@ lingardbarbara01 wrote:
So, if you made 24085. Is this how they would put it. 024085? Remember it has to be six digits. And someone told me that you put 2019 AGI on 2019 acct. Not last years
No, that is not correct. You seem to be confusing two different areas of TurboTax. The only PIN on a Federal return that has to be 6 digits is an IP PIN (Identity Protection PIN). An IP PIN has nothing to do with your 2018 AGI. An IP PIN is a 6-digit Identity Protection PIN that is provided by the IRS to certain victims of identity theft. It is a 6-digit number the IRS assigns to you; it has nothing to do with AGI. The 6-digit IP PIN is not entered in the FILE section; it is entered in a completely different section of the return interview. If you are supposed to be using a 6-digit IP PIN, we can tell you where to enter it, but you first have to have the IP PIN if you are required to have one. Without the IP PIN, you won't be able to efile and would have to paper-file the return in postal mail. Filing without the IP PIN will also delay processing of your return, since it will take the IRS longer to verify it.
Did you have an IP PIN last year? If so, you need a new one every year. You should have been mailed a letter from the IRS in late December or early January 2020 with your new IP PIN to use this year. If you didn't receive the letter, you may be able to use the IP PIN Retrieval Tool at the IRS website.
https://www.irs.gov/identity-theft-fraud-scams/retrieve-your-ip-pin
You wrote: "And someone told me that you put 2019 AGI on 2019 acct. Not last years"
That's wrong. When you later go through the FILE section, if you are efiling the return, it will ask you for your 2018 AGI at that point. And to electronically sign the return, a screen will ask you to enter a 5-digit Self-Select PIN (any 5 numbers of your choosing, or you can re-use last year's 5-digit Self-Select PIN if you wish.)
