Some users become confused about the way online software and the CD/download software are priced.
When you use online, you pay separate fees for federal and state, but e-filing is included with them. There is not an extra fee to e-file using online.
With the CD/download you can purchase the software program that includes the program that can prepare state returns for one state of your choosing at no additional cost, but e-filing that state return is NOT free. There has been a state e-file fee for the CD/download for years and years. It is $20 and increases to $25 in March. It is very easy to avoid the state e-file fee by printing and mailing the state return instead.
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