Review by Sadie

First, let me say that I love TurboTax. I have been using it for years to do my taxes and it has made it relatively painless. Up until now, if you purchase the Deluxe version you get free Federal e-file, because the IRS does not charge for this service. Remember when they did? TurboTax used to charge a fee. But, now they don’t because the IRS doesn’t.

So, the State of California sent out notices this year saying that they have free e-filing. I assumed that when I did an automatic upload of any changes to the taxes this year that TurboTax would also upload the fact that the State of California has free e-filing. However, they still charge an extra $20 for e-filing the State return. I looked at their community question and answer sectionsn, and it appears that many states now offer free e-filing, and other tax payers also assumeD that meant TurboTax would file their state return for free. However, TurboTax just takes the $20 out of your tax refund.

So, if they don’t change things next year, without increasing the price on their software, I will no longer be purchasing TurboTax. If I have to fill out the same information a second time on the State of California tax website, why do I need TurboTax?nnDOWN WITH THE $20 FEE TO E-FILE THE STATE!