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"Premium service" is an EXTRA $45 fee in CA that is added if you choose to pay your other TurboTax fees by having them deducted from your federal refund instead of by paying upfront BEFORE you file by using a credit or debit card to pay. Are you e-filing a state return? If so, if you pay the $25 state e-file fee from your federal refund instead of by paying using your own credit card, you are getting smacked with an extra $45 fee to allow a third party bank to receive your federal refund, take out $25 for TT, keep the $45 for itself, and send you the rest.
Thank you for the explanation but this is still frustrating.
I tried to pay by credit card but their drop-down menu would not reveal the '01' month for me to select no matter what I did to get around the issue, e.g. adjust the display setting on my Windows 11 operating system.
I should have returned this program to Costco. Unfortunately, it is already 4/15 and I didn't want to bother with an extension, since I have elderly parents to take care of.
I may be done with TT, esp. considering that they have a wealth of data on me that they sell to who knows(?)
Cannot get a live person on their chat, which seems to be replaced by an AI, and after finally getting a live person on the phone, he (London) turns out to be super-rude. I have choice words for him. This is a real scam...
If you choose to have the fees (example state filing fees) taken from your federal refund, they go through a third party, and thus charge the $45. If you pay by credit card that fee is not charged.
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