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If the only entry on your W-2 is in Box 12 (there's a blank or a $0 in Box 1) and you don’t want to use the income to qualify for Earned Income Credit or Additional Child Tax Credit, you don’t need to enter the W-2 at all.   When your W-2 has zeroes in all of the boxes except Box 12a, with code ll, that amount is your Medicaid Waiver Payments that are excluded from your income. To determine if you want to include this income on your tax return for your Earned Income Tax Credit, when you get to that section, you can elect to add the income or exclude it.  Try both ways to determine which way gives you the greater EIC.   Follow the steps below to enter your W-2   Open TurboTax Select Federal Taxes Select Wages & Income Select Work on W-2 Enter your W-2, at the Let's check for uncommon situations; check the box next to Nontaxable Medicaid waiver payments Continue following the prompts. Review the TurboTax Help article How do I enter my tax-exempt Medicaid waiver payments from IHSS in TurboTax? for navigation instructions.    

If it is not postmarked by midnight tonight on 4-15-2025  the refund will be forfeited.  2021 cannot be e-filed.   2021   https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040gi.pdf     Here is the IRS 2021 Form 1040 https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040--2021.pdf or if you want bigger type use 1040SR for Seniors, https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s--2021.pdf   And 2021 Instructions https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040gi--2021.pdf 2021 Tax and EIC Tables https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040tt--2021.pdf Sch 1 : https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s1--2021.pdf Sch 2 : https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s2--2021.pdf Sch 3 : https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s3--2021.pdf    

The extension gives you until October 15, 2025 to file your taxes without getting a failure to file penalty.  You don't get extra time to pay your taxes so you must pay any taxes that you may have that are due by April 15, 2025 so you won't be assessed the failure to pay penalty.   Refer to the TurboTax Help article How do I file an IRS tax extension?.  If you need to file a state extension, review the article How do I file an extension for my personal state taxes?  

No it does not mean that the survivor annuity is not taxable. This means that OPM did not calculate the tax-free portion of your annuity. You can leave the taxable amount box blank and TurboTax will guide you through the interview to determine the taxable amount

Do you have a farm or do you have a business on Schedule C?  You can delete the form that you don't need from Tax Tools.   To delete a form in TurboTax Online follow the instructions below: Open TurboTax and your return Select Tax Tools from the menu on the left side Select Tools In the pop-up window select Delete a form next to the form you don't nee. Find the form, schedule or worksheet in the list and Select Delete   Refer to the TurboTax help article How do I view and delete forms in TurboTax Online? and How do I delete a tax form in TurboTax Desktop? for more information.

Because you need to file a Form 8689, you cannot e-file the return with TurboTax.     If you are a U.S. citizen or resident alien but not a bona fide resident of the USVI during the tax year, you must file your original Form 1040 or 1040-SR with the United States and an identical copy of that return with the USVI if you have: Income from sources in the USVI, or Income effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the USVI. File your original Form 1040 or 1040-SR with the United States and file a signed copy of the U.S. return (including all attachments, forms, and schedules) with the U.S. Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue by the due date for filing Form 1040 or 1040-SR. Use Form 8689 to figure the amount of tax you must pay to the USVI.  U.S. Citizen or Resident Alien (Other Than a Bona Fide Resident of the U.S. Virgin Islands)    

Mine just did this too, but because I have given my card info and agreed to pay the taxes and whatever penalties and my filing says complete for e-file, I’m just going to see who reaches out because I don’t care. This is ridiculous, and humans could have chose a better way to live in 2025 so I have much more important things to care about. if it was so important, they should have disclosed what form they wanted. People have lives and taxes are made up anyway.