E-FILE and file by mail

[dwightmlol]

I paid $60 for federal tax return and $100 for 2 states return. I would like to file my federal return by mail but e-file my NY and MD returns. However, after I chose file by mail option for my federal tax return at last step, it didn't allow me to e-file my state tax returns. 

[HelenC12 · Accepted solution]

You can't E-file the state returns if you don't E-file the federal return. 

Please see the following TurboTax FAQ information: Although state returns can be e-filed with your federal return (or after your federal return has already been accepted), it's no longer possible to e-file state returns before the federal.

• This adds an extra layer of security to all e-filed state returns. This also means you won't be able to e-file your state if your federal return was, or will be, paper-filed.

If you e-filed your federal return as Married Filing Jointly, but want to file your state returns as Married Filing Separately, only one state return can be e-filed. The other will have to be paper-filed.

Federal returns are not affected by this security measure and can be e-filed with or without a state.

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