All Posts

Do you mean for a 2025 return?  Like to prepare 2025 estimated payments?     2 Turbo Tax articles on how the BBB changes will affect you https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/general/taxes-2021-7-upcoming-tax-law-changes/L3xFucBvV https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-reform  

Are you asking about a Federal refund you are expecting?  If so, here's how to start investigating to check some things before phoning the IRS.   First, you need to be sure the return was successfully filed. It depends on how you chose to file the return.   If you filed a paper return by mail, TurboTax does not mail it for you.  If you chose that method, you would have had to print it, sign it, date it, and mail it yourself.  It takes at least 4 weeks for a mailed return to show up in the IRS WMR tool.     If you efiled, double-check to be sure the return was efiled successfully and accepted.  If you used Online TurboTax, you can sign into your Online Account and check the efile status at the Tax Home.   What word is used there for the status:  accepted, rejected, printed, started, ready to mail, or something else? If that showed it was accepted, (or if you mailed a paper return), you can use the "Where's My Refund" tool at the IRS website below to monitor the status of your Federal refund.   Is there any message there? https://www.irs.gov/wheres-my-refund   Here are some tips when using that IRS tool:   Be sure you enter the correct tax year, SSN, and filing status. Be sure you are using only the Federal refund amount.   Do not include any state refund or any total refund or net refund (Fed and State) that TurboTax may have provided on a summary screen.   Look at your actual Federal return to get the Federal refund amount to use in the tool, i.e., your Form 1040, Line 35a.

Do you get a error code 190?  After you get the program installed or reinstalled the first thing to do before you open your tax return is to update the program and install any state programs you had. Then open your file. So you first might need to start a fake return to be able to download the state program (go to FILE - NEW). Enter some basic information, then go to the state tab and download the state program. Then try to open your existing return, go to FILE - OPEN

In a previous reply: "MrBadStink - When checking updates, scroll down a bit and click Advanced Options and then Optional updates (under the Additional Options section).  Run all of those and then try again. Does that work?"   justTaxes - There is no such option "Advanced Options" in TurboTax Premier 2024 (desktop PC edition).  The menu selections within "Online" are: "Check for Updates", "TurboTax Web Site", "View Installed Updates", "Updater Preferences", and "ScreenShare Code".  And under  "Updater Preferences" there are no options for enabling optional updates.   I do not see what you described.  Can you please be more specific on how to find the Advanced Options you mentioned?

I understand normally a document cannot be added to a state return, but I was just asked by state for last years Louisiana R-10606 form to verify payment of taxes to neighbor state Mississippi. I checked my TurboTax return and that form was not in state submitted package. I provided state with W-2 and they were happy, but I want to be prepared for next year, so how can I have this form attached to electronic return or will I have to mail entire return? Thank you. Charlie