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@ ANNANBERT  wrote:  "I thought that you cant be charged to efile NYS taxes, why am I being charged $59?"   That's the state return preparation fee.   The NY requirement is that there can be no state efile fee for NY state.   There is no state efile fee in the Online products.  

I am using TurboTax Premier, and I also have this problem. After I tried choosing Itemized Deductions using the "Change my deduction" button, the page that shows which deduction type still says "You've chosen Standard Deduction, so let's keep going and lock that in for you."   I checked the Federal Information Wks in Forms, but that checkbox is NOT checked. What else can I do to use my Itemized Deductions?  

If this was on a 1099-R for 2025 with PJ in box 7, would an amended return still need to be filed for 2024 even though no additional taxes are owed from this 1099-R related to 2024? The funds were contributed to a Roth-IRA so the contributions have already been taxed.   For me the funds were invested but withdrawn March 2025 so before the filing deadline. My withdrawn funds resulted in a loss. Original contribution was $7,000 and gross distribution in box 1 is $6,675.84. I have a PJ in box 7 and no information in any other box besides  a $0.00 in box 2a.   Thank you for your help!

 You can have preview privileges of the Federal Form 1040 and schedules 1-3 for free while working on your return as described below, or you can pay in advance for full viewing/printing privileges at will of all forms in your return.    Here are the 2 options:   You can preview your Form 1040 at any time for free.  Here's how:   Open your return, and in the left menu column, choose TAX TOOLS, then choose TOOLS. In the Tools window, choose "View Tax Summary." When the Tax Summary opens, look in the left menu column and choose Preview My 1040. That will show you the Form 1040 and schedules 1-3. Or if you wish to do so, you can pay your fees in advance to view/print the Form 1040 and all forms in your return at will.  Here's how:   Open your return, and in the left menu column, choose Tax Tools, then Print Center. Then choose "Print/save/preview this year's return." On the next screen choose to "Pay now". Note:  It may try to upsell you on add-ons like MAX, which you can choose or decline. The next screen should be an Order Summary.  Review that, and if all is OK, click Continue. It should then prompt you for payment by credit or debit card.  The screen only says "credit card", but it will take a debit card.  If it should offer you the option to "pay later" out of the Federal refund, that can't be used for this purpose.  You will need to pay now by credit/debit card in order to download/print prior to filing. Then you should have an option of which PDF to download/print/view.  "Just my tax returns", or "include government worksheets (optional)", or "include government and TurboTax worksheets (optional.)"  NOTE:  Remember all PDF tax documents and tax data files are very sensitive files, since they contain your personal ID info, financial data, and possibly bank account numbers, etc.  Be sure to store them safely and securely to guard against computer theft, hacking, etc.

@ rjc011752    Please clarify what tax year you are referring to with your question.   It can be interpreted a couple of ways.   In my answers above I assumed you were referring to a 2025 estimated tax payment.   You wrote:  "How can I include my estimated tax payment in my 2025 tax return?"   Are you asking about how to report an estimated tax payment for 2025 that you made so you get credit for it in your 2025 return?     Or were you asking if you could include your first quarter 2026 tax payment toward 2026 taxes in your 2025 return filing?   My answers above were for how to report a 2025 estimated tax payment that you made.  If you want to make a 2026 estimated payment, you can't include that in the 2025 return, but we can tell you other options if you are asking about how to make a 2026 estimated payment.