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Generally, you do not need to report your spouse's income on your separate return, but you must know it to determine filing requirements or if claiming certain credits.  f you live in a community property state (Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington, or Wisconsin), you have to know it to report half of all community income.  If you need it for the Child and Dependent Care Credit, I suggest you estimate it.  And, you could always ask!

Where does it want your EIN?   Sometimes UT is asking for a state id >>   The 14 digit state id number (for Utah) should be formatted as 11 digits followed by wth with no hyphens.    Example:   12345678901wth

Hopefully,  the steps I provided above enabled you to verify your email address in the account settings and proceed through efiling.   If not, here's how to contact TurboTax Support:   Hours 5AM-9PM Pacific FAQ: What is the TurboTax phone number? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/using-turbotax/help/what-is-the-turbotax-phone-number/00/25632   If you use Free Edition and don't have phone support, another way to reach them if you have social media is to direct message a Support agent: https://x.com/TeamTurboTax or https://www.facebook.com/turbotax

directpay through the irs.gov site? Most likely you will get a refund check for the overpayment after a short amoutn of time. Phone the IRS (very friendly, very knowledgable and helpful) and let them know 🙂

The first page of your tax return PDF is the Filing instructions - that page will show the account and amount you have scheduled.   It normally takes the IRS a few days to take the  payment, but it is effective the date you scheduled it.  Your e-file transmission is receipt of an on-time payment.     See the IRS FAQ page 

There is no penalty for late filing if you're getting a refund.  You may be able to verify your email address in your Intuit Account instead as explained below.   If you are referring to the 6-digit email verification code when efiling, then check your email's spam/junk folder to see if the code is ending up there.   If that's not the problem, you can go to your settings in your Intuit Account and may be able to verify your email address there if it's not verified.  Or you can change the email address if desired (using the steps below.)     Here's how: In the left menu column scroll way down to Intuit Account. Then once in the account choose tab Sign In & Security. See if your email address has a tiny link beside it that says "not verified".  If so, click that to verify. Perhaps once you verify it there in the account settings, it won't ask you to verify it again when you are efiling. Or you can change the notifications email address, if desired.  If you do, also verify it while you are in the account settings.

Go to Federal > Deduction Summary where you can pick any categories you want to visit, or click 'Done with Deductions'.  Some like to enter deductions that may be deductible on their state return, even if they claim Standard Deduction for Federal.   @jimmiewalden     

You are correct.  Entering 199A dividends will generate a Form 8995.  It doesn't mean the program is treating you like you are a business.  You get a 20% deduction of 199A income, so you will get a $0.70 deduction. Or, you can just skip the 199A dividends as if they weren't reported on your 1099-DIV.