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Here are two ways to navigate to the section to enter the 6 digit IP PIN:     Log in and open your return ("Take me to my return")  Once the return is open, then go to the Federal Taxes tab.  Subtab Other Tax Situations  Scroll down to Other Return Info.  Choose Identity Protection PIN and Start (or Revisit.)  Next screen asks:  "Did you or any of your dependents get an IP PIN from the IRS for this year's taxes?"  Or another way:  Open your return if not already open.  ("Take me to my return.")  Once the return is open, click at the top on MY ACCOUNT, then choose TOOLS.  In the Tools window choose TOPIC SEARCH.  Enter IP PIN without quotes.  In the selection list highlight IP PIN and click GO.  Next screen asks:  "Did you or any of your dependents get an IP PIN from the IRS for this year's taxes?" 

Have you asked this 3rd party about the W-2 that they send you?   1. Is the health insurance premium included in the Box 1 amount? 2. If the health insurance premium is not included in box 1, then would it not be appropriate to include a code DD in box 12 with the amount of the health insurance premium? 4. Is this 3rd party the one debiting your checking account for the health insurance premium, or is it someone else?   I am curious to their thought process.

I wonder if it's an offset. The IRS and State Governments have the ability to offset a refund to pay for certain past due debts.  You generally will receive a letter stating what the offset was for.    The IRS provides a toll-free number, (800) 304-3107, to call for information about tax offsets.

None of this is working!! And there is NO information to make the adjustments. PLEASE Get this together. I have a six digit pin given to me by the IRS and when I change it like told above. It still insists of only 5 numbers! I would certainly like to file on time! Thanks!

Where do I find my AGI?   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/agi/help/how-do-i-find-last-year-s-agi/01/25947   Your 2023 tax return shows your 2022 Adjusted Gross Income  (AGI)  If you filed a joint return then the AGI is the same for each of you.   Form 1040        line 11   If entering the amount from your 2023 tax return does not work, then try entering “0” instead.  If that does not work and you still cannot e-file, then print, sign, and mail your tax return.   You can get a free transcript of your past return from the IRS:   https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript Note: If you filed late or amended your return, your correct 2023 AGI may not be in the system. 

I just got married and didn’t know that I needed to file only one tax return if filing jointly and me and my wife both filed and filed jointly and both got rejected so how do I unfile her taxes and refile mine so that it’s combined. 

You can e-file an extension request, Form 4868, using this TurboTax website - https://turbotax.intuit.com/irs-tax-extensions/   The extension will give you until October 15, 2025 to file the 2024 federal tax return.  It will not however give you an extension for payment of taxes owed.  Federal taxes owed are due and payable no later than April 15, 2025 to avoid a failure to pay penalty.

Very briefly:   You are the business.  You are a business who is doing contract work for another company.   Your business activity is reported on a schedule C that is attached as part of your tax return.  Schedule C lists your gross business income, any expenses, and calculates the net profit.  The net profit flows to your main form 1040 where it is combined with your other income and deductions.  The net profit also flows to Schedule SE for calculation of self-employment tax (a version of social security and medicare tax for self-employed people).   You need to start by indicating you have small business income so the program will set up a schedule C.  This will happen if you enter a 1099-NEC, and will be an option if you enter a 1099-K or 1099-MISC.  You can also start a schedule C for a small business without a 1099.  Your business name can be your name.  The tax number is your SSN (if you did not apply for a business tax number, you use your SSN).  This is where you will list your business income, and any expenses like mileage. 

The Form 593 should have been sent to the Franchise Tax Board by shortly after the escrow closed, but the responsibility for submitting the form lies with the remitter of the withholding or someone handling the escrow and you don't need to file it with your return. It's possible that the form was among the package of closing documents for your escrow.   Since you had no withholding, you don't need to make an entry on Line 73 of Form 540.   @optca50