After Filing: Track, Payment, Penalties

After you file

How Do I Amend My Taxes? Form 1040X & State Amendments

The two most common reasons to amend your tax return are that you realized you made a mistake or you received a new tax form after you filed. Other common reasons are using the wrong filing status or claiming/not claiming a dependent. Whatever your r... read more

Tax Penalties: How to Prevent or Abate Them!

You think you’re doing great - taxes withheld from every paycheck or quarterly estimates have been paid timely - and suddenly you see a tax penalty. It can happen to even the most conscientious of people. Life happens and some of those life “happenin... read more

All About Tax Audits!

Getting a “love letter” from the IRS can send shivers up your spine. But it’s rarely as bad as we think it is and nothing to fear (unless you’re a criminal, which you aren’t). Most of the time, those IRS letters and notices are only requesting a litt... read more

Stay on Track: W-4s, Quarterly Estimates, & more!

Want a bigger tax refund? With proper planning, tax withholding, or estimated tax payments you have greater control over the amount of tax refund you'll receive, or how much you will owe at tax time. Of course your income, deductions and tax credits ... read more

All About Your Refund: Tracking, Tips, & More!

Did you receive your refund yet? If not, you’re not alone. According to the IRS, your federal refund generally takes around 21 days to get to your bank account. But that’s only if all is good on your tax return -and there are no questions from our fr... read more

Non resident spouse and dependent children

My daughter lives in Italy her husband says she needs to go to USA so he pays less tax

I’m missing a w-2, I tried to contact HR and the employer. I haven’t gotten a replacement

I file my taxes on 2023 for my w2 2022 and I want to know my 1040 tax, because I wanna print it and show to my wife thank you

What is my 1040 tax return info for 2022?

Amended Tax Return (1040-X) - Waiting for refund after 16 weeks

It's already been 16 weeks since the IRS received my amended return. I have not received a refund yet. The status has not changed (still showing as "Received"). What should I do? Thanks.According to this page, it typically takes 8-12 weeks but can ta... read more

Is there a contact to ask about my amended return? It says it was received 03/29/25 but it is still not processed and the tracker says they’re working on May submissions.

I filed my amended return and it seems like there must be some kind of issue since it hasn’t moved passed received. It says if was received 03/29/25 and to check the tracker for where they are at on processing returns. I wasn’t too worried as the tra... read more

How do I enter Grantor Letter tax information into Turbotax?

A previous answer to a similar question recommended to enter the data as if they were provided on one of the 1099 forms. I can do that fairly easily for the Interest Income by going through the appropriate section of the Turbotax.But how do I enter t... read more

How do I amend this year's taxes (2024) with a Form 5498? Because I filling in the allocated amended timeframe I don't have to pay any penalty.

If the page starts with We're glad you're here! when i login where do I find the previous year tax return

I am logged in but i cant see any options to find old documents it just wants me to start a new tax return

Fixing and e-filing a second amended return due to TurboTax issue with estimated tax field

Here's the regretful issue that happened: I opened my Windows TurboTax Premiere 2024 to start an amended return, and I saw the top banner reset to 0 for state (CA) but the federal showed the original balance due (the balance I already paid electronic... read more