Misleading description: requires an extra $25 payment for state efile

TurboTax Home and Business Review

by Nathan Friedly

[Old Version] TurboTax Home and Business Mac Fed + e-file + State 2013

[Old Version] TurboTax Home and Business Mac Fed + e-file + State 2013

Amazon

Original URL: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FFINXBU

Reviewed on: 2014-03-25

This was my first time trying out turbotax and it seemed like it was doing a good job, but at the end, it told me that I'd have to pay an extra $25 to finish filing my taxes. I was under the impression that "Fed + Efile + State" meant that it would efile both my federal and state taxes. It did give me the option to print and mail my state taxes, but that just seems like a waste of paper. I ended up not using it for the state return and instead filed through my state's website. The whole ordeal feels very much like a bait & switch tactic, and I don't think I'll be buying TurboTax again.

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