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No, you will have to file the extension. If you need more time, you can file for an extension with TurboTax. See TurboTax Desktop in How do I file an IRS tax extension?   Remember, an extension gives you more time to prepare your taxes, but it does NOT extend the time to pay your taxes. If you have an indication that you will owe taxes, you should make the payment to avoid additional interest and penalties This will give you until 15 October 2025 to file your taxes. You can also file a Free federal tax extension here You may have to do your state extension Do I need to file an extension for my personal state taxes?   If you owe taxes, you must pay by April 15th.   To file for extension in the TurboTax program On the menu bar on the left that shows. Select Tax Tools On the drop-down select Tools There will be 4 green boxes Select Tax Topics Type Extension You can start the extension process

To view what you were charged for:   Gog into TurboTax On the left sidebar toward the bottom Click Intuit Account A screen with boxes will show up From the left sidebar Select Products and Billing  

you should be getting an error code back on the reject, see this similar thread they had "IND-996 - The Dependent/Qualifying Person Identity Protection Personal Identification Number (IP PIN) provided on the return is not valid" and had to create/add pin for dependent to complete the filling.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/ip-pin-is-correct-still-rejected/00/3653854

First file for an extension, and then share your question with me. If you need more time, you can file for an extension with TurboTax.   See TurboTax Desktop in How do I file an IRS tax extension? Remember, an extension gives you more time to prepare your taxes, but it does NOT extend the time to pay your taxes. If you have an indication that you will owe taxes, you should make the payment to avoid additional interest and penalties This will give you until 15 October 2025 to file your taxes. You can also file a Free federal tax extension here You may have to do your state extension Do I need to file an extension for my personal state taxes?   If you owe taxes, you must pay by April 15th.   To file for extension in the TurboTax program On the menu bar on the left that shows. Select Tax Tools On the drop-down select Tools There will be 4 green boxes Select Tax Topics Type Extension You can start the extension process

No, being a caregiver to your cousin and running a daycare from your home are not the same thing.  You would need to be offering your services to others and operating as a business to be able to claim you are running a daycare out of your home.

Assuming that you have entered all your tax information and forms on your return, the numbers shown in TurboTax mean that you owe Federal taxes but are getting a state refund.   You'll need to pay the amount shown with your Federal extension. But you don't have to pay anything for state.

You cannot deduct a laptop both as a business startup cost and as a depreciable business asset; you must choose one method. If you include the laptop cost as part of your startup expenses, it is considered already claimed and amortized as a startup cost. In that case, you cannot also list it separately as a business asset to depreciate over time. Conversely, if you treat the laptop as a business asset, you capitalize it and depreciate it (or possibly expense it under Section 179 if eligible), but you cannot also include it in startup costs. Claiming it twice is not allowed. Startup costs generally include expenses incurred to get your business up and running, and you can deduct up to $5,000 in startup costs in the first year if total startup costs are under $50,000, with the remainder amortized over 15 years. However, equipment purchases like laptops are typically capitalized and depreciated rather than deducted as startup costs.

The question about foreign residency for the spouse of people that chose married filing jointly regarding income from Social Security benefits is problematic.  The initial question is fine, as it is clearly asking about the 1st person and a Yes/No response is appropriate. The next question regarding the spouse is worded in such a way that it has led to a number of people getting IRS letters stating an error was made in calculating the taxable amount of Social Security income. Instead of asking if the same answer applies for the spouse, and that yes/no response leads to an error that could have been avoided by asking the same specific question as was used for the first person, word or code the programming more clearly. Yes response meant yes it’s the same answer. Not, yes the spouse lived in a foreign country!  How many others were impacted by this?