# TaxBandits review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Online e-filing for 1099, W-2, 94x and ACA tax forms Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. TaxBandits is a web service for e-filing US information returns and payroll tax forms, including 1099, W-2, 941, 940 and ACA forms. It charges per form filed on a volume scale instead of a subscription, and adds recipient-copy delivery, TIN matching and a W-9 request tool. - **Category:** Accounting & Invoicing - **Made by:** SPAN Enterprises LLC - **Website:** https://www.taxbandits.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you file outside the US, as it covers US federal and state forms only. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, TaxBandits has a free plan, and paid plans start at $2.75 per form for the first 10 federal 1099/W-2 forms. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** State filing alongside a federal return, USPS address validation and the first 10 W-9/W-8 requests are free. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | 1099 / W-2 federal e-file | $2.75 per form for the first 10 forms | Falls to $1.75 per form for 11-100, $1.15 for 101-250, $1.00 for 251-500 and $0.80 for 501-2,000. Also covers 1098, 5498 and 480. | | 94x payroll forms | $5.95 per form for the first form | Forms 940, 941, 943, 944 and 945: $5.25 for 2-4 forms, $4.75 for 5-25, down to $3.00 for 501-1,000. Amendments are free. | | 941 bundle | $21.42 for 4 quarters of Form 941 | Four quarters of Form 941 after a 10% bundle saving from $23.80. A Complete 94x bundle with Form 940 is $26.77. | | W-9/W-8 requests | $0.35 per request after the first 10, which are free | Requests sent by text cost $0.50 each. TIN matching is $0.35 per TIN. | Read from https://www.taxbandits.com/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with TaxBandits before buying. ## Key features - **Federal and state e-filing:** Files 1099, W-2, 94x, ACA, 1042 and 5500 series forms with the IRS. State filing is free when it goes with the federal return in the combined filing program. - **Data import and validation:** Accepts CSV upload and API integration, with validation checks and USPS address validation (free). Smart Extraction pulls form data from documents at $0.35 a page. - **Recipient copies:** Online access to recipient copies is $0.50 a form; domestic postal mailing is $1.85 a form and international mailing $4.99. - **TIN matching:** Checks names and taxpayer ID numbers before filing, at $0.35 per TIN, or $99 for a bulk file. - **W-9 and W-8 collection:** A W-9 Manager requests and stores W-9 and W-8 forms from payees. The first 10 requests are free, and the page names it a free W-9 manager. - **Corrections and retransmission:** The Bandit Commitment promises no-cost corrections, free retransmission when a return is rejected, and a money-back guarantee, with terms. ## Good for - Small businesses filing a few 1099s or W-2s each year - Accounting firms filing for clients through an API or CSV import - Businesses that need to collect W-9 forms from vendors ## Worth knowing - Covers US federal and state forms only; it is not general bookkeeping software. - Volume pricing stops at 2,000 forms for 1099 and W-2, and at 1,000 for 94x, above which you contact sales. - Add-ons are charged separately: recipient mailing from $1.85 a form and online access at $0.50 a form. - Corrections are free only when the original 94x return was filed with TaxBandits. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. TaxBandits files US 1099, W-2, 94x and ACA forms online and charges per form, from $2.75 for the first 10 federal forms. It is not bookkeeping software, and the add-ons for mailing and online access are billed on top. - **Value for money: C.** Pay per form: $2.75 each for the first 10 federal 1099s and W-2s, falling to $0.80 past 500. Per-form pricing sits outside the category's monthly figures, so it lands mid-range. - **Free plan and trial: D.** State filing alongside a federal return and the first 10 W-9 requests are free, but there is no free plan or trial for the federal filing itself. - **Features: B.** Federal and state e-filing, import and validation, recipient copies, TIN matching and W-9 collection cover the whole job of filing information returns. - **Ease of use: C.** A web app where you upload or key in each form, with no store rating on record. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, but it links to QuickBooks, Xero, FreshBooks, Zoho Books and Zapier. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from TaxBandits's own pages on 13 November 2026. The price page text would not load here, so the prices are those on the listing. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among accounting and invoicing tools - TaxBandits's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 43 of the 127 other accounting and invoicing tools we grade, and level with 30. - It stands best on features (B, above 86 of 127) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 23). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/accounting ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace TaxBandits you would be making payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. - You could make: Forms: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you. - You could not: It plugs into other products, QuickBooks, Xero and FreshBooks among them, and has an API. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with QuickBooks, Xero, FreshBooks, Zoho Books, Zapier **Tags:** Forms, Payroll, Public API ## Alternatives - [TaxAct](https://toolgpa.com/tools/taxact): Online and downloadable tax filing for individuals and businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/taxact-vs-taxbandits) - [Drake Tax](https://toolgpa.com/tools/drake-tax): Professional tax preparation software for tax firms, desktop and web. 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