Are you using the Desktop program you installed and activated with a 16 digit License Code? Are you filing a state return?
It is $20 or 25 to efile each state return in the Desktop CD/Download program. Except New York is free. See
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Be careful when paying the state efile fee. Try to pay it with a credit card or it will also charge you an Extra $40 Refund Processing Service charge (45 in California) to have it deducted from a federal refund. So pay attention and go slow and read the screens and watch what you click on.
There is one screen that can trip you up. Go back through the File tab slowly and see what its charging you for. There is one screen that can trip you up. People get going too fast through the screens and clicking on the bottom right box to continue. But on the pay screen you have click on the Left button to pay by credit card (not the right button).
