I purchased TurboTax 2023 from Costco and have used TurboTax for years. The previous versions of TurboTax "Premier" did not charge a $40 processing fee for a federal refund, on an electronically filed tax return. In my state, there has always been a fee to e-file the state tax form, but there has never been a $40 fee to process a federal refund until the 2023 tax year version. As a soon to be former customer of TurboTax, hiding any mention of the fee notice until the payment screen is a joke.
Someone at TurboTax needs to reply in this thread with an explanation as to why they've started charging the fee or why they changed the process to allow a third party to process refunds and charge a fee. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that TurboTax is getting a rebate from the third party that's processing the refunds.
