Why is there a State e-file fee? It must cost Intuit about $0.00001 in processing costs as the unique State related items is already priced into the product. Somehow the Federal e-file is free five times over in the Deluxe package. Huh, what goes? This kind of pricing reflects monopoly status and nothing more: no increased cost, but increased selling price. Why won't Intuit aim for competitively driven pricing rather than extracting maximum rent indicating an grossly inefficient market place?
