Purchase Additional State Programs
Updated: 12/15/2011
Article ID: GEN12240
You'll probably need to file multiple state tax returns if, during the tax year, you:
- Lived in one state and worked in another
- Made money (including rental property income) in another state
- Moved to a different state
Select your TurboTax product below to learn how to purchase additional state programs. Which one am I using?
- Sign in to TurboTax Online.
- Click the State Taxes tab, select a state, and then click Prepare the Selected Return. If you're purchasing an additional state, click Choose Another State, and then select the state.
- TurboTax Online prompts you for payment when you print or e-file the state return.
Note: TurboTax Online let you prepare up to five states per federal return. If you need to prepare six or more state tax returns in association with your federal return, consider TurboTax CD/Download software.Deluxe, Premier, and Home & Business versions of TurboTax desktop software include one state. If you need to purchase additional states, or if you're using the Basic version (which doesn't include a state program), follow the directions below.
- Start TurboTax.
- Open your tax return and select the State Taxes tab.
- Click TurboTax State Download in the upper left corner, or choose Download State from the Online menu.
- Save your return if prompted to do so.
- Select the state you wish to purchase, then click Continue at the bottom of your screen.
- Follow the onscreen directions to purchase, download, and install the selected state return.
Note: You can purchase as many state returns as necessary but e-filing is limited to three state returns per federal return. The fourth and subsequent states must be paper-filed.
