
Yeah! I am done with the tax return. I have been working on it for two days. We moved from Virginia to California mid-year, so we had to file federal and two state returns. I paid $49 for Turbo Tax at Amazon.com (so that I don't have to pay sales tax!) , which covered federal with e-file and one state. The software told me that I had to pay $39 for the second state forms and $19 for state e-file for each state. It's ridiculous. First of all, I just cannot get why they need to charge us to e-file. If we e-file, that saves those tax departments tedious data entry tasks. Theoretically, they need to pay us to e-file. Also $39 for the second state blows me off too. Once the federal return is done, preparing state returns usually does not require much brain power. Having passed all the CPA exams (not certified yet, since I need to have EXPERIENCE!), I was confident to handle Virginia return myself. I went to Virgina Tax Department's website, downloaded the forms, and started working on it. Well, usually the procedure is quite simple, but this year because of the move it required extra work on a different form. After all it took 2 hours. I am not quite sure whether I saved $39 or I lost two hours of my precious time... I did not e-file two state returns. I mailed them, instead.