Owing taxes?

Submitted by duckduckgoose129 t3_11vstvn in Connecticut

What platform is everyone using to file taxes? I've always owed, so I moved out of CT in August.

TurboTax says I owe CT $3642 FreetaxUSA says I owe CT $645

Wtf?

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glacialerratical t1_jcupthk wrote

Can you compare the two, line by line? There must be a difference.

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duckduckgoose129 OP t1_jcur3yu wrote

Freetaxusa offers a line by line summary where I can see the breakdown. TurboTax doesn't offer that unless I pay $59. Feels a little sketchy

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[deleted] t1_jcus4lu wrote

Can you print out a “paper” return to PDF from that version of TT?

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duckduckgoose129 OP t1_jcuspoa wrote

I found it! The total tax on TurboTax is 5535. The total on freetaxusa is 2767. Big discrepancy. I've always used TT and always owed a lot so I didn't expect to run into something like this

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glacialerratical t1_jcuu5lh wrote

The underlying logic should be the same, so you must have entered something differently. Unless there's some state rule that one of them doesn't know about. Was your federal tax the same on the two sites?

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duckduckgoose129 OP t1_jcuuo8p wrote

Yes federal tax is the same, and tax owed to my new state is the same. But TT thinks CT tax is twice (exactly) what FT thinks. The TT estimate would be 10% of my CT income

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glacialerratical t1_jcuv2ln wrote

So you're doing a part year resident? Maybe TT isn't giving you credit for taxes paid to your new state.

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duckduckgoose129 OP t1_jcuvdx1 wrote

Maybe. Thank you for helping me think through what's going on here! I certainly won't be filing either until I figure what's going on here

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glacialerratical t1_jcv0osu wrote

No problem. I lurk on r/Tax, and they have similar questions all the time (usually people mistype something on one of them). They also tend to recommend freetaxesusa.

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[deleted] t1_jcvjcfx wrote

Glad you found it. Good luck, taxes with moves are hard.

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JW860 t1_jcv7v6o wrote

CT has direct filing online through their site. I always did the calcs through one of the online programs (I use TaxHawk as Federal was always free) and then enter on CT site directly.

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duckduckgoose129 OP t1_jcv8byt wrote

I've never even heard of that! Thank you

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WonderChopstix t1_jcvemog wrote

Did you try directly with the state? I used their online system this year and it was just as easy as turbo tax. I answered questions and plugged in some numbers and it did all the work. I printed and checked it.

I would suggest doing that. It is called my connect. Then print all 3 side by side and see what is different.

Also where did you move? And did you work in CT after moved? And are you using part year forms

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Gil_V t1_jcy2ofd wrote

Can you print the two tax forms and play “spot the difference”?

If you play that game, you could win $3000!

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I_Know_What_Happened t1_jcuwc92 wrote

Did you finish all the steps. Sometimes numbers get put up but then you click through and it recalculates and displays the correct amount.

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duckduckgoose129 OP t1_jcuyu53 wrote

I used TurboTax all the way up until it wanted me to pay for the service, which i didn't want to with the numbers being so different. Thanks to u/glacialerratical I found a line by line review on each platform and it turned out this was a TurboTax issue and not a CT wants too much from me issue (for once)

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NLCmanure t1_jcv2v0i wrote

This doesn't apply if you're using TT online and this might not matter much because I haven't seen it myself but if you're using TT software, wait until April to send in. TT is always updating their software and there is no telling if they are updating to fix programming calculations.

We typically get a refund from the feds and have to pay CT but this year is unusual for us, we're getting a sizeable refund from CT along with a fed refund. Not sure why this year is different but I will wait until April to let things level off with TT software before sending in.

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RededHaid t1_jcuqj4l wrote

Add the two. Your welcome.

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Informal-Rock-5133 t1_jcvdxx4 wrote

Use Mara Lago as your address and don’t send anything..

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im_intj t1_jcvguxa wrote

Bro had to bring trump into a topic where trump was never mentioned or even slightly relevant. No one cares about your fetishized thoughts of trump. You act like Trump is the only person in business or politics who has used loopholes in taxes to minimize loss. If you really think Trump is such a massive threat to your life right now I don't know what to tell you.

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