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TurboTax does not get any information at all from the IRS after you file your tax return.  No one at TurboTax knows what the IRS is doing with your return.     Did you mail your return or e-file?   If you mailed it:   MAILED RETURNS       If  you mail a tax return (or a payment) to the IRS, it is a good idea to use a mailing service that will track it like UPS or certified mail so you will know it was received.   When you mail a tax return, you need to attach any documents showing tax withheld, such as your W-2’s or any 1099’s.    TurboTax will not know anything about your mailed return, and will continue to show “Ready to Mail” on your account.  TurboTax will not know that you put your tax return in an envelope and took it to a mailbox.  TurboTax does not get updates on mailed  (or e-filed) returns.   The IRS refund site recently changed and is now showing information for 2022, 2023 returns as well as information for 2024 returns so you can check the IRS site.   You need your filing status, your Social Security number and the exact amount  (line 35a of your 2022 or 2023, or 2024 Form 1040) of your federal refund to track your Federal refund:    https://www.irs.gov/refunds     Or......     Did you e-file?  Did you click a big orange button that said “Transmit my returns now?”   When you e-file your federal return you will receive two emails from TurboTax.  The first one will say that your return was submitted.  The second email will tell you if your federal return was accepted or rejected.  If you e-filed a state return, there will be a third email to tell you if the state accepted or rejected your state return.   Does your TT account say that your return was accepted?  Or does it say something else—like “rejected”, “printed” or “ready to mail?”  If it does not say accepted then it was not filed unless you put it in an envelope yourself and mailed it.    TurboTax does not mail your tax return for you.     If your e-file was accepted:     If you chose to have your fees deducted from your federal refund:   Santa Barbara Tax Products Group, LLC  (SBTPG) is the bank that handles the Refund Processing Service when you choose to have your TurboTax fees deducted from your refund. This option also has an additional charge from the bank that processes the transaction.  You can contact them SBTPG, toll-free, at 1-877-908-7228 or go to their secure website www.sbtpg.com  https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2580357-who-provides-the-refund-processing-service         Call the IRS: 1-800-829-1040 hours 7 AM - 7 PM local time Monday-Friday When calling the IRS do NOT choose the first option re: "Refund", or it will send you to an automated phone line. So after first choosing your language, then do NOT choose Option 1 (refund info). Choose option 2 for "personal income tax" instead. Then press 1 for "form, tax history, or payment". Then press 3 "for all other questions." Then press 2 "for all other questions." - When it asks you to enter your SSN or EIN to access your account information, don't enter anything. - After it asks twice, you will get another menu. Press 2 for personal or individual tax questions. Then press 3 for all other inquiries It should then transfer you to an agent.         TAX ADVOCATE     See this article for more info on how the Taxpayer Advocate Service works:: http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc104.html   https://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov/  

If you are a professional preparer you should post on the professional website. But see if this helps:   https://www.epicbrokers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EPIC-Compliance-Alert-Correcting-HSA-Contributions-05012023-.pdf

To access your current or prior year online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the User ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/   When you sign onto your online account and land on the Tax Home web page, scroll down and click on Add a state.  This will take you back to the 2024 online tax return.  Click on File on the left side of the online program screen.  On Step 3 click on Revisit.  Change to e-file from mail.    

You can file your tax return, then apply for a payment plan on the IRS web site. Your state probably has a similar arrangement. When TurboTax asks how you will pay the tax, say that you will pay by check, but don't send a check. Saying that you will pay by check is just a way of filing the tax return without paying right away.  

@sunapee   The 2023 tax data file ends in .tax2023.   And you should have also saved your return as a pdf file.   Which one do you need?  Are you on Windows or Mac?   In Windows they should be in your Documents in a Turbo Tax folder.   How did you delete it?  Did you check the trash or recycle bin?   Search your whole computer.   If you don't have the main .tax file you might have one that starts with a Tilde sign ~ like  "~your name.tax2023”.  That file is if your computer crashes or your real file gets lost or deleted or corrupt so you can restore it.

It sounds like you want to know how the estimated quarterly payments are calculated.  If so, please see this link for more details.   If you are trying to understand more about when you might need them, this link breaks the details out more to assist.  Essentially, estimated quarterly payments are needed if you have a business or earn income from other sources where income taxes are not withheld, but which are high enough to generate a tax liability.  The estimated tax payments are intended to pay for the taxes due as the income is earned.

@sunapee wrote: it is a 2023 intuit home & business return that i deleted.   To access your prior year online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the User ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/   Start the 2024 online tax return by entering some personal information then click on Tax Home on the left side of the screen.   On the Tax Home webpage - Scroll down to the section Your tax returns & documents.  Click on the Year and Click on Download/print return (PDF) or Click on View adjusted gross income (AGI)   If you used the desktop CD/Download editions installed on your computer, the only copy of your tax data file and any PDF's will be on the computer where the return was created.  TurboTax does not store online any returns completed using the desktop editions.   Or go to this IRS website for free federal tax return transcripts - https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript For a fee of $30 you can get a complete federal tax return from the IRS by completing Form 4506 - http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

@rupunzlkim can't answer you question directly, but it doesn't matter what you enter.  As you are over 59.5 years old, and the Roth has been opened for at least 5 calendar years, there will never be any taxable income related to the withdrawals.    what is the code in Box 7?  if a Q (which is should be), that is all TT needs to know so there is no taxable income on the distribution. 

TurboTax offers two "Live" options, TurboTax Live Assisted and TurboTax Live Full Service. With TurboTax Live Assisted you prepare your tax return yourself, and you can contact a tax expert for help any time you need it. With TurboTax Live Full Service a tax expert prepares your tax return for you.  

The federal tax that was withheld from your IRA distribution is shown in box 4 of your 1099-R. If state tax was withheld, it's shown in box 14. When you enter your 1099-R in TurboTax, you just enter the amount of tax in those boxes on the same screen where you enter the amount of the distribution.