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The most common reason that money you expected from a refund is missing is due to an offset for debts like student loans, taxes, etc. You can check the IRS Where's my Refund or call the Treasury Offset Program at 800-304-3107 to see if any amount was withheld for an offset. 

Open your tax return and go to your self employment activity. If you are using TurboTax Desktop or TurboTax Online you can use the steps below: Search function in the upper right and type Schedule C. Click on the Jump to.. link This will bring you to the screen 'Here's the business info we have so far'. Select Edit beside your business and then scroll to Business Summary > Edit Scroll to see Other Situations > Actively participated in this work > Edit to answer Yes How do I report self employment income? Where do I enter my self employment business expenses

It's possible this is browser-related. Please log out of TurboTax Online, refresh your browser, and clear your cookies and cache. Then restart your browser and log into TurboTax again. Or try a different browser.    For more help, please see:  How do I delete cookies? How to clear your cache @pooty 

When you enter the Form 1095-A, you will see a screen that says Policy shared with another taxpayer. Click the "yes" box and on the next screen you can enter your father's social security number and months of coverage.

Contributions made after January 1st for the previous calendar year, are entered on the screen in the HSA interview titled, "Let's enter [name]' HSA contributions". The first line on this screen has the code W amount from the W-2, while the second line is for all personal contributions from 1-1-2025 through 4-15-2026.

The bank information and the date selected for payment will be on the Filing Instructions for your tax return and it will be on the Federal Information Worksheet in Part V of the worksheet.  You will need to use Print Center and the option for all worksheets when download the PDF of your tax return.   To access your current or prior year online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the User ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/   When you sign onto your online account and land on the Tax Home web page, scroll down and click on Add a state.  This will take you back to the 2025 online tax return. Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen.  Then click on Print Center.  Then click on Print, save or preview this year's return.  Choose the option Include government and TurboTax worksheets   If you used the desktop CD/Download editions installed on your computer, the only copy of your tax data file and any PDF's will be on the computer where the return was created.  TurboTax does not store online any returns completed using the desktop editions.

As you go through the screens on your Virginia return, you will get to a screen Here's the income that Virginia handles differently.  Under the Education section is Commonwealth Savers (Section 529) Plan.  Click Start or Revisit and go through the screens to enter the information.  If eligible, the 529 contribution will result in up to $4000 in deduction that will appear on the Virginia 760 return on line 13 along with any other deductions.  If the 529 contribution is greater than $4000, any amount above that will get carried forward to be deducted in a future year Virginia return.  An exception to the $4000 limit applies to account owners who are 70 or older - these contributions can be deducted in full.   This Virginia Voluntary Contribution website has more information on their 529 plans.    

If the HSA contributions were made through the employer, then the HSA contributions will be shown on the W-2 with a code W in box 12, that is, the HSA contributions through the employer are handled automatically when you enter the W-2.   If you have other HSA contributions made directly to the HSA not through the employer, then in the HSA interview on the screen titled "Let's enter [name]'s HSA contributions", while the first line has the code W amount from the W-2, the second line "personal" contributions is where you put any direct contributions to the HSA. Be sure NOT to enter any dollars in the amount on line 1 into the amount on line 2.   Assuming that your itemized deductions are less than your standard deduction, TurboTax will automatically choose the Standard Deduction.

The QBI At Risk Op Loss entry appears under Uncommon Situations at the bottom of the Schedule C Business Summary page. You may also wish to review your business info under Business Summary. Occasionally, you'll need to revisit the topic more than once to bring up the At Risk questions.   Or you can refresh TurboTax Online, log out and clear your cookies and cache. Then restart your browser and log into TurboTax again. Or try a different browser.    For more help, please see:  How do I delete cookies? How to clear your cache

Instead of starting over, search to see if the file saved into your return.  Here are some suggestions on how to look for your file on your Mac computer.   1. Search for the File Extension TurboTax files have specific extensions based on the tax year. In Finder, click the Magnifying Glass (top right) or press Command + Space and search for:   .tax2025 (or whatever year you are filing) ~ (Search for the tilde symbol; TurboTax often creates a temp backup file that starts with this character, e.g., ~ReturnName.tax2025). 2. Check the Default Folder By default, TurboTax for Mac saves files in your Documents folder. Manually navigate here in Finder:   Macintosh HD > Users > [Your Name] > Documents > TurboTax Look for any file with the TurboTax icon. If you see one, double-click it directly rather than opening the app first. 3. Use "Open" instead of the Welcome Screen Sometimes the app's "Recent Returns" dashboard glitches after a crash.   Open TurboTax. Ignore the blank starting screen. Go to the top Mac Menu Bar and select File > Open. Navigate to your Documents folder to see if the file appears in the selection window