complete a state return. It receives excellent marks for customer service from Pikimal users, and it has phone help and live chat help.
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Federal Return Price: $0
Given that users looking for the best overall online tax software prefer lower values for federal return price, TurboTax Free Edition achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Low Prices: Combined Return Price - $27.95, Federal Return Price - $0, State Return Price - $27.95
TurboTax Free Edition achieves 54% performance for low prices.
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Customer Support: Customer Service - 4 stars, Phone Help, Live Chat Help, Email Help
TurboTax Free Edition achieves 100% performance for customer support.
OnLine Taxes
OnLine Taxes costs $15.90 for a combined return, $7.95 to complete a federal return and $7.95 to complete a state return. It has phone help, live chat help and email help.
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Federal Return Price: $7.95
Given that users looking for the best overall online tax software prefer lower values for federal return price, OnLine Taxes achieves 89% performance in this category.
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Low Prices: Combined Return Price - $15.90, Federal Return Price - $7.95, State Return Price - $7.95
OnLine Taxes achieves 94% performance for low prices.
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Customer Support: Phone Help, Live Chat Help, Email Help
OnLine Taxes achieves 50% performance for customer support.
TaxACT Free Edition
TaxACT Free Edition costs $14.95 for a combined return, $0 to complete a federal return and $14.95 to complete a state return. It has phone help and email help and doesn't have live chat help.
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Federal Return Price: $0
Given that users looking for the best overall online tax software prefer lower values for federal return price, TaxACT Free Edition achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Low Prices: Combined Return Price - $14.95, Federal Return Price - $0, State Return Price - $14.95
TaxACT Free Edition achieves 95% performance for low prices.
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Customer Support: Phone Help, Email Help
TaxACT Free Edition achieves 28% performance for customer support.
H&R Block Free Edition
H&R Block Free Edition costs $27.95 for a combined return, $0 to complete a federal return and $27.95 to complete a state return. It has phone help, live chat help and email help.
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Federal Return Price: $0
Given that users looking for the best overall online tax software prefer lower values for federal return price, H&R Block Free Edition achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Low Prices: Combined Return Price - $27.95, Federal Return Price - $0, State Return Price - $27.95
H&R Block Free Edition achieves 82% performance for low prices.
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Customer Support: Phone Help, Live Chat Help, Email Help
H&R Block Free Edition achieves 50% performance for customer support.
FreeTaxUSA Free Edition
FreeTaxUSA Free Edition costs $9.95 for a combined return, $0 to complete a federal return and $9.95 to complete a state return. It doesn't have phone help or live chat help and has email help.
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Federal Return Price: $0
Given that users looking for the best overall online tax software prefer lower values for federal return price, FreeTaxUSA Free Edition achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Low Prices: Combined Return Price - $9.95, Federal Return Price - $0, State Return Price - $9.95
FreeTaxUSA Free Edition achieves 100% performance for low prices.
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Customer Support: Email Help
FreeTaxUSA Free Edition achieves 7% performance for customer support.
TaxACT Deluxe Edition
TaxACT Deluxe Edition costs $17.95 for a combined return, $9.95 to complete a federal return and $8 to complete a state return. It has phone help and email help and doesn't have live chat help.
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Federal Return Price: $9.95
Given that users looking for the best overall online tax software prefer lower values for federal return price, TaxACT Deluxe Edition achieves 86% performance in this category.
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Low Prices: Combined Return Price - $17.95, Federal Return Price - $9.95, State Return Price - $8
TaxACT Deluxe Edition achieves 92% performance for low prices.
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Customer Support: Phone Help, Email Help
TaxACT Deluxe Edition achieves 28% performance for customer support.
FreeTaxUSA Deluxe Edition
FreeTaxUSA Deluxe Edition costs $15.90 for a combined return, $5.95 to complete a federal return and $9.95 to complete a state return. It doesn't have phone help or live chat help and has email help.
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Federal Return Price: $5.95
Given that users looking for the best overall online tax software prefer lower values for federal return price, FreeTaxUSA Deluxe Edition achieves 92% performance in this category.
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Low Prices: Combined Return Price - $15.90, Federal Return Price - $5.95, State Return Price - $9.95
FreeTaxUSA Deluxe Edition achieves 94% performance for low prices.
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Customer Support: Email Help
FreeTaxUSA Deluxe Edition achieves 7% performance for customer support.
TaxSlayer Classic Edition
TaxSlayer Classic Edition costs $14.90 for a combined return, $9.95 to complete a federal return and $4.95 to complete a state return. It doesn't have phone help or live chat help and has email help.
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Federal Return Price: $9.95
Given that users looking for the best overall online tax software prefer lower values for federal return price, TaxSlayer Classic Edition achieves 86% performance in this category.
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Low Prices: Combined Return Price - $14.90, Federal Return Price - $9.95, State Return Price - $4.95
TaxSlayer Classic Edition achieves 95% performance for low prices.
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Customer Support: Email Help
TaxSlayer Classic Edition achieves 7% performance for customer support.
TaxSlayer Premium Edition
TaxSlayer Premium Edition costs $24.90 for a combined return, $19.95 to complete a federal return and $4.95 to complete a state return. It has phone help and email help and doesn't have live chat help.
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Federal Return Price: $19.95
Given that users looking for the best overall online tax software prefer lower values for federal return price, TaxSlayer Premium Edition achieves 73% performance in this category.
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Low Prices: Combined Return Price - $24.90, Federal Return Price - $19.95, State Return Price - $4.95
TaxSlayer Premium Edition achieves 85% performance for low prices.
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Customer Support: Phone Help, Email Help
TaxSlayer Premium Edition achieves 28% performance for customer support.
CompleteTax Basic
CompleteTax Basic costs $29.95 for a combined return, $0 to complete a federal return and $29.95 to complete a state return. It has phone help and live chat help, and it has a maximum return guarantee.
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Federal Return Price: $0
Given that users looking for the best overall online tax software prefer lower values for federal return price, CompleteTax Basic achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Low Prices: Combined Return Price - $29.95, Federal Return Price - $0, State Return Price - $29.95
CompleteTax Basic achieves 80% performance for low prices.
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Customer Support: Phone Help, Live Chat Help
CompleteTax Basic achieves 42% performance for customer support.