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Motaware Taxes

Tax preparation online

Taxes walks you through your federal return one step at a time and works out the numbers as you go. When you are done, print your return, file it yourself and keep a record of it in one place.

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Included in every plan, Free too. An alternative to TurboTax.

What you can do with Taxes

A guided interview

Answer plain questions about you, your family, your income and your deductions. Taxes fills in the right forms and schedules behind the scenes.

  • Spouse and dependents
  • W-2s and common 1099 forms
  • Self-employment and rental income

Credits and deductions worked out

Taxes compares the standard deduction with itemising and works out common credits from your answers, rather than asking you to type them in.

  • Child, education and earned income credits
  • Retirement and health savings contributions
  • Warnings where a situation isn't covered

Print and file yourself

Review your return line by line, then download it as a PDF laid out by the lines of Form 1040 to check, sign and file yourself.

  • Refund by direct deposit or paper check
  • Printable return on paid plans
  • Record when you filed and when it was accepted

Your tax documents together

Upload your W-2s, 1099s and receipts next to your return, and come back to past years whenever you need them.

  • Tax years 2024, 2025 and 2026
  • PDF and image uploads up to 25 MB
  • A status page for each return

What your plan includes

Taxes is in every plan, Free included. Paid plans add the printable return, and some plans add self-employment income.

  • Free $0

    Guided interview and calculation
    Included
    Printable return (PDF)
    Not included
    Self-employment income (Schedule C)
    Not included

  • Personal $10/mo

    Guided interview and calculation
    Included
    Printable return (PDF)
    Included
    Self-employment income (Schedule C)
    Not included

  • Pro $18/mo

    Guided interview and calculation
    Included
    Printable return (PDF)
    Included
    Self-employment income (Schedule C)
    Included

  • Family $25/mo

    Guided interview and calculation
    Included
    Printable return (PDF)
    Included
    Self-employment income (Schedule C)
    Included

  • Business Starter $10/mo per seat

    Guided interview and calculation
    Included
    Printable return (PDF)
    Included
    Self-employment income (Schedule C)
    Not included

  • Business Standard $18/mo per seat

    Guided interview and calculation
    Included
    Printable return (PDF)
    Included
    Self-employment income (Schedule C)
    Included

  • Business Plus $25/mo per seat

    Guided interview and calculation
    Included
    Printable return (PDF)
    Included
    Self-employment income (Schedule C)
    Included

If a paid plan ends, your returns stay readable for 90 days. Subscribe again to make changes.

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Security and privacy

Sensitive numbers encrypted

Social Security numbers, bank account numbers and your uploaded documents are encrypted before they are stored, and every upload is checked for viruses.

Staff don't browse your return

Support tools show account details only. Opening a return's contents takes a senior administrator, a written reason and a time limit, is logged, and keeps SSNs and bank numbers masked.

One Motaware sign-in

You sign in with your Motaware account, which supports two-step sign-in with an authenticator app.

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Questions about Taxes

Will Taxes e-file my return?

No. Taxes prepares your return for you to print, sign and file yourself, by mail or another filing method. You can then record in Taxes when you filed and when it was accepted.

Does it cover state returns or business returns?

Not yet. Taxes prepares individual federal returns and shows your state tax as a labelled estimate only.

Is Taxes free?

You can work through the whole interview and see your result on every plan, Free included. Printing the completed return needs a paid plan. See Pricing.

Is Taxes a substitute for a tax professional?

No. Taxes helps you prepare your own return and warns you about situations it doesn't cover, but you are responsible for checking it. If your taxes are complicated, talk to a tax professional.

Your return, step by step

Taxes is in every Motaware plan, including Free. Start your return in a few minutes.

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