Does the Turbotax Deluxe edition that sometimes needs to be purchased last a year or longer?

[DoninGA]

All of the TurboTax editions, both desktop and online are only for one tax year.

[LindaS5247]

It is for the tax year that is specified on the product only.  TurboTax Deluxe 2024 is for the 2024 tax year only.

[romare-addison]

Why is there an extra fee for filing PA state taxes, and how do they come up with the total amount you earned for the year?  

[xmasbaby0]

E-filing fee in desktop software

Did you purchase desktop software with state software included?  They sell Deluxe both with and without state software--so you have to be careful which one you choose.  And even if it does have the state software download included, that is for preparing the state.  There is an extra $25 fee to e-file the state.  You can avoid the state e-file fee if you print and mail the state instead of e-filing it.

".....how do they come up with the total amount you earned for the year? " 

"They" come up with a total amount of income based on the information the user entered.   All of your income has to be entered in the federal return--all W-2's, all 1099's, etc.-- and the information flows from the federal return to the state return.  The software then uses your state's tax laws to tax the income that is taxable in PA.

[romare-addison]

Thank you, but what I'm trying to say is that the gross amount the state came up with was nearly double what my gross income was last year, which I was baffled about.  The only other doc I included was a 1098-T with a couple of textbook expenses.  I'm trying to figure out how that number could've been so high when that gross figure wasn't included on the federal return.  (~15k vs ~29k)