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Your estimated tax payments will serve as a credit against your Federal tax liability. If you paid estimated taxes, you have to enter them on your tax return.   In TurboTax Online, you can enter estimated taxes you paid by following these steps: Open your tax return Click on Federal in the left-hand column, then Deductions & Credits Navigate to the list of Deductions and Credits  Locate the section named Estimates and Other Taxes Paid and click on the arrow on the right  Click on Start next to Estimated Tax Payments On the next page, click Start next to Federal estimated taxes for 2025 (form 1040ES)

If you are getting Reject code R0148 from the State of New York, this is the reason and how to fix it:   You have a missing primary or spouse signature checkbox on the New York E-file Declaration statement.  Revisit the File tab, click on Revisit to file, click Continue until you reach the "Declaration to E-file Your State" screen. Be sure you check the Taxpayer box (and Spouse box if applicable), the re-file your return. If you keep getting this reject, you will need to physically print, sign and mail in your return.

DID YOU E-FILE?   Did you e-file?   Did you go through all three steps of the FILE section and click a big orange button that said “Transmit my returns now?”     When you e-file your return you will get two emails from TurboTax.  The first one will say your return has been transmitted; the second one will tell you the IRS has accepted  or rejected your federal e-file.  If you filed a state return, there will be a third email (usually a day or two later) that tells you if the state e-file was accepted or rejected.   Check your e-file status:   https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/efile-status-lookup/

@CatinaT1 wrote: While many tax documents arrive by January 31, some brokerages delay consolidated 1099 statements (like 1099-B) until mid-February due to account complexity. If your data isn't ready to import yet, check back in a week or two. No, it's just a bug.  Merrill's forms are ready on the web site, and last year Merrill was listed in the main list and if you went too early it just said forms are not ready.  It was never completely absent from the list. 

Which deduction? County taxes on a mobile home in Texas would depend on if you own the land and have filed an affidavit of affixation saying the mobile home is permanently attached.  If so, then this would be considered yearly property taxes.  If you do not own the land and filed an affidavit of affixation, then this would be considered personal property.  If you are not getting the Head of Household status or any deduction for him it could be because you answered a question incorrectly.  Go back through the personal info section and double check your answers.  Generally when a child qualifies as a dependent and they are told the child is not a dependent it is due to the way a question was answered.     If your child is totally and permanently disabled, their age does not matter, they can still be considered a qualifying child if they live with you for more than 6 months of the year and meet the rest of the criteria to be a qualifying child.   To be considered totally and permanently disabled:  The doctor has to certify that he cannot engage in any "substantial gainful activity" due to his condition  and that the condition will last longer than one year or result in death.     If he is capable of engaging in substantial gainful activity, then you may be able to claim her as a Qualifying Relative.    This would allow you to claim the $500 Non-Refundable Other Dependent Credit as well as file as Head of Household. In this situation, he would need to have income less than $5,200 (social security does not count)   In order to qualify for the child tax credit, the child my be 16 years of age or younger at the end of the tax year.  So he would not qualify for that deduction/credit, but he could for the Other Dependent Credit but could still qualify as a qualifying child for the Earned Income Tax Credit.    The following criteria must be met to claim someone as a qualifying child: Your child (including adopted and foster children), your sibling, or a descendent of any of them. Age 18 or younger at the end of the tax year OR under 24 (and younger than you and your spouse) if they are a full-time student or any age if they are totally and permanently disabled Lived with you for more than 6 months during the tax year They did not provide more than half of their own support (social security does not count) They did not file a joint return, unless it was to claim a refund To qualify, you have to meet certain criteria. To file as Head of Household, you have to: Pay for more than half of the expenses for a qualifying household Be considered unmarried on the last day of the tax year or if married not have lived with your spouse at all for the last 6 months of the year Have a qualifying child or dependent   If you are getting the Head of Household status, but not seeing the dependent credit, that could be due to not having enough tax liability for the credit to offset.  Since the other Dependent Credit is non-refundable, you will only see a benefit to it if you have a tax liability to reduce.       

  You have to access your own account and/or  print it for yourself using exactly the same account and user ID that you used when you prepared the return.    https://myturbotax.intuit.com/   Start a 2025 return online and enter some personal information  so that the menu on the left opens up and lets you access your past year returns.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-access-my-prior-year-return/01/27010     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m5y4ch1y   Many people have multiple TT accounts and forget how to access them.  Log out of the account you are in now.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/many-intuit-accounts-turbotax/L9aVfKS1Z_US_en_US?uid=ll5g6zcx Account Recovery     Or did you use the desktop version of TurboTax?  If so, the files are on your own hard drive or any backup device you used like a flash drive.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/find-last-year-tax-data-file-tax-file-computer/L0XJvPaJr_US_en_US   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/data-systems/find-tax-data-file-mac/L4VNGm33S_US_en_US?uid=m6guhab0   You can get a free transcript from the IRS or for a fee of $30, an actual copy of your tax return. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf       SAVE YOUR TAX RETURNS ! EVERY year before mid-October you should save a copy of your tax return as a pdf and print a copy of it for your records.  That way you will not be searching online frantically when you need it for a lender, FAFSA forms, your next tax return, etc.    https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m6guj526   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m78eb8pc In order to transfer a past year return to the new return you need the tax file   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-turbotax-online-return-tax-data-file/L4xwOG3LF_US_en_US?uid=m6guk3xl   NOTE:  TurboTax and the IRS save returns for seven years.  Returns older than seven years are purged.

If you are getting Reject code R0148 from the State of New York, this is the reason and how to fix it:   You have a missing primary or spouse signature checkbox on the New York E-file Declaration statement.  Revisit the File tab, click on Revisit to file, click Continue until you reach the "Declaration to E-file Your State" screen. Be sure you check the Taxpayer box (and Spouse box if applicable), the re-file your return. If you keep getting this reject, you will need to physically print, sign and mail in your return.

If you are getting Reject code R0148 from the State of New York, this is the reason and how to fix it:   You have a missing primary or spouse signature checkbox on the New York E-file Declaration statement.  Revisit the File tab, click on Revisit to file, click Continue until you reach the "Declaration to E-file Your State" screen. Be sure you check the Taxpayer box (and Spouse box if applicable), the re-file your return. If you keep getting this reject, you will need to physically print, sign and mail in your return.

Cuando entras a tu cuenta, busca la opcion "Cambiar a español" abajo de la pantaña hacia la izquierda,  Le comparto unas paginas de TurboTax en español: TurboTax en Español En Español Tax Tips

@madsimon1956  You cannot use the "Online" software for 2024 taxes now.  It's for 2025 only.   You have to buy, download and install the desktop software for 2024 on a FULL MAC or Windows computer....prepare it there and Print-Mail it in yourself.   File Your 2024 Prior Year Taxes with TurboTax Desktop

If you are getting Reject code R0148 from the State of New York, this is the reason and how to fix it:   You have a missing primary or spouse signature checkbox on the New York E-file Declaration statement.  Revisit the File tab, click on Revisit to file, click Continue until you reach the "Declaration to E-file Your State" screen. Be sure you check the Taxpayer box (and Spouse box if applicable), the re-file your return. If you keep getting this reject, you will need to physically print, sign and mail in your return.