@bvmbvm wrote:
This is a similar situation to mine. In my case it is New Jersey. Because I worked part time in New York State, I had to purchase separately the NY state filing. Also, because of NY State's rules for the amount of income , I must file the NY state taxes by mail not electronically. Yet, when I tried to file NJ taxes electronically, I was charged an additional amount.
"I purchased the desk top version of Turbo Tax that included one state."
The included state refers to the state program (state software.)
The TurboTax desktop editions that includes state returns includes a state program for one state. Since you have 2 different states, you had to purchase the second state software. The following explains the additional fee you are referring to:
For all states except NY state, there is a $25 efile fee ($20 in early filing season.) So I assume you are referring to the $25 fee to efile a New Jersey state return. New York state has no state efile fee, and there is no fee to print and mail a state return of any state.
