<prompt> Human: Bare in mind, Each company sets its own eligibility criteria, generally based on income, age, state residency, eligibility for the Earned Income Tax Credit and military status. Turbo Tax Free Software Requirements: 30,000 or less Adjusted Gross Income AGI Your AGI is your 2013 gross income after you have subtracted allowable adjustments, such as moving expenses, IRAs, and alimony paid. You can find your AGI on line 37 of Form 1040 or line 21 of the 1040A. If you are filing using the Married Filing Jointly filing status, the 30,000 Adjusted Gross Income AGI limitation applies to the AGI for both you and your spouse combined. This is the AGI that will appear on your return based on how you file. HR Block Free Software Requirements: 58,000 or less adjusted gross income. 52 or younger as of December 31, 2013. You may also qualify for FREE state filing from HR Block if you lived or claimed income in the following states: AR, AZ, DE, GA, IA, ID, IN, KY, MI, MN, MO, MS, ND, NC, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, VA, VT, WV, DC. Frequently Asked Questions TurboTax was on there last year but I ended up using HR Blocks software because it let me file free in my state while TurboTax wanted some money for my state filing. Once its opened up you can see what each company offers in their free version and if you have to pay anything. It begins this Friday Jan 17th, but you dont have to fill it out immediately. If you do fill everything out early the companies will then hold your filing until Jan 31st which is when the IRS will begin accepting tax returns for 2013. Keep in mind that most will force you to buy the better software if youre self-employed or even made any money via contracting. I saw a deal on Slickdeals on HR Block for free Federal and State filing but I dont qualify for the free version because Im self-employed. I havent looked through the others yet but Im sure it will be more of the same. So if you are up for a challenge, you can actually use TurboTax online to help you out and then file for free using the Free Fillable Forms or whatever on the IRS website along with online filing of your state taxes from the states site--assuming all states are like PA and offer free filing. You dont actually pay TurboTax until you file. Buried in the options is a preview of your 1040 form. Go through all the questions and youll be able to see the final version of the 1040. As long as you can figure out the Schedules yourself and come up with the same numbers that are transferred over to the 1040, you are golden. Again, this requires a little bit of work because the Schedules can be challenging, but youll learn something as a bonus! No filing fees with a bit of extra work. Anyone making less than 52k as a single person or family can take advantage of VITA programs and have your taxes done for free. Checklist for Using Form 1040EZ: You can use Form 1040EZ if all the items in the following checklist apply. Your filing status is single or married filing jointly. If you were a nonresident alien at any time in 2013, see Nonresident aliens below. You do not claim any dependents. You do not claim any adjustments to income. See the TeleTax topics for Adjustments to Income at If you claim a tax credit, you claim only the earned income credit. You do not owe any household employment taxes on wages you paid to a household employee. You and your spouse if filing a joint return were under age 65 and not blind at the end of 2013. If you were born on January 1, 1949, you are considered to be age 65 at the end of 2013 and cannot use Form 1040EZ. Your taxable income line 6 of Form 1040EZ is less than 100,000. You had only wages, salaries, tips, taxable scholarship or fellowship grants, unemployment compensation, or Alaska Permanent Fund dividends, and your taxable interest was not over 1,500. You are not a debtor in a chapter 11 bankruptcy case filed after October 16, 2005. If you earned tips, they are included in boxes 5 and 7 of your Form W-2.If you dont have kids, run a small business or own your home, it should take like an hour to do your taxes and theres almost nothing that you could miss out on.User Comments: ujust_for_da_lulz : Protip: Look at reviews of the different programs before you decide!I normally use TurboTax which has been terrific but I decided to use TaxSlayer last year for a reason I dont remember. It got the federal taxes fine but messed up my state taxes so two months later I ended up having to pay back about 400 which I really couldnt spare at the time. Turned out that something that qualified as a deduction on my federal taxes did not qualify for a state tax deduction under Minnesota law but TaxSlayer messed it up. Never had that issue with TurboTax and dont expect to this year, either. uJazzy_Josh : Remember to check your states Department of Revenue site to see if they have the same program for preparing and filling your state taxesutripshed : Or if you make any amount, just do the webfile. Its free. Just verify the numbers in turbo tax but file for free! uhells_cowbells : Also, be sure to check with your bankcredit union. I use a local bank, and lay year, they had a deal where i could use TurboTax through their banking site for free. usiphontheenigma : If you buy the cheap version of TurboTax around 20 they will insure you against an audit and you can deduct the cost on next years return. Although If your taxes are as simple as mine, you dont need audit protection income - standard deduction - student loan interest. uauto_pry_bar : The Turbotax free edition doesnt allow you to import information from your Brokerage account so if you re-invest dividends it becomes a huge hassle. umoney_hard : For Canadians check out CRA website for programs Usually they upload 10 programs to use and at least a couple of them being freeware. Becareful and check the dates for correct tax year before downloading!  <response>: Or if you make any amount, just do the webfile. Its free. Just verify the numbers in turbo tax but file for free! 