Overchaged for CA state e-file

[JohnH1]

The program showed $20.00 to e-file state return but when I  e-filed it charged $25.00

It's illegal to advertise one price and then charge another.

[xmasbaby0]

Fees increased on March 1.   If you read the tiny print on your packaging it tells you the fee can be changed.  You can avoid the state e-file fee if you print and mail the state return.   Then all you have to pay for is an envelope and a stamp.

[JohnH1 · Accepted solution]

A bunch of stamps . . . It's not the packaging that said it was 20.00 but the page where you select whether to e-file or mail it in. No warning that the price had increased before getting the the payment screen. I could not file before March 1 because not all forms were up to date yet. (or some such error message).

[JohnH1]

In other words, it's a BAIT & SWITCH if the price is lower before March 1 but you cannot file before

March 1 because the tax forms are not up to date yet.