Comparison

DeductiBee vs TurboTax

When Intuit closed ItsDeductible on October 21, 2025, it did not leave a total void. TurboTax has a fair market value tool inside its own donations section, and for many people that is the obvious place to look. It is genuinely useful, and it is not a tracker. The distinction matters, because the hard part of a donation deduction happens in December and the tool only exists in April. Everything below was read from Intuit's own help articles.

Cost

Pricing at a glance

DeductiBee

$19.99/year

Free tier is permanent: 20 new item entries a year, unlimited donation events, and unlimited import and viewing of your own history. Pro is $19.99 a year, $2.99 a month, or $59.99 once. Exporting your raw data is free on every tier.

TurboTax

Inside TurboTax

No separate charge: the fair market value tool is part of the TurboTax donations flow, so its cost is whatever TurboTax edition you buy. It is unavailable outside filing time and unavailable entirely if you file with something else.

Side by side

Feature comparison

Written to be checkable. Where a plain "no" would misrepresent TurboTax, the cell says what it actually does instead.

Feature	DeductiBee	TurboTax
Status todayDeductiBee is not on the App Store yet. Everything in the DeductiBee column describes v1.0 as scoped, not a shipping product.	In development for iPhone	Available inside TurboTax, at filing time
What it isIntuit states plainly that the FMV tool is not ItsDeductible. This row is the whole comparison.	A year-round record of what you gave, with the evidence attached	A valuation calculator inside a tax return, under Deductions and credits
When you can use it	All year. You log the drop-off on the day you make it.	While you are preparing a return, which for most people is months after the donation
Records that outlive the return	Every year you have entered or imported, kept on your device for as long as you keep it	The figures land in that year's return. There is no donation history to browse in following years.
Photo evidence	Photos on items and on the drop-off receipt	Not part of the FMV tool
If you file somewhere else	Works with anything: TXF for TurboTax Desktop, CSV, a Form 8283 worksheet PDF, and a typed-summary export for any online preparer	Nothing. The tool exists only inside TurboTax, so switching to H&R Block or FreeTaxUSA leaves you without it.
Condition tiers	Like new, Good, Fair, priced separately for every item	An excellent or like-new value and a fair or used value per item
Custom values	Override any value. The override is flagged in every export.	Custom values are supported
Where the values come from	Ranges derived from published thrift-store valuation guides and the methodology in IRS Publication 561, with the source shown next to every range	Not published. Intuit does not describe the source or methodology behind the FMV tool's figures on the help pages we read as of August 9, 2026.
Bringing in an old ItsDeductible history	Both the pre-shutdown CSVs and the spreadsheet from an Intuit data request, free on every tier	Intuit's own guidance is that TurboTax does not import ItsDeductible CSV files and that donation data must be entered manually. TurboTax Online cannot import any file format.
Getting figures into TurboTax	TXF for TurboTax Desktop, plus a manual-entry summary grouped the way the online donation screens ask	You are already in it, which is the one genuine advantage
Form 8283Different jobs. TurboTax files the form; DeductiBee builds the record the form is filled in from.	A worksheet PDF in the form's own layout, carrying the acquisition date, how-acquired, and cost fields the form asks for	TurboTax prepares Form 8283 as part of your return when your non-cash contributions require it
Account required	No DeductiBee account. Sync, if you turn it on, uses your Apple ID.	An Intuit account

Competitor details above were read from their own pages on August 9, 2026: Intuit's help article on the FMV tool, Intuit on accessing your personal data. Products change. If something here is out of date, tell us and it gets fixed.

The honest part

What TurboTax's tool does better

It is already there, it costs nothing extra, and it is sitting in exactly the screen where you need a number. There is no app to install, no import step, and no second product to keep current. For a household that gives a couple of bags a year and files with TurboTax anyway, that convenience is a real answer, and pretending otherwise would be dishonest.

