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To check on regular tax refund status via automated phone, call 800-829-1954.   Federal and state refunds come from completely separate entities.  There is no rule as to which one will come in first or how long it will be between their arrival in your account.   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.      

Can you explain the "dependent issue?"   We cannot see your tax return or the rejection message you are receiving.    Is there duplicate use of a dependent's SSN?   If so, you either need to print, sign and mail your return or get an IP PIN to e-file.   GET IP pin in order to e-file if your dependent’s SSN was claimed on another return   https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-takes-steps-to-help-prevent-refund-delays-by-accepting-duplicate-dependent-returns-with-an-ip-pin-for-2025-filing-season-taxpayers-encouraged-to-sign-up-soon-for-ip-pin-online-account   Did your dependent file their own return and forget to say they can be claimed?   Or is there another parent/family member who might have claimed the dependent?     https://www.irs.gov/identity-theft-fraud-scams/get-an-identity-protection-pin  

1. No, an amended return should  only be filed after the original is finished processing.  You need to solve the problem with a digital trail.  Send a Secure Message:  Go to the Michigan eServices portal,  select "Individual Income Tax,"  use the "Communicate" option.  Attach your TurboTax "Acceptance" email or screenshot. This will establish you did file a tax return on time. 2. An amended is not new, it is reporting changes. The state can't compare changes without the original.  At some point, you will want to file an amended return to correct your residency and claim a refund. By marking resident, you paid more tax than required.

Did you ask for help here to fix the AGI rejects?  It’s too late for you but this may help someone else or for next year. Try entering 0 for the AGI. The IRS might have processed your return later so the AGI didn't get entered in time.  Especially if you mailed it.  That works for most people. See, https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/rejections/help/what-if-i-entered-the-correct-agi-and-i-m-still-getting-an-e-file-reject/00/27031 How to correct the AGI in the Online version https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/agi/help/where-do-i-correct-my-agi-in-turbotax-online/00/26311 If you can’t get it to efile you will have to print and mail it. https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/printing/help/how-do-i-print-and-mail-my-return-in-turbotax-online/00/26258 Be sure to attach copies of your W2s and any 1099s that have withholding on them.  You have to mail federal and state in separate envelopes because they go to different places.  Get a tracking number from the post office when you mail them for proof of filing.  

You'll enter home expenses related to your short-term rental in the Rental Properties (Schedule E) section. Add the property, indicate it’s a short-term rental, and then allocate expenses like mortgage interest, utilities, and repairs based on the rental-use percentage.   See this help article for more information about, Where to enter income and expenses from a rental property. 

It depends. If you have chosen to aggregate your rental properties you can find the and any questions you may want to change by using the steps below.   Click on Search (upper right) > type schedule e > Enter > click Jump to .... link > Edit next to your property. TurboTax Online: Review the Property Info section TurboTax Desktop continue here: Answer the questions and on under Rent and Royalty Summary, click Edit Generally, a rental property does not carry the time requirements to be considered as eligible for the qualified business income deduction (QBID). Can I get QBID for rental property income? Generally, this means each rental real estate enterprise (a rental property or group of similar rental properties, including K-1 rental income) must satisfy these three requirements: Each enterprise maintains its own books and records to track income and expenses. An enterprise that has existed less than four years performs at least 250 hours of rental services per year. For an enterprise in existence for four years or more, this test needs to be met for any three of the five consecutive taxable years ending with the taxable year. (Starting with tax year 2019) Contemporaneous records of services performed are kept which includes who performed the service, description of service, the date of the service, and how long it took (who, what, when, and how long).

If you cannot use the work-around previously provided, your only option is to print and file by mail. You'll need an exemption from the state to send a paper return. See California business entity e-file waiver request.

If you need to re-enter the information about the education expenses and taxable scholarship you can delete the current education expense and then re-enter it.  That will take you through all of the questions a second time.   If you are using the desktop program, though, part of the benefit of that program is the functionality that allows you to change the number directly on the form.  That is a bonus for the desktop program.

I haven’t seen anyone else reporting this.   But having a penalty when you have a refund is probably uncommon.  I had a refund and penalty once.  So it could be a bug in Turbo Tax.  Can you post a screen shot that includes 1040 lines 34 - 38?   See IRS 1040 instructions page 65 for line 38.   Middle of page…Figuring the penalty https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040gi.pdf   

David - Thank you for the reply. We are going to enter the amount in Box 1 on my wife's 1099-R into box 2a in turbotax. My wife retired at the end of 2024 so 2025 is her first year receiving her pensions. That's what this money is, strickly pension money. We called PBGC and they told us that's the way they always report it, which seems foolish because neither of her other pensions or my pension have blank amount in box 2a.