After you imput your W-2, go to Federal Review Section and keep hitting "continue" to scroll through to the end of the review process, even though TT will tell you that it needs more info from you. At the very end of the federal review process, the refund ticker will show up in the upper left hand corner of your screen. You can then go back to the beginning and start entering your info and do your taxes as usual, and the refund ticker will remain in the upper left corner.
Hope that helps, it worked for me.
MK
