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Is this about the rumored $2000 for tariffs?   So far that is noting but political huffing and puffing.  The IRS does not have the power to approve payments to you.   CONGRESS would have to pass a bill for that and then it would have to be signed into law.   That is certainly not happening by fourteen days from now.   And it is unlikely to happen at all --so don't hold your breath expecting a check for $2000.

 If you have federal tax due you can pay by mailing your payment with the 1040V voucher, (which has the address printed on it, having the payment taken out of a designated bank account, or you can pay directly on the IRS website.    https://www.irs.gov/payments     https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-payments/help/how-can-i-pay-my-federal-taxes/00/26212     https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-payments/help/how-do-i-pay-my-irs-tax-due-with-a-check-or-money-order/00/26403      To apply for a payment plan with the IRS   Apply Online for a Payment Plan     You must pay your state tax due using the state’s preferred method of receiving payment.  For most states that will be by making a payment to the state’s own tax website, or by mailing a check or money order.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/state-taxes/contact-state-department-revenue/L9qVToi02_US_en_US?uid=m6e06um0   WHAT IF I CANNOT PAY MY TAX DUE? https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-payments/pay-taxes/L8aQBCpPO_US_en_US?uid=m9iryksw  

  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?uid=m6gufxei     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/data-systems/find-tax-data-file-mac/L4VNGm33S_US_en_US?uid=m6guhab0

  Federal and state refunds come from completely separate entities,  There is no rule as to which one will come first or how much time there will be between their arrivals.  Some states process returns quickly and some are very slow.   STATE RETURN Make sure your state return was accepted:  https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/efile-status-lookup/   To track your state refund:       ttps://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/track-state-refund/L3jgO8PGs_US_en_US?uid=lt447ebr https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/state-taxes/contact-state-department-revenue/L9qVToi02_US_en_US?uid=m6e06um0

No !  December 2025?  Nonsense. Rumors abound. Don't believe much of what is swirling around.   Would take an act of Congress that wouldn't take effect until mid-2026 at the earliest, IF...if it ever happens at all. The bureaucracy can't act any sooner...So, no one should plan on it.   Applied to each person, or just per family? What about income limits? Yadda Yadda Yadda.

To access your current or prior year online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the User ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/ Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and on the section Your tax returns & documents.  Click on the Year and Click on Download/print return (PDF)   If you used the desktop CD/Download editions installed on your computer, the only copy of your tax data file and any PDF's will be on the computer where the return was created.  TurboTax does not store online any returns completed using the desktop editions.

@Lisa-Stummeier    1)  That email shows up whenever you download any file from an "Online" TurboTax account.   2)  If you had actually paid for the "Online" software for 2024, back when you created the tax file,  then there should be a 2024 PDF file to download that opens with (almost) any PDF file reader.   3)  If you didn't pay for the 2024 "online" software, then all you can download is the .tax2024 datafile from your Online account.  To see what's in that file, you'd have to buy, download, and install the 2024 "Desktop" 2024 software, on a full MAC or Windows computer, to open that datafile before printing out whatever was in that datafile.   File Your 2024 Prior Year Taxes with TurboTax Desktop

On which CA form?   The 540 line 17 is  Calif Adjusted Gross Income.    If the state says it is wrong they must have changed something like the AGI from the federal return or some adjustment on California Schedule CA (540).  The state return flows from the federal return so it might be wrong too.  

Hmm, I didn't need my codes.  I have Home & Business.   In June 2025 I upgraded my Windows 10 laptop to Windows 11. All my Turbo Tax programs back to 2019 were still installed and work.   Even the years before 2022 that are unsupported.  I didn't need to reinstall them or reenter the License Code for any of them.   But if you don't have 2021 and prior working then you won't be able to reinstall it even if you have the License Code key.  They have stopped supporting 2021 so you can't install them or update them or download any state programs you need.  

Yes that is a known issue. There have been other questions.   It's very early just wait for updates. See https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/tt-2025-desktop-carryover-worksheet-bug/00/3710903