I’m sure doing it manually is the safest, but perhaps there’s a least poison for software/services for filing US taxes. What do you recommend? (or, atleast, what do you recommend steering clear of)
I can’t vouch for freetaxusa.com enough. Please, if at all possible, don’t use the big tax software. They are almost 100% responsible for the U.S. not having an easy tax system like other countries.
Second this! I used it for the first time last year, and will absolutely use it again this year. Fuck TurboTax
There are countries woth easy tax systems?! Where?
not having an easy tax system like other countries
Which countries, please? Income tax forms are horrible everywhere I know about (which is like 5 countries, so not a huge sample, to be fair).
There are several countries out there where the government sends you your tax bill automatically. There aren’t dozens of forms to fill out. The tax system doesn’t have thousands of deductions for obscure one-off items. Our government knows exactly what we owe. Why do we have to fill out paperwork to tell them what we owe, then get in trouble when it’s wrong?
https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/what-other-countries-use-return-free-filing
