TurboTax lets you go through the entire process of entering information and telling you your refund amount before charging you.
I wasn't sure if I trusted myself with the free system, so I did my semi-complicated taxes through TurboTax until I reached the payment screen, and then went and did them in the free system and confirmed that the dollar amounts matched. Then I submitted through the free system.
Next year, I'll probably just trust myself more, so Intuit doesn't get my data.
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