@JonLim wrote:
How did you avoid e-filing your state filing? I thought the online turbo tax deluxe included free state if you wanted to print it yourself and mail it. Couldn't figure it out and ended up paying the extra State E-filing.
So you used Online Deluxe (web version?)
In Online TurboTax there are no efiling fees for Federal or state returns. Efiling is free in the online products. The fees in Online TurboTax are for preparation of the returns--no matter if efiled or printed and mailed. So in Online Deluxe there is a $50 fee to prepare a state return, regardless of whether it is efiled or printed and mailed.
The desktop software is different. In desktop TurboTax (CD/download), there is no fee to efile the Federal return. There is, however, a 24.99 fee to efile a state return. There is no state efile fee for New York state. And there is no fee to print and mail the state returns.
