@stephenrkg wrote:
Thanks, Volvo Girl. Appreciate the quick response. So it's $70 for TT deluxe plus $20 if I want to efile, plus another $40 for the second state and $20 more if I want to efile. $150 is pretty steep. I have bought the $70 deluxe version and will play it by ear from there.
I seem to remember that when you need to buy a second state for the desktop program, that second state includes e-filing. Only the first free (or included) state requires a separate fee to e-file. But I could be wrong. The desktop program is usually sold at a discount by retailers like Office Max, Best Buy or Amazon.
Also, the separate e-file fee is only charged when you actually file, not when you install the program, and when it gets closer to the April 15 deadline, the price usually goes up.
Of course, if you need to file more than one return (such as for a family member in the same situation), once you have the federal and state modules installed, you only pay the state e-filing fee for the second set of returns.
