I’ve used TaxAct too the past two years and it was awesome, very simple. I got a big return one year and it was in my bank account in like 10 days.
Didn’t pay anything that I remember.
I eFiled yesterday, it was pretty easy, though there were a couple of things I didn’t like. In order to everything online you had to have last years numbers, something I didn’t have at work and something it didn’t tell me I needed until the very end. They also tried to be sneaky and had the option of giving you a “loan” until your refund came back, something that would have cost $50. I didn’t get it at first because there was only two options, the loan and having them send you a check in the mail that cost $10+ a fee. I had to read the fine print saying that you didn’t have to choose either, but they should have said that up front.
I did pay $10 for my Maryland taxes, but since it was already done I just did it. I am glad though as I did my taxes by hand first, then found out I made a brain fart and put down the wrong amount owed, a number that didn’t even show up in the tax bracket so I was off by $100.
I used tax act also. I live in Ohio. I filed both state and federal for $7.95 on January 24th and received my federal refund via direct deposit on Februay 4th.