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This New York webpage indicates that, if you must file a paper Resident Income Tax Return, you can use their enhanced fill-in Form IT-201 with 2D barcodes, which would be easier than hand writing the return.   We at Intuit TurboTax want our users to be completely delighted with their experience using our products and services, and successful in their financial lives and businesses.    Once you file your return, as long as the settings to receive communication from Intuit don’t block it, you will see a pop-up message or receive an email with a survey asking you about your experience. We encourage you to leave your notes and comments there. “Voice of the Customer” notes and comments are read and acted upon.   If you are using TurboTax Desktop, you can also leave feedback at the Final Steps tab:   @kmm44 

Yes, the profits are taxable.  Your 1099-B - Proceeds from Broker Transactions are reported in the Investments & Savings Section of Income & Expenses.    Review the TurboTax article Where do I enter or import a 1099-B? for navigation instructions.   Because your stock was inherited, the cost basis is the fair market value of the shares at the time of the original owner's death, not when the original owner purchased it.    If you need help finding the cost basis, refer to the TurboTax article  How do I find a stock's cost basis?

You should discuss your concerns with your CPA, and let her explain it to you. It's normal to pay what you owe on the original return, and then make any adjustments on the amended return. The original return is always processed as if the amended return does not exist. The amended return is processed later. That's the way the system works. The IRS and the state do not take the amended return into consideration when processing the original return, even if they have already received the amended return. The refund on the amended return represents the difference between what you owed on the original return and the amount that you would have owed if the original return had been correct. The amended return is an adjustment to the original return. It's not a replacement for the original return. On your federal Form 1040-X the amount that you paid with the original return should be included on line 16. The state amended return would have a similar entry.  

My case: Downloaded to laptop HDD. Installed with my logon. No issue. Switched to another windows user in the same laptop. TT asked for license code. TT should not prompt for license code as it should allow 1 copy per PC, not user.

TurboTax provides the option to choose between business and personal accounts at login to accommodate users who may need to file different types of returns..   This flexibility ensures that users can easily switch between filing personal taxes and business taxes if needed. The business option is not activated, and you are not charged unless you use it to file a business return.   If you only need to file personal taxes, select the personal option at login and proceed with your filing.

If you received a letter from the Minnesota DOR, does it say you need to amend your return?  Or does it list corrections that you need to agree/disagree with?  There should be contact info for you to get in touch with them.    Here's more info on Audit Support.   @roughranch 

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In your Federal return, go to Other Tax Situations > Additional Tax Payments > Underpayment Penalties to get back to the Estimated Payments Worksheet.    The worksheet is just for your use, it doesn't get filed with your return.   Here's more info on Form 2210.   @MATerry1952 

To navigate back to a section in your state return to edit an entry, please follow these steps in TurboTax Online:   Sign in to TurboTax and choose Continue or Pick up where you left off On the left side bar, choose State Taxes and then Your State Return Walk through the interview questions and change entries as needed

And if you have the fees deducted from your refund there will be an Extra $40 Refund Processing Service charge (45 in California). So try to pay the fees with a credit card to avoid the extra charge.  

"If you file a separate California state return, your husband's income will not be included." <-- is because we have separate property prenuptial agreement even though we live in community property state? If yes, would we need to send prenuptial agreement to FTB together with our tax return?

Go back to the NY state tax section. Make sure you indicate that only you had NY Source Income.     On the screen asking if all of your wages and/or self-employment income was earned in New York State, choose no.   When you're asked if your husband had wages, be sure to choose no. If you see a W-2 summary screen, even if it shows $0 in wages - delete it.     With these answers, your IT-203 should update to just your name.

If you, your spouse or any child listed on the Schedule EIC has a missing SSN or the name and SSN does not match the records from the Social Security Administration, IRS may reject an electronic return or send a math error notice. You should verify the questioned SSNs. If the SSN submitted on the original return was incorrect, submit a new return or respond to the math error notice with the correct SSN. If the SSN is correct, contact the Social Security Administration to correct any SSN and name mismatch. After SSA corrects the records, either send in a new return or respond to the math error notice.