@ljadja7172 Are you using the Desktop installed program? $25 sounds like the fee to efile a state return from the Desktop program. Then if you are in California it is $45 to have the fee deducted from your federal refund. So you have to switch to pay the $25 fee with a credit card or print and mail state for free.
In California Desktop program to remove Audit Defense and Premium Services you have to change to pay the $25 state efile fee by credit card and not by having it deducted from your federal refund. Or print and mail state for free. Go back through the File tab again slowly and change to pay with a credit card. Then if Audit Defense is still there you can remove it.
