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Intuit TurboTax vs. TaxSlayer Self-Employed

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Intuit TurboTax

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AIntuit now offers and supports TurboTax, a tax preparation and filing service for individuals and small businesses available online, or installed via CD and download (Windows, Mac).

    $120

    one-time fee

    TaxSlayer Self-Employed

    N/AN/ATaxSlayer, headquartered in Augusta, offers their online Self-Employed tax filing service, offering personalized guidance for any unique self-employed tax situation including contractors, 1099ers, side hustlers, and the self-employed.

    $54.95

    one-time fee

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    Intuit TurboTaxTaxSlayer Self-Employed
    Editions & Modules
    Home & Business
    $120
    one-time fee
    Self-Employed
    $120
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Intuit TurboTaxTaxSlayer Self-Employed
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Intuit
    Chose Intuit TurboTax
    We select TurboTax for its wide user base (familiarity), price points (multiple offerings based on users' needs), user experience (intuitiveness), technology (adaptive to user tax situations and simplify user data entry by means of upload feature), customer support (for …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Intuit TurboTaxTaxSlayer Self-Employed
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    Intuit TurboTaxTaxSlayer Self-Employed
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Intuit
    Intuit TurboTax is well suited for most scenarios ranging from simple filing (i.e., single filing, one employer, limited asset, same state as employer) to complicated filing (i.e., married filing jointly, changing employers, different state as employers or WFH, multiple assets such as real estate and cryptocurrencies, entrepreneurship side-gig). TurboTax does not have wide-range offerings and partnerships with crypto exchanges so crypto owners may use a different service to generate the necessary tax forms for TurboTax to digest.
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    Pros
    Intuit
    • Ease of use
    • Availability
    • Cost
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    TaxSlayer
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    Cons
    Intuit
    • integration with other applications such as Mint
    • online and cloud sign-up for multiple Intuit applications is unsmooth
    • price point for state tax filing can be made staggered (cheaper for simple form)
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    Alternatives Considered
    Intuit
    Intuit TurboTax is much simpler and easy to use, not to mention affordable.
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