Tax Time Made Easy (and free!) With Military One Source

If you have not yet filed your taxes, TaxCut Basic Online by H&R Block is free to active duty, National Guard, and Reserve service members and their families through the Military One Source website!

To access this free service provided by the Department of Defense, you must be registered and logged into the Military One Source Web site. Making a Military One Source account is easy and free. Just visit Military One Source and register (the site will ask for your branch, active-duty status, state and duty station. Norfolk is on page 2 of the list!).

Once your account is created, you can click on the Money link and then on Tax Filing Services. Once there, you will see a link to Go To TaxCut.

This will take you to the H&R Block site, where you will have to make another login (click on New User side - Get Started). Once this is complete, you can start entering your tax information!

You can file both Federal and State taxes here (although you may have to print and mail the state one - I don't think it will let you file electronically). There is a toll-free, 24-hour help line if you have questions or need assistance!

Hope this helps you all save some money! Sadly, I found this information AFTER I filed...and Jackson-Hewitt cost me $200 to file! Ah well...Lessons learned... ;)

All my Best,

Stacy