The desktop software can include the state program for preparing a state return, but has ALWAYS charged a fee to e-file the state return. Before March 1 the state e-file fee is $20; after march 1 it goes up to $25. You can avoid the state e-file fee if you print and mail the state.
And....avoid that $40 ($45 in CA) "refund processing fee" ----- pay for the state e-file BEFORE you file using a credit or debit card. If you choose refund processing to pay from your federal refund, it charges you the extra fee of $40 (or $45) to send the refund to a third party bank first. The bank takes out the $25 you owe to TT, collects its own $40 fee, and sends you the rest of your refund. If you are not getting a federal refund, using "refund processing" is not even an option available to you.
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