@MAC18 wrote:
I understand each state costs an additional $40 when using the online product. Does this price include e-filing the state return or is that extra? How does the state pricing for the online product compare to the CD/Download pricing for doing a state return?
Also, is it possible to purchase, complete, and e-file a state return using the online product without first purchasing and completing an online federal return? For example, could one use the CD/Download product to do their federal return, but use the online product to do a state return? Would the online product be able to get all the information it needs to do the state return form the completed federal return that was done using the CD/Download product?
The TurboTax online account fee is for the use of the software to assist in completing a tax return. The account fee is the same whether a tax return is e-filed or printed for mailing. There are no e-file fees using the TurboTax online editions, federal or state.
Using the TurboTax software, online or desktop, you must first complete the federal tax return before starting the state tax return. The tax data from the federal return flows to the state return. TurboTax does not have a stand-alone state program.
The tax data from one of the desktop editions for the current tax year cannot be transferred to a current year online tax return. Only the prior year tax data from the desktop edition can be transferred to the current year tax return.
When purchasing one of the desktop editions from TurboTax one free state program download is included in the purchase price (except the Basic edition). An additional state program other than the free state program is an additional $40.
There is an e-file charge of $20 when e-filing a state tax return using the desktop editions. This charge can be avoided by printing and mailing the state tax return.
Prices subject to change on or about March 1.