It also puts the figure straight into the return with no transcription, which is the one place a separate tracker genuinely costs you a step. DeductiBee narrows that gap with a TXF export for TurboTax Desktop and a manual-entry summary laid out the way the online donation screens ask, but it does not close it.

The argument for DeductiBee is not that the FMV tool is bad. It is that a valuation calculator at filing time cannot solve a record-keeping problem that happens nine months earlier, and Intuit has never claimed it does.

Which one

Which is right for you

DeductiBee is the better fit if

You want to log the December drop-off in December, not reconstruct it in April.
You want photos and receipts attached to the entries they belong to.
You file with something other than TurboTax, or might switch one day.
You want a donation history that survives from one tax year to the next.
You want the source behind each suggested value visible.

TurboTax's tool is enough if

You already file with TurboTax and intend to keep doing so.
You made one or two donations and still remember what was in the bag.
You keep your own receipts and just want a value to put on them.
You do not need a record that outlasts this year's return.

Bottom line: TurboTax's fair market value tool is a calculator, not a tracker, and Intuit says so. It values an item you can still remember, inside a product you have already bought, at the moment you file. It does not capture the donation when you make it, keep the photos, hold a history across years, or help at all if you file elsewhere. That gap is the reason DeductiBee exists.

Primary sources for the tax claims on this page

Publication 561, Determining the Value of Donated PropertyIRS, IRS publication
Publication 526, Charitable ContributionsIRS, IRS publication
Instructions for Form 8283IRS, IRS form

FAQ

Questions people actually ask

Did TurboTax replace ItsDeductible?

Not with a tracker. TurboTax has a fair market value tool inside its donations flow, under Deductions and credits, offering an excellent or like-new value and a fair or used value for an item, with custom values and grouping. Intuit states plainly that it is not ItsDeductible. See Intuit's help article on the FMV tool.

Can I still import my ItsDeductible file into TurboTax?

No. Intuit's own guidance is that TurboTax does not import ItsDeductible CSV files and that donation data must be entered manually, and TurboTax Online cannot import any file format at all. That is exactly why DeductiBee's first-class export is a manual-entry summary: the figures grouped the way the donation screens ask for them, so typing them in is a two-minute job rather than an evening.

Does the TurboTax FMV tool keep my donations year to year?

No. It values items while you are preparing a specific return. There is no year-round capture, no photo storage, and no donation history to open next January. The December drop-off is still reconstructed from memory in April, which was the single most common complaint about losing ItsDeductible.

What if I switch away from TurboTax?

Then the FMV tool is gone, because it only exists inside TurboTax. A lot of people did switch after the shutdown, to H&R Block or FreeTaxUSA among others. DeductiBee is deliberately tax-software agnostic: TXF for TurboTax Desktop, CSV for anything, a Form 8283 worksheet PDF for a preparer, and a typed-summary export for any online product.

Does TurboTax fill out Form 8283 for me?

TurboTax prepares Form 8283 as part of your return when your non-cash contributions require it, which is a different job from the one DeductiBee does. DeductiBee builds the underlying record: what you gave, when, to whom, what it was worth, how you acquired it, and what it cost you, exported as a worksheet in the form's own layout. You or your preparer still sign the return.

Do I need DeductiBee if I use TurboTax?

Only if the December-to-April gap is a real problem for you. If you donate a few bags a year and remember them, the FMV tool is enough and you should save your $19.99. If you clear out a house, donate all year, or want photos and a defensible source behind each value, a calculator at filing time is not the tool for that.

Keep reading

DeductiBee vs ItsDeductibleThe tool Intuit closed, and what it actually did.DeductiBee vs H&R Block DeductionProThe same idea inside the other big tax product.Form 8283, explainedWhen the form is required, and what Section A actually asks for.Receipts and recordsWhat to keep, and the $250 written acknowledgment rule.

Switching

Bring your history. Keep your deductions.

Import what you already have, value what you gave with a source attached, and export the paperwork when you file.

Free to start, with 20 new item entries a year. Pro is $19.99 a year. Importing and exporting your own raw data is free on every tier.