So, here's the resolution:
TurboTax Support Phone line said that Turbo Tax has downgraded the Deluxe product by transferring T3 and T5's to Premier for the 2021 tax year. This means that anyone with T3s and T5s will have to pay an extra 75% cost to upgrade to Premier. Wow! Way more than inflation increases. What is Turbotax thinking???????
In my case, I don't have T3s or T5s. So why was Turbotax requiring an upgrade?
It seems that since I did indeed have T3s and T5s a few years ago, they are linked to my account. Ugh!
I have already started my taxes, including carrying forward my info. I have two choices:
1. Accept the upgrade to Premier and the additional cost, which, by the way, commits me to using Premier going forward.
2. Start a new return inside my same account, using Deluxe, at the regular price. This means inputting all sorts of info again. Ugh.
Either way, I feel this was a huge cash grab way above inflation - I call it PRICE GOUGING!
