I ended up just generating the extension form on TT desktop and selecting print so i could save it as a PDF and TT would understand I did do an extension for later updating. Then doing the "free file" extension on IRS website (no income limit when you are just doing an extension) to avoid snail mail (I don't have a printer at home so that was yet another issue!) and similarly logging into my home state tax website and doing the extension and payment directly on their website to avoid 3rd party sites and printing. Got immediate acceptance emails from both so I knew they were done. What should have taken 5 minutes took me 90 minutes last night. I know I did this seamlessly in a prior year - unclear why it was removed from TT
