Did anyone else out there waste an afternoon trying to file taxes for free? Apparently it was not just me. A recent Propublica report poked around the code behind TurboTax’s “FREE Guaranteed” tax filing software — the same service I attempted to use this year. “This is a good time to remind you: Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, is one of the companies that has promised the IRS to offer free tax filing to lower-income Americans,” meaning anyone making less than $66,000, Propublica said. It’s also a good reminder to read up on the Free File program, which restricts the IRS’s ability to create its own free service — relying on private companies to offer free filing instead. Although I didn’t fall into either of the scenarios Propublica described, TurboTax booted me out of the Free File program when it got wind of my student loans — ultimately, I filed elsewhere. For those who went through with TurboTax and made less than $34,000, you might be eligible for a refund. If you fit in the under-$66,000 bracket and paid on another service, Propublica reports, refund options are unclear.