Unfortunately---instead of paying TurboTax upfront by using a credit or debit card, you chose to pay TurboTax by having your federal refund go to a third party bank. The third party bank receives your refund from the IRS, takes out the fee you owe to TurboTax, collects its own $40 "refund processing" fee ($45 in CA) and sends the rest of the refund to you. The whole mess can be avoided by paying BEFORE you file using your own credit or debit card.
And....perhaps you got in too much of a hurry---because those fees are shown to you on the screens before you file.
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