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Thank you for clarifying your question.   You generally cannot e-file an amended state return for a prior year in TurboTax; you must print and mail it. While TurboTax allows e-filing amended federal returns for the current year (and sometimes the two prior), older, amended state returns usually require paper filing. You can generally only e-file amended returns if the original was done in TurboTax and it is for the immediate preceding tax year.    This help article lists the states for which TurboTax can e-file an amended state return for the current year.    

I had a file-by-mail option for my Federal, but not for my State taxes. I e-filed my Federal, but I don't want to pay Intuit $25 for the privilege of e-filing my Virginia taxes.   I see now that I have to select "file by mail" on the Federal screen to get to the screen where I can prepare my State return for file-by-mail. I've never needed to do that before and it should be obvious to the program/UX designers that it is MASSIVELY counterintuitive. Since this was a change from previous TurboTax versions, I'd have to assume it was intentional and not from abject cluelessness, and designed to get people frustrated enough to pay the extra $25.   (I worked in high-tech for decades, and I would never have signed off or worked on anything that anti-customer.)

Like DaveF1006 mentioned, since you became a permanent resident in 2026, you are considered a US person for tax purposes and the days that you are present in the USA during 2026 count toward the substantial presence test (SPT) requirements for the 2025 First-year choice election.  It doesn't matter if it hasn't been 5 years.  For 2025, you can make the first-year choice election since you will meet the substantial presence test ‌the following year (2026).  The days you were in the USA in 2025 under the f1/f2 visa don't count toward the SPT, but the days you were in the USA during 2026 while holding a green card do count for the 2025 SPT (for purposes of First-year choice election).

Thank you for the advice!   I'm thinking that I will wait until a few days before the deadline and then make a payment of $3 to the IRS (or whatever the minimum is).  At least that will bring my total payment up to what the return determined the amount to be and what I should have included to begin with.  I don't want to be penalized for paying less than what TTX had determined I owed.   I've been using TTX for 25 years (??)  And this is the first time this has happened.     Thanks again!

Except, you did not look closely at the screen shot!  You have misread the text.   The text reads: "If this property QUALIFIES for exclusion, CHECK the box and complete the required information below.  The actual form reads the same way: "If a gain (;loss) qualifies for the exclusion, CHECK the box in the * column.  I added the emphasis.

Caitlin thanks for trying to be of assistance but you were off point.  The issue was resolved by a call into support.  The resolution was that if a user wants Intuit to make the first installment payment to NYS the user must enter in the NYS estimated payments screen a payment date for only the for only the first payment.  I assumed it would know to use 4/15/26 but the date must be entered.  The software should have kicked out an error that a date is required.   That would easily have helped me resolve the issue without needing assistance.

What’s your 1099R from?   Like a pension?    If you are the age required to take a IRA or 401K RMD it will ask you if a pension is the RMD.  Say yes.  Anything your pension pays you is considered to be the  RMD.  Traditional pensions automatically fulfill the rules of an RMD.  So for the RMD question put in the same amount as box 1.

A little different twist on this problem....I read the replies and didn't see it.   My Fed return was ACCEPTED using the I7Q6 Daikin QMID Code.  When I received my return, it was substantially less than I expected.  Yesterday I received the anticipated IRS (CP12) "Changed Return" letter, stating my return was changed because the QMID I used didn't match their records.     "If you disagree with the change(s) we made to your return, contact us at 800-829-0922 and we will reverse the changes."  Called and after much "research" the C/S person says it was changed for a math error....no, there wasn't and read her the explanation from the form.     There's a half hour wasted so I'm off to write a letter.

Since you are on a Mac and still seeing that "Available in February" message in mid-March, may be dealing with a stale cache or a failed background update.   The 2025 depreciation updates (Form 4562) were officially released on February 27, 2026. If your software hasn't "realized" it's past February, it will continue to show you that placeholder screen regardless of the actual date.   1. Force a "Deep Update" on Mac Sometimes the automatic update check misses the specific "Forms" update.  In the menu bar at the top of your Mac screen (next to the Apple icon), click TurboTax. Select Check for Updates. If it says "TurboTax is up to date," but you still see the error, restart your Mac. This clears the temporary application memory that often holds onto old "not available" flags. These flags sometimes stay dormant in the computer and needs a "kick" to clear it out. 2. The "Forms Mode" Kickstart Since you have the Desktop version, you can bypass the "Step-by-Step" interview screen that is stuck on the February message.   Click the Forms icon in the top right corner.  In the list of forms on the left, look for Form 4562 (Depreciation and Amortization) or the Asset Entry Worksheet. If you see the form and it has numbers in it, the update is installed. If the form is missing or blank, the software still thinks it's locked. At this point, try to "Open Form" (from the Forms menu) and search for 4562. Opening the form manually can help refresh the calculations and then populate them into the form. Let us know if this works.    @Yuliya