TurboTax Promo: Switch to TurboTax, File on App by 2/28, Get Deluxe/Premium For $0 Federal, $0 State

Here is a new TurboTax App promo link that offers free tax filing ($0 Federal, $0 State) for ALL tax situations (not just 1040EZ form users). This includes their TurboTax Standard, Deluxe, and Premium products. Here are the specific set of requirements:

• Switch to TurboTax. You must not have used TurboTax last year to file your taxes. (If you used TurboTax the year before last, but not last year, you’re still eligible for this offer.)
• Use the TurboTax app to start and file. You must start and file your taxes using the TurboTax mobile app. The offer link above should provide a QR code to scan.
• DIY only – TurboTax Live not included. This offer is only available for the “Do your own taxes” product. TurboTax Live products are excluded.
• File by February 28, 2025. Taxes must be filed by February 28, 2025.

Even if they ask you to “upgrade” in the app, as long as you follow the rules above, the fee should be waived at the checkout. “We might ask you to upgrade, but we’ll waive the fee as long as you file on the app by February 28.”

TurboTax has gotten into trouble in the past for advertising their Free Edition, but often little things like having a single 1099-MISC form would make you ineligible and thus you’d have to upgrade to a paid product. Now, they must disclose that roughly 37% of filers qualify for Free Edition.

Meanwhile, the retail price of TurboTax Premium is now up to $89 Federal + $39 per State. There are discounts everywhere, but it’s still close to $100 total after 30% off. You can get this deal even if you have a 1099-MISC form or two, some investment income from a stock sale on a 1099-B, want to itemize deductions, and have rental income, or something like that.

I’ve never done taxes on an app, but they claim that it’s actually easier since you can take pictures of all your forms to upload them, instead of typing it all in. However, their FAQ seems to offer another workaround if you still want to avoid the app. As long as you *start* on the app, and *file* on the app, you can work on your stuff on a web browser in the middle.

You’re eligible for this offer when you start and file your taxes in the TurboTax mobile app.
If you switch to doing your taxes using a web browser instead of the app, we’ll show you a reminder that you must file in the app to redeem the offer.
If you choose not to file in the app, the cost of TurboTax will go back to regular pricing, which is based on the complexity of your tax return.

Federal and State e-File is included at no additional cost. I know that TurboTax Desktop charges you an additional $25 for a State e-File (you can print and mail for free), but according to their online chat (and some unofficial online sources), this TurboTax State Online/App version includes Federal and State e-File at no additional cost. I don’t like how TurboTax makes this information hard to find, and that there are different policies for Desktop vs. Online.

With a $0 all-in cost including Fed+State eFile if you qualify, this is definitely a strong offer, but the deadline is coming up and I’m still getting late brokerage 1099s trickling in mid-February. 😡 Let’s hope for no amended 1099s! 🤞 I’m looking at you, Apex Clearing…

Disclosure: I am an affiliate of TurboTax. I usually don’t write about TurboTax unless there is an especially good deal on them, and I think this deal is worth sharing since the retail price of TurboTax Premium is $89 Federal + $39 per State.