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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
what are the real hidden costs of turbotax compared to freetaxusa for a basic federal and state return
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
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Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
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Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 1 of 1 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
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- TurboTax Free Edition – $0 Federal, $0 State, $0 to File · turbotax.intuit.com
- TurboTax Online 2025-2026 · turbotax.intuit.com
- FreeTaxUSA® Pricing: Affordable Filing for All Situations · freetaxusa.com
- MassTaxConnect · mass.gov
- IRS Free File · irs.gov