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What do you see at the IRS "Where's My Refund" tool when you choose tax year 2023, your filing status, SSN, and Federal refund amount from your 2023 Form 1040, Line 35a?   IRS Where's My Refund? https://www.irs.gov/wheres-my-refund   If the IRS WMR tool doesn't find your info, then try this: Was your 2023 return prepared in Online TurboTax?   If so, log in to the same account you used for the 2023 return, and go to the Tax Home and scroll down to "Your Tax Returns & Documents."   Choose 2023.   What status is shown for the 2023 return--accepted, rejected, printed, started, ready to mail, or what?

Have you already retrieved and installed your TurboTax product you purchased at Costco?   If so, see if you can use the method in this FAQ to move from Online TurboTax to desktop software. One important point in the FAQ is that if your data from Online also includes a state return, you need to install the state software into your desktop product before doing the switch, or you can get an error message.     FAQ:  How do I switch from TurboTax Online to desktop TurboTax? https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/intuit-product-orders/switch-turbotax-online-turbotax-cd-download/L8oxEJNu5_US_en_US

the contributions should be code 12W on your w-2 which carries automatically to form 8889 line 9.  issues that can cause problems is not be covered by a HDHP for every month or entering the contributions, so they appear on line 2 of the tax form. this would result in doubling your contributions. also being covered by Medicare disqualifies a pro-rata contribution for the part of the year you're covered 

Thx for the fast reply, on Apr 14 nearing midnight west coast, no less, one day to go. Yeah changing it to zero was obviously just an edge case to see how the thing was working.  I forgot about how (of course) the MFS would split-allocate principal balance and therefore the interest so that mostly explains.  Though, now here's what's weird, it seems to be "giving" me about 60% (not 50%) of the mortgage interest.  ($16K of $26.7K) when I look at the interest on Sched A vs the interest worksheet.  (Sounds like I'll be buying audit defense.)

More info is needed.    TurboTax has 2 products with "Premium" in the name.  I'll ask some questions to see which one you mean.   Are you using Online TurboTax?   If so, are you using the Premium Edition to prepare your taxes, and are you trying to downgrade to Deluxe?   Or are you referring to Premium Services bundle, which is an extra $45 fee California filers can encounter when they try to pay their product fees out of the Federal refund?  If so, we can tell you how to remove that and pay upfront by credit/debit card.