Refund Processing Fee

[neavesj]

I purchased the federal and state key from Costco.  Why am I being charged another $40 at the end?  It seems a bit shady not to disclose any other fees up front.  

[DoninGA]

Click on Pay with Credit Card.

The $40 refund processing fee is Only if you use the option to pay with your federal tax refund.

[VolvoGirl · Accepted solution]

Sorry what you bought was one free state PROGRAM download.  Then each state return is $20 early to efile or you can print and mail state for free.  You can pay the $20 upfront with a credit card or deduct it from your federal refund for an additional Extra $40 Refund Processing Service charge (45 in California).  So $60 or 65.  Use your credit card and avoid the extra charge.  

[neavesj]

I guess I'm just confused on why I'm paying for state - again.  I do see it's $20 if I pay with my credit card but is this not what I paid for up front?  Maybe I completely missed the meaning of Federal + State?

[neavesj]

My fault here... I did miss the line on the state filing fee... not the program fee.  Thanks all!

[VolvoGirl]

Yes look on the right side of the Costco screen.  https://www.costco.com/turbotax-deluxe-2023-federal-e-file-%2b-state-download-for-pcmac%2c-includes-... 
It says 

TurboTax Deluxe 2023 Federal E-file + State Download for PC/Mac, Includes $10 Credit In-Product*

It says Federal+Efile +State Download, not state efile. 

But hooray you get a $10 credit from Costco which will automatically applied to the $20 fee.  So you only pay $10.  I download from Costco too.

[dcceiks]

Wish I had read this BEFORE paying the additional $40!!!

We have fairly complex tax returns and generally like TurboTax... but this, to me, is NOT clearly stated as an either pay $0 additional with credit card / OR pay an ADDITIONAL $40 to have payment deducted from Federal refund.

I'll know next year!