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 website to determine the free filing criteria.

The department does not endorse nor recommend the following providers or their websites. The links below will take the user to sites not maintained or controlled by the department.

Free federal and MO tax preparation & e-file for all who live in Missouri with a Federal Adjusted Gross Income of $32,000 or less. This offer is limited to 3 tax returns per computer.

Note: 1040Now's Free File website must be accessed through the link above. Any other link used to access 1040Now's website may result in fees or charges.

FreeTaxUSA will be offering free electronic preparation and filing services for both Federal and Missouri tax returns to eligible Missouri taxpayers. For a taxpayer to be eligible to use FreeTaxUSA's free services, they will need to meet the following requirements:

Federal Adjusted Gross Income of $36,000 or less; or

Qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC); or

Active duty military in 2019 with a Federal Adjusted Gross Income of $69,000 or less

Note: FreeTaxUSA's website must be accessed through the link above. Any other link used to access FreeTaxUSA's website may result in fees or charges.

Free federal and state online tax return preparation and e-file if you meet the following criteria:

Your Federal Adjusted Gross Income for 2019 was $69,000 or less, and you were between the ages of 17 and 51 as of December 31, 2019, or

You are Active Duty Military with a Federal Adjusted Gross Income of $69,000 or less, or

You are eligible for the Federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

Note: H&R Block's Free File website must be accessed through the link above. Any other link used to access H&R Block's website may result in fees or charges.

Online Taxes at OLT.com would like to offer free federal and free state online tax preparation and e-filing if your Federal Adjusted Gross Income is between $14,000 and $69,000, regardless of age.

Active duty military with a Federal Adjusted Gross Income of $69,000 or less will also qualify.

Note: OLT Free File website must be accessed through the link above. Any other link used to access the OLT website may result in fees or charges.

TaxAct allows you to e-file your federal and Missouri state taxes for free if you meet the following requirements:

Federal Adjusted Gross Income of $59,000 or less and

Age is 56 or younger; or

Eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC); or

Active duty military with Federal Adjusted Gross Income of $69,000 or less

Note: TaxAct's Free File website must be accessed through the link above. Any other link used to access TaxAct’s website, may result in fees or charges.

Free federal and state online tax preparation and e-filing with the TurboTax Free File Program if for tax year 2019 you meet one of the following:

Adjusted Gross Income is $36,000 or less; or

Active duty military with Federal Adjusted Gross Income of $69,000 or less; or

Eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

Note: TurboTax's Free File website must be accessed through the link above. Any other link used to access TurboTax's website may result in fees or charges.

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.