Are you trying to pay your state efile fee out of your Federal refund? If so, that payment option will automatically add Premium Services (with Audit Defense) to your fees, which is $45 in California. Premium Services also includes Audit Defense and ID protection services.
In California to avoid Premium Services (and its included Audit Defense), you have to pay upfront with credit/debit card. After choosing to pay upfront, if it STILL tries to charge you for Audit Defense, then check to be sure it was declined on the original Audit Defense question screen:
By removing a checkmark on one of the screens under the REVIEW tab in the AUDIT PROTECTION section. On a screen after the Audit Risk meter, way down at the bottom is a place to enter or remove a checkmark for Audit Defense. If it's been declined there, and if you are paying up front with credit/debit card (instead of paying out of the refund with Premium Services), then you should not be charged for anything but the state efile fee (and possible sales tax.)
Don't pay until you see that your only charge is for the $20 or $25 state efile fee.
