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Call IRS e-file Payment Services 24/7 at 1-888-353-4537 to inquire about your payment.   If you want to check the debit date you specified, look on the filing instructions for your return.  It will tell you the debit date the IRS or State will deduct the payment.  If you did not print them out you can view them using the following steps:    TurboTax Online  In TurboTax Online, sign into your account. You should be on your Tax Home page. Scroll down to Your tax returns & documents. Select 2024, and then select Add a State (you're not actually adding a state, this just gets you into the right menu). Once you're in your return, you can navigate around as usual. Click Tax Tools (in the black bar on the left of your screen) and then click select Print Center. Click Print, save or preview this year's return TurboTax CD/Download  Go into Forms Mode by clicking on the Forms icon in the top right of the blue bar.   In the Forms in My Return list on the left, click Filing Inst.  [It's usually toward the bottom of the list.]  The form will appear on the right side of the screen. You can view the form on the screen or you can print a copy by clicking the Print box at the bottom of the screen. To return to the interview, click on the Step-By-Step icon in the top right of the blue bar.

You will need to contact the IRS for information. It might be easiest to set up an account with them.   IRS Individual Online Account   Taxpayers with a Social Security number or an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number can create or access their IRS Individual Online Account to get information they need to file their return. With an IRS Individual Online Account, people can: View balance owed, payment history and schedule payments. Cancel scheduled payments. Get transcripts. View or create payment plans. See digital copies of some IRS notices. View key data from their most recently filed tax return, including adjusted gross income. Validate bank accounts and save multiple accounts, eliminating the need to re-enter bank account information every time they make a payment. View, approve and electronically sign power of attorney and tax information authorizations from their tax professional. 

Q. If I were a student in 2024, but I did not pay  my 2024  tuition until 2025,  can I claim the tuition I paid on either my 2024 or 2025 tax returns?  A. No to both.  To be a qualified educational expense the payment must match  the the year the class was taken. There is one exception, but it does not apply in your case (you may pay in 2024 or a class starting in Jan. 2025).  

Your mileage, if you have self-employment income from your work as a pastor, is deductible as business expense.  You cannot use that mileage to reduce the self-employment tax on your housing allowance.  I am not familiar with the "Denson Rule" so I cannot comment on that.

No, not always. However, often it is required when there is not one present on the W-2. For this reason you can enter the federal EIN without dashes or letters (occasionally present).   You can check with your state to see when and if a state identification number is required for your situation.

I am sorry; there were shortcuts. Deferring means making contributions to plans for Deferred Income (457b).   I am anticipating receiving SSA payments as an addition to my regular income next year, which I have been managing to reduce the taxable part of Taxable Income via my contribution to Deferred Income 457b. Now, if half of the Social Security collected during the year is added to my income, can I increase my contribution into of 457b by an equivalent amount to offset its impact (from SSA)  on taxable income?   As that 454b contribution is likely to remain under some maximum threshold, subject to catch-up allowances for being over 69, what would that maximum be for tax year 2025?   This also would tell me when regular income would be taxed more than it needs to be earned, when SSA payments are now permanently part of the formula, etc...   Thank you!! 

Even if Schedule K-1 is missing the relevant code, you can still report health insurance premiums you paid out of pocket, as long as you meet the criteria. See: Can I deduct health insurance premiums as an S Corporation shareholder?   When entering Schedule K-1, continue to the Other Situations page and check the box for "I personally paid health insurance..." Then enter your S-Corp wages and the amount of premiums you paid on the Self-Employed Health Insurance page. This entry will carry the premiums to Schedule 1 Line 17.

@stevensperry wrote: Unless there is a state number entered (14 digits) the turbotax program will not let me proceed.   If you leave boxes 14, 15 and 16 blank on the Form 1099-R and you are still receiving an error, the delete the form 1099-R and re-enter manually.