Liberty Tax

Key features

• 2,000+ physical US offices for in-person preparation
• Three online DIY tiers — Basic, Deluxe, and Premium (self-employment lives in Premium)
• In-office small-business services including entity returns, quoted per office
• ITIN application assistance and tax-debt resolution
• Switch mid-stream from DIY online to an office when a return gets hairy
• State returns available on every online tier at a flat fee

Pricing

Liberty Tax renders online prices dynamically, so as of July 2026 these are figures consistent across 2026 editorial reviews (FinanceBuzz, U.S. News, The College Investor) — verify at libertytax.com:

• Basic — ~$47.95 promo / $57.95 list, federal
• Deluxe — ~$67.95 promo / $77.95 list
• Premium (required for Schedule C self-employment) — ~$87.95 promo / $97.95 list
• State — ~$36.95 per state, all tiers
• In-office prep (including business entities) — quote-based, varies by office

Pros and cons

Pros

• A real office you can walk into — the feature no pure-software rival has
• Handles entity returns through preparers, so you don't outgrow the brand
• Mid-return escalation from DIY to a human

Cons

• Online pricing is high for what the software does — self-employment costs ~$125 with one state
• In-office pricing is opaque and varies by franchise
• No published third-party software ratings to lean on; the DIY product has a small footprint

Who should use Liberty Tax?

Choose Liberty when the office is the point: you want a local preparer, this year's return has a complication, or you're an ITIN filer needing in-person help. As pure software, the math is hard to defend — FreeTaxUSA files the same self-employed return for $15.99 versus ~$125 here — so the online tiers make most sense as a companion to the office relationship.

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