Steps provided by DoninGA did not work. None of the steps provided on this thread work for me. I am using desktop deluxe version. I am still FORCED to pay $44.99 otherwise the tool just won't proceed. I had *almost* paid it but then I did a Google search to land here.. Knowing that this is an actual tool glitch (?) so many are facing, this is really shady on behalf of Intuit. When will you folks fix this? I am still getting TurboTax updates every week.
UPDATE: Clearly a misunderstanding on my part (which I believe many are having here). When we hit next, it shows $44.99 in BOLD (which is also the amount one has to pay for audit defense). And this is where the confusion is. I still need to make payment for the state tax e-file.. and the $44.99 is saying that IF you want to pay that via federal refund, you need to upgrade to premium for this fee. I didn't read this since the prices exactly matched and made me believe I was forced to buy audit defense. May be something to be fixed by the UI team since I am not the only one who had this confusion.
