How much does it cost to prepare and file my tax return using TurboTax?
Updated: 1/21/2011
Article ID: GEN12602
For up-to-date TurboTax pricing information, go to Personal Tax Products and Services or Business Tax Products and Services.
TurboTax Basic, Deluxe, Premier, and Home & Business (Forms 1040, 1040A, and 1040EZ)
TurboTax Online or TurboTax Desktop Software?
TurboTax Online handles personal (individual) tax returns for both federal and state. Available versions include Free Edition, Basic, Deluxe, Premier, and Home & Business.
- With TurboTax Online, you don't need to install any software.
- You can sign in to our secure site and work on your tax return from any computer with Internet access.
- The baseline TurboTax Online fee covers preparation, printing, and e-filing fees for one federal tax return.
- You can prepare your state return for an additional fee, which includes printing and e-filing.
TurboTax Desktop Software also handles personal (individual) tax returns for both federal and state. Available versions include Basic, Deluxe, Premier, and Home & Business.
- You can install TurboTax Desktop software from a CD or via download.
- The TurboTax Desktop software purchase price includes unlimited preparation for federal tax returns and free federal e-filing (up to an IRS-imposed limit of 5 e-filed tax returns).
- In the Deluxe, Premier, and Home & Business versions, you can download one free state program. You can prepare and print unlimited returns for that particular state. Additional states are extra.
- State e-filing fees are not included in the price of software-based state programs, free or otherwise.
TurboTax Business (Forms 1120, 1120-S, 1065, and 1041)
TurboTax Business Software handles corporation, S-corporation, partnership, and fiduciary tax returns for federal and many states.
- TurboTax Business software is only available for the Windows operating system.
- You can install TurboTax Business software from a CD or via download.
- The TurboTax Business software purchase price includes unlimited preparation for federal tax returns and free federal e-filing (up to an IRS-imposed limit of 5 e-filed tax returns).
- Business states are extra, but the state program purchase price includes state e-filing fees.

