Turbotax won't efile for me unless I choose a payment method for refund fee

[mike49]

Did you guys have someone write this year's TurboTax that doesn't have it edit checked?
I do not have a refund coming but instead of it just filing my return as agreed, it wants me to pay with a federal return a $40 Refund Processing Fee or Credit Card in order to move forward??!!
Last phrase says:
"Must e-file federal return.
$40 Refund Processing Fee"
?????
What does that mean?

[xmasbaby0]

There is not a fee to e-file your tax return or to have direct deposit of your refund.

Did you choose to pay for using TurboTax by having the fee taken out of your federal refund?  That means you will pay an EXTRA FEE of $40 ($45 in CA) to have a third party bank receive your refund from the IRS, take out enough to pay TT, and then send you the rest of the refund.  ( The third party bank keeps the $40 or $45 fee for itself.)

You do not have to do that.   Pay upfront BEFORE you file --- pay using a credit or debit card.

REMOVE REFUND PROCESSING FEE

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/intuit-account-billing/remove-pay-refund...