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TurboTax gives you an estimated date for receiving your refund based on a 21 day average from your date of acceptance, but it can take longer.  “21 days”  is not a promise from TurboTax or the IRS.      First, check your e-file status to see if your return was accepted:  https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/efile-status-lookup/   Once your federal return has been accepted by the IRS, only the IRS has any control.  TurboTax does not receive any updates from the IRS. Your ONLY source of information about your refund now is the IRS.     You need your filing status, your Social Security number and the exact amount  (line 35a of your 2025 Form 1040) of your federal refund to track your Federal refund:    https://www.irs.gov/refunds   To track your state refund:     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/track-state-refund/L3jgO8PGs_US_en_US?uid=lt447ebr   If you chose to have your TurboTax fees deducted from your federal refund, that will take some extra time, while the third party bank handles the refund processing     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/refunds-take-longer-others/L14YlqFrH_US_en_US?uid=lexdr7zh . https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/irs-refund-taking-longer-21-days/L2vRAJbdU_US_en_US?uid=lexe7lst         If you are getting earned income credit on line 27 or additional child tax credit on line 28 You are subject to the delay required by the PATH act.  Do not expect your refund before early March   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/internal-revenue-service/federal-refunds-delayed-due-path-act/L5jnQJsBi_US_en_US   Note:  “Accepted” is not the same as “approved”.  TurboTax tells you the e-file was accepted if the IRS deems that there is enough information on the return for them to take it in for processing.   Only the IRS can approve of the refund, which is a later stage of processing.  If the IRS approves your refund they will provide a date for the refund to be issued.   FROM THE IRS WHERE’S MY REFUND SITE: https://www.irs.gov/wheres-my-refund How it works Where's My Refund shows your refund status: Return Received – We received your return and are processing it. Refund Approved – We approved your refund and are preparing to issue it by the date shown. Refund Sent – We sent the refund to your bank or to you in the mail. It may take 5 days for it to show in your bank account or several weeks for your check to arrive in the mail.          

Accepted and Received mean the same thing.   After the tax return has been Accepted by the IRS (meaning only that they received the return) it will be in the Processing mode until the tax refund has been Approved and then an Issue Date will be available on the IRS website.

ignoring the watermark (and yes it's best to just pay online anyway) whether the amount is "correct" depends your situation and whether you provided updates 2026 income information under Other Tax Situations / Form W4 and Estimated Taxes to optimize the method.   By default Turbo will assume the safe harbor amount for ES payments based on paying 100% of your 2025 tax and assuming 2026 withholding will be the same as 2025.  If your AGI is > 150K (or 75K if filing MFS) then it's 110% of 2025 tax.  Using prior year tax is a fixed quarterly amount since 2025 taxes are known, but you need to keep track of withholding assumptions, and the ES could be an over-estimate.  The other option is to pay 90% of 2026 tax but to determine that you have to work through the section and provide info for 2026 (or use other calculators) and then keep track of this estimate during the year.   See also instructions for Form 1040-ES.

Actually when I deleted the People Worksheet it did delete all the checked boxes but the worksheet did reappear with the basic information at the top of the worksheet.   So I am not sure if you can actually delete it.  But I would think it only appears because I had indicated that I had education related expenses by checking the box that I was a full time student.  Maybe you indicated you are a student so it is showing up?  Possibly state that you are not a student, I would think that then it would disappear from your return.  If have indicated you are not a student and you have not entered any education expenses it should not impact your return at all.  I hope this helps.

@Joelj50    That's been the case for 20 years or more .....For the desktop program...you get "one" state software set for free...but each state e-filing for that state is $25  (except for NY).  With the Online software, you have to buy the state entirely at an extra cost  ($59-$64 now)...but then efiling is free.    You could have printed and mail-filed the state forms yourself for "free"  (mail and postage) but that's slow processing by the state, and few folks bother.

If you are using the computers for a Schedule C business, then you would enter them as an Asset under your Schedule C.  After they have been entered as an Asset for depreciation, TurboTax will ask follow-up questions to give you options about how you want to claim the expense.  Go to your Schedule C and edit the business.  Then go to the Business Assets section to get started.   If you purchased them for use in a rental property, then you would enter them as an Asset under your Schedule E.   If you purchased them to be used as an employee receiving a W-2, then they are not deductible.     If none of these scenarios fit your situation, please share more details about why you purchased the computers.

@joebob8000  Its not about where you paid the expenses from.  Money from the 529 is of two types, what you put in (basis) and what you earn(income).  Both can be used tax free for education but the income portion is subject to a 10% penalty if not used for education, plus your marginal tax rate on that income. The amount in the credit line is not driven by the 1099q entries, its driven by you 1098t you entered.  If that amount was greater than 10k, the 10k is being put on line 18 and you should see the rest flowing to the 529 calculations.  That it is populated across the worksheet for each column does not play into the calculation.  the next section down on the student worksheet after those tables shows the income calculation/offset.  If you are receiving the Lifetime Learning Credit (LLC), a full 2k then the 10k is correct.  If you are getting a lesser amount its not right, or if you are actually receiving the American Opportunity Credit (AOC) it is not right.  For a full receipt of the AOC (2500) you should only have 4k for that credit amount. or a lesser amount if your AIC is phased out by income.  If you change it to 4k and your refund increases (assuming you have all your expenses entered) you are getting the AOC and the other 6k of expenses will get reallocated to the 529 calculations and offset that income its currently showing.    If you look on page 3 of this thready you can see my post with images of the forms explaining how i handled my situation.  Or this link should take you there if the automatic moderation lets me post it: https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/re-turbo-tax-is-not-allowing-me-to-input-qualified-education-expenses-from-my-529-plan-withdrawals/01/3775716/highlight/true#M63514

First, enter the 1099-R for your required minimum distribution (RMD) and enter that full amount for the RMD amount question.    The second 1099-R will ask if you rolled it over and be sure to respond to the question for this 1099-R. You may need to enter two 1099-Rs for the second one since part was a rollover and part was a RMD. This will allow TurboTax to know the correct process for your return.   If the IRS does have a question, the same process will take place and your explanation seems to have provided sufficient detail for the IRS.  See below for helpful information.   @debbiesintuit 

E-filing fee in desktop software Did you purchase desktop software with state software included?  They sell Deluxe both with and without state software--so you have to be careful which one you choose.  And even if it does have the state software download included, that is for preparing the state.  There is an extra $25 fee to e-file the state.  You can avoid the state e-file fee if you print and mail the state instead of e-filing it.