TurboTax Self Employed Reviews & Product Details

TurboTax Self-Employed is a comprehensive tax preparation solution tailored specifically for freelancers, independent contractors, and small business owners. This software simplifies the complexities of self-employment taxes by offering intuitive tools and expert guidance, ensuring users accurately report income and maximize deductions. By integrating with QuickBooks Self-Employed, it provides a seamless experience for year-round expense tracking and financial management. Key Features and Functionality: - Industry-Specific Deductions: Automatically identifies and applies deductions relevant to various self-employment categories, helping users maximize legitimate tax savings while maintaining compliance. - Expense Tracking Integration: Includes mobile apps and integrations that enable continuous expense tracking and mileage logging throughout the tax year. Users can photograph receipts, automatically categorize transactions from linked bank accounts, and track business mileage using GPS functionality. - Snap and Autofill for Forms 1099-K and 1099-NEC: Allows users to upload their 1099 forms by simply snapping a photo, with the information automatically populated into the correct tax forms. - Expert Assistance: Provides access to tax experts specializing in self-employment taxes, offering personalized, real-time answers to user questions. Primary Value and User Solutions: TurboTax Self-Employed addresses the unique challenges faced by self-employed individuals by streamlining tax preparation and financial management. It reduces the time and effort required to track expenses, identify deductions, and file accurate tax returns. By offering tools like automatic expense categorization and industry-specific deduction identification, it ensures users maximize their tax savings. The integration with QuickBooks Self-Employed allows for continuous financial tracking, helping users stay organized and avoid surprises during tax season. Overall, TurboTax Self-Employed empowers self-employed individuals to confidently manage their taxes and focus more on growing their businesses.

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Wendy A.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/10/2023

"14 years and counting"

5/5

What do you like best about TurboTax Self Employed?

Turbotax makes it so easy to enter all of my deductions and helps me find deductions I wouldn't have thought of otherwise. Our taxes are so complicated and Turbotax makes it so much easier and less expensive than it would be otherwise. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TurboTax Self Employed?

Occasionally I'll get stuck on a question that is just too knotty for Turbotax to help me with and I have to go to outside sources for answers. This doesn't really happen all that often though. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Jennifer C.

Tax Preparer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/28/2023

"Easy to use."

5/5

What do you like best about TurboTax Self Employed?

Super easy to use. The software asks for all the information it needs to do a complete and accurate tax return. Plus if you have questions there is the ask an expert option. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TurboTax Self Employed?

I honestly can't think of a downside of using TurboTax self-employed. If there is a downside I haven't found it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UM

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/24/2022

"Best Self Employed Tax Software"

5/5

What do you like best about TurboTax Self Employed?

I love how easy it is to record all my self employed income from all sources including contract work, as a sole proprietor, investment income, crypto income and gains with integrations with crypto tax reporting softwares, and it is very straightforward and easy to complete my tax return by the deadline. Turbotax makes it easy to file and also automatically upload my brokerage forms that are categorized automatically. Deductions are suggested to me based on my business model. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TurboTax Self Employed?

There is nothing that I particularly dislike about using TurboTax self employed over other programs. Everything works as expected. It is easy to use and intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering TurboTax Self Employed:

Upload all of your brokerage forms and use a crypto tax reporting software that integrates with Turbotax if you are invested in or trading cryptocurrencies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TurboTax Self Employed solving and how is that benefiting you?

Turbotax self employed helps me organize all of my tax forms across all of my income streams including W2 and contract income, business income, investment, brokerage, and crypto income, and file tax returns on time easily, as well as get me the maximum deductions for which I am eligible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.