You are confusing online TurboTax software fees with desktop download fees.
When you use online software, there is no fee at all for e-filing--not for federal or state. The fee is the same whether you e-file or mail it in an envelope. BUT---with online there are separate fees for federal and for state.
When you purchase the desktop software that includes state software, you get to e-file federal for free, and you have a state software program of ONE specific state of your choice. If you need a second --different-- state program it will cost $40 for each different state. To e-file the state return, you pay a fee of $20---which increases to $25 on March 1. You can print and mail the state instead for the price of a stamp.
And....some of the retailers that sell the desktop software give you a $10 credit toward one state e-file fee.
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