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We can't see your tax return! Have you completed the posting of your return? If you haven't filed yet, you can see your 1040 tax return. From the left sidebar Click on Tax Tools Click Tools A Menu will pop up Select View tax summary On the left panel click Preview my 1040 Some Key numbers to compare: 11 Adjusted Gross Income 12 Deductions 15 Taxable income 16 Tax 19 Child Tax Credit 26 Earned Income Tax Credit 28 Additional Child Tax Credit 33 Total Payments 34 Overpayment 35a Refund 37 Amount you owe

Please clarify a couple things for me - did you have the truck depreciating over the last several years in TurboTax or are you entering all of it now?   If you've been carrying it over for a few years then what depreciation does the system show?  

No one else can see your screen, your tax return or your account.   You have to use the do-it-youself approach and look for yourself.   What does it say in your account?   What does it say on your Form 1040?   If you are getting a federal refund, it will be shown on line 35a.   If you owe federal tax to the IRS, it will be on line 37, and you are not getting a refund.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/preview-turbotax-online-return-filing/L77WCkvnu_US_en_US?uid=m681fkhr  

First, did you have an excess HSA contribution carryover from 2024?   TurboTax should not be saying that you have an excess based on what you said, but you entered something that made it think you did.   I will append this standard answer that I have developed over the years, because accidentally indicating that you have an excess is a common occurrence. If one of these does not describe your situation come back and talk to us:   ***   One of the purposes of the HSA interview is to determine your annual HSA contribution limit.   As you probably know, the maximum limits in 2025 are: $4,300 - individual with self-coverage $8,550 - individual with family coverage If the HSA owner is 55 or older, then you add $1,000 to these amounts.   However, these limits assume that you were in an HSA all year. If you left the HSA during the year or started Medicare or had one of a number of change events, then the limit is reduced.    There are several major culprits for excess contributions (other than just actually contributing more than the limit).    First, if you did not complete the HSA interview - that is, go all the way until you are returned to the "Your Tax Breaks" page - the limit still might be set to zero, causing a misleading excess contribution message.    There are questions all the way to the end of the interview that affect the annual contribution limit.   Second, it is not unusual for taxpayers to accidentally duplicate their contributions by mistakenly entering what they perceive to be "their" contributions into the second line on the "Let's enter your HSA contributions" screen.   Normally, any employee who made contributions to his/her HSA through a payroll deduction plan has the contributions included in the amount with code "W" in box 12 on the W-2. This is on the first line on this screen (above). Don't enter the code W amount anywhere on the return other than on the W-2 page.   Third, if you weren't in HDHP coverage all 12 months, then the annual contribution limit is reduced on a per month ratio. NOTE, this means that you have to indicate when and under what type of HDHP plan you had. Be sure to answer the questions on the screen entitled "Was [name] covered by a High Deductible Health Plan in 2025?".   Fourth, if you had a carryover of excess contributions from 2024, then this carryover is applied to 2025 as a reduction to the 2025 HSA contribution limit, which could cause an excess condition in 2025 as well. But note: if you had an excess contribution in 2024 but cured it by withdrawing the excess in early 2025, then do NOT report an "overfunding" on your 2025 return.   Fifth, the Family limit ($8,550) is for the aggregate of contributions by both taxpayers, even if both taxpayers have their own HSAs. That is, one taxpayer can’t contribute $8,550 to his/her HSA and the other contribute $4,300 to the other HSA – the $8,550 limit applies to the aggregate of all HSA contributions credited to the family (in this case, the excess contributions would be $4,300).  

On Desktop[. Files always there unless I delete because OneDrive is complaining about them. Location is C:\Users\crsta\OneDrive\CRS Documents\Documents\TurboTax That is location of saved PDF files of previous tax years. And there is no affect to TT if I delete them as someone else remarked.   FYI Just ran TT and dates on files did not change.  I think the date on one file is same as last update 1/22/26 and other is same a previous update1/20/26.  I have entered new data and saved since last version update.

@romad wrote: Regarding replacing TT, other than H&R Block, what other tax software is there for personal (non-business) use? For desktop (installed), there is only TaxAct, other than TurboTax and H&R Block.

@ajaxthedog89 wrote: Easy to type in except when you have to do 20 or so.  Fidelity 1099's have been ready since 1/16/2026 Yeah, not all of them. The simple 1099s (1099-R, 1099-INT) may be ready but the more complex 1099s (e.g., 1099-Bs) are NOT ready and probably won't be until mid-February.

There is no Charitable Contributions Worksheet.   Searching for "Charitable Contributions", Turbotax finds nothing except giving me the option to add new form 8283. I tried that, noted all was empty and tried to submit the taxes again. Still did not work. Then, tried to delete that 8283 I just added (finally, something to delete!). Same result when trying to submit taxes. No-go.   Searching the entire tax return PDF (with all schedules and worksheets) for "Charitable" finds blank fields for Schedule K. for cash and non-cash.   When doing this return, I did have to import QB Data twice. The return looks perfect, however, except that it's currently fileable-proof.   Should I try to re-do the Business Return from scratch (brand new file) and see if that helps? I have nothing but hours to donate to Inuit's software issues. :(   This one issue has already cost me three hours.   Let me know what you think.   Thanks,  

You can take the entire RMD from a single account:  However, in the interview, the question is asked about how much you are required to take for an RMD.  This should reflect the total amount. You should not post anything for the other two accounts if there was no distribution. The amount required should equal the amount withdrawn.

What is a pre  tax IRA?  Did you enter it under Deductions?  Pre tax items are normally only entered from your W2.   If you entered it again  under Deductions you may have made an excess contribution.  That would be on  form 5329 .  

Mine is showing the same available soon and today is the day you can start filing. It also states available soon on ev charging station even though I do not need that. Even after updating and reinstalling it states the same thing.