Software Providers Offering Online Filing of Federal and State Income Tax Returns
Free Online Filing Providers
The Missouri Department of Revenue (department) has entered into an agreement with certain software providers to offer free online filing services to qualified Missouri taxpayers. This agreement is called the Free File Alliance. Through this agreement, taxpayers can file their Federal and Missouri income tax returns using approved software. Read the information below or visit each provider’s web site to determine the free filing criteria.
The department does not endorse nor recommend the following providers or their web sites. The links below will take the user to sites not maintained or controlled by the department.
Intuit (leaving dor.mo.gov webspace)
Since Tax Year 2004, taxpayers have been able to prepare and file both a Federal income tax return and a Missouri income tax return online FREE (when federal and state returns are filed together) if they:
- Qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC); or
- Earned $30,000.00 or less in Adjusted Gross Income; or
- Serve as active duty military (including Reservists, Coast Guard, and National Guard). Qualifying taxpayers must have a Form W-2 from the Military for the tax year in which they are filing, with an Adjusted Gross Income of $54,000.00 or less.
Note: Intuit's Free File web site must be accessed through the link above. Any other link used to access Intuit's web site, may result in fees or charges.
TaxHawk (leaving dor.mo.gov webspace)
TaxHawk.com allows you to prepare your federal return for free, no restrictions. Your state return is also free if your federal Adjusted Gross Income is $20,000 or less.
TaxSlayer (leaving dor.mo.gov webspace)
TaxSlayer.com offers FREE online tax preparation and e-file of federal and state income tax returns if your Federal Adjusted Gross Income is under $10,000 AND you can answer "Yes" to any of the following::
- Are age 25 or younger; or
- Are age 68 or older; or
- Qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC); or
- Serve as active duty military (including Reservists, Coast Guard, and National Guard). Taxpayers must have a Form W-2 from the Military for the tax year in which they are filing.
Online Filing Providers
Online filing of Missouri returns is done through third party software providers who provide electronic online filing of federal and state income tax returns through the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) Electronic Filing System. The Missouri Department of Revenue (department) accepts the electronic filing of all Missouri individual income tax filers with the exception of the following tax situations:
- Filing certain federal schedules as listed by the IRS in Publication 1345
; - Filing an Amended return (Form MO-1040);
- Filing a return with miscellaneous tax credits (Form MO-TC attached to your return);
- Filing Form MO-1040 and claiming Enterprise Zone or Rural Empowerment Zone Income Modification;
- Filing Form MO-1040 Recapturing Low Income Housing Credit; or
- Claiming a resident credit (Form MO-CR) for more than two states per taxpayer.
The department encourages electronic filing; however, we neither support nor recommend any software provider listed. This list is provided as a service to Missouri taxpayers. Technical and support issues must be addressed directly with the selected provider.
Note: The following links are to third-party providers who provide electronic online filing of federal and state income tax returns through the IRS E-File system. These providers may charge a fee for filing and transmitting returns.
- 1040return.com
- Best1040Efile.com
- CCH Inc.
- eSmartTax
- H & R Block
- Intuit
- Online-Taxes Inc.
- Online Tax Pros
- TaxAct
- TaxBrain
- TaxEngine
- TaxHawk
- Taxpedite
- TaxSimple
- TaxSlayer
- TaxSoftware
Disclaimer: Links from this web site to other web sites are intended for reference only and do not represent an endorsement of any product or service mentioned in the linked page. These links are not part of the department’s web site and are not maintained or controlled by the department. Clicking on any link listed above will cause the user to leave dor.mo.gov web space.