Thanks, I confirmed this over the phone with a support person.
There was a glitch in the Self-Employed Online version that allowed more that 5 states to be added to your return as part of the preparation process, and since my call with support yesterday, this seems to have been fixed as now I see a warning that I cannot have more than 5 state filings in my account.
This seems a huge oversight by TurboTax, as there are many self-employed people like myself that travel and sell at more than 5 out-of-state events. I would gladly pay the fee for each state prep/filing, but the limit of 5 states excludes me from being able to use TurboTax any longer.
I have no idea why there is a limit on the number of states, when they are paid for per-state. But this has forced me to take my business to a tax prep professional who has no limits on how many filings they will accept. It’s also going to cost me less money.
Note that the desktop version will prepare more than 5 state returns, but then you cannot use Live Assist. This is unworkable for me since the state returns are what I need the most help with.
