State tax filing

I installed the March 19 update and subsequently, was able to file my California state return, paying the $25 filing fee.  So, I suppose we can declare the two bugs we discussed in this thread as resolved: (1) the original bug that made Turbotax demand a $250 state e-filing fee; and (2) the bug that subsequently prevented filing of the state return after (i.e., not at the same time as) e-filing the federal return.

To be nit-pickingly precise, however, I think this latest (March 19) update does not "fully resolve" the second reported bug!    When it gets to the following stage, Turbotax still shows the status of my federal return as "transmitted" not "accepted" (although it certainly knows that it has actually been accepted). 

It is not incorrect for Turbotax to state that my federal return has been transmitted on this screen; but it is not accurate enough, either (because not only my federal return has been transmitted, Turbotax knows that it has also been accepted by the IRS). As @macuser_22 observed, the distinction between what Turbotax shows on this screen (transmitted) and what it reports it knows about the status of the federal return (accepted) matters at this point, because I was told that if the federal return has been merely transmitted, Turbotax --- by design --- refuses to proceed to e-file a state return (as a fraud prevention measure), whereas if the federal return has already been accepted, then state e-filing can proceed.  The point is that if the distinction between "transmitted" and "accepted" matters at this point, then Turbotax must correctly show this distinction on this screen.  Right now, it does not, and strictly speaking, this is a bug.  However, one can say that this is a harmless bug, because it merely misinforms, but it does not prevent correct behavior (because it no longer prevents e-filing of the state return).

Thanks for everyone's participation, and thanks to the development team for their update.