1) The state e-file fee is $20 before March 1 and $25 after. This is disclosed in some of the ** squint print about filing state before 1 March for the $20 to be used.....but seeing that notice may depend on exactly where and how you bought your software.....form TTX, at the store..or on Amazon etc. BUT, that $20-$25 date change has been in effect every year, for at least 15 years now.
2) I suspect the $40 was because somehow you added Audit protection....[[OK: apparently not Audit Protect...that may have been bumped to $45 now.]]
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3) Oh yeah, as @DoninGA noted, always the fee to pay the software fee with your federal refund !!
SO IT COSTS YOU $40 MORE TO PAY THE $25 state efile fee. NEVER select That !!!
____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*
