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Sorry keep waiting.  Only the IRS can tell you.  They don’t update Turbo Tax on your return and refund.   If it's been more than 90 days since the return was accepted  then you can ask for help from the Tax Payer Advocate office: At the following IRS website, find the USA map and click on your state, and it will give you the number of your IRS Taxpayer Advocate. http://www.irs.gov/uac/Contact-a-Local-Taxpayer-Advocate

2022?  Are you using the 2022 Desktop program?    Sorry it's too late to start a 2022 or prior online return or use the mobile app, either on Turbo Tax or the IRS.     It is too late to efile 2022 using Turbo Tax.  Maybe other places can efile 2022.  You  will have to print and mail your returns.  So 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.    

Turbo Tax and the IRS only keeps the last 7 years. If they still have it…….. How to Access prior year online returns https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-access-my-prior-year-return/00/27010 If you can't get the side menus to open up to access the prior year..... You need to start entering some basic Personal Info in 2024 for the side menu to open up. Just continue a little ways into 2024. I had to go though about 12 screens. If you used the Desktop CD/Download program then the only copy is on your computer and not saved or stored online. So you need to make and keep your own backups. Or request a transcript from the IRS https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript Or get a copy of your return using form 4506 https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

When you started the amended return didn’t the monitors at top reset to zero?  It should automatically include the tax due from the original return.   Look at the amended 1040X.  The amended 1040X return is only for the difference you get back or owe.  I think the cover sheet shows what the original return WOULD have been if you did it right the first time.  Ignore the new 1040 that might print out.   Go by the actual 1040X.  Line 18 should be your original refund amount and line 22 should be your additional refund.  If you paid on your original return it will be on line 16.  If there is an amount owed with the amendment, it will be on line 20.    

@edng21   wrote:  "How to contour (sic) to work on TurboTax"   Does "contour" mean "continue?"    If so, and if you are using Online TurboTax, to continue your return you log back into your Online account, and it should ask you if you want to pickup where you left off or to choose a topic.   However, if for some reason TurboTax thinks you were finished with your return, the return interview may be closed.  But as long as it hasn't been filed, you can open the unfiled return back up to keep working on it.    To do that, at the Tax Home page look for a link "Add a State."    That doesn't really add one, but opens the interview.

@JotikaT2 wrote:   If this vacation ownership was for personal use, you would only need to hold on to the form and retain it with your tax records.   That is wrong.   A 1099-A is treated as a 'sale' on the tax return.  While a 'sale' that results in a loss for personal-use property may not need to be reported (although I would still report it, but as a non-deductible loss), in some cases it result in a GAIN which DOES need to be reported.

@ bs87840709  You may still be able to efile with this new method for this type of issue.   New this year: If a dependent's return mistakenly indicated no one can claim them and causes a rejection of the parent's return, the IRS now allows the first-listed (primary) taxpayer (such as the parent) to get an IP PIN (a 6-digit Identity Protection PIN) and still successfully efile their return and avoid having to file a return on paper.   The dependent still has to amend their own return, however, to indicate someone can claim them.    I have seen users in this forum where it has worked. and the parents efiled successfully after the primary taxpayer got an IP PIN.   See this additional info:   "Beginning in the 2025 filing season, the IRS will accept Forms 1040, 1040-NR and 1040-SS even if a dependent has already been claimed on a previously filed return as long as the primary taxpayer on the second return includes a valid Identity Protection Personal Identification Number (IP PIN). This change will reduce the time for the agency to receive the tax return and accelerate the issuance of tax refunds for those with duplicate dependent returns. In previous years, the second tax return had to be filed by paper."   "In the scenario where the dependent has already been claimed on another tax return, the IP PIN provides an important new option. The taxpayer listed first on an e-filed tax return claiming dependents can provide their current year IP PIN when they file. If they do, the return will still be accepted. The spouse (if married filing jointly) and the dependents on the tax return don’t need to provide an IP PIN if they don’t have one."   IRS Source: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-takes-steps-to-help-prevent-refund-delays-by-accepting-duplicate-de...

Not sure why this is a difficult question - it would seem to me the answer is "yes, the return ifs filed if you file your MI taxes electronically" or "No, the Detroit City tax return is not filed even if you file your MI return electronically".  And quite frankly, the software should NOT leave the user having to wonder, guess, or even ask the question.....is it that difficult to program the software to plainly address this issue???????  I just filed my US and MI (and City of Detroit, I hope) but now am pondering whether I need to mail a City return since Turbo Tax does not make this easy to understand what has occurred - I have used this software for years and every year it seems to get worse for basic issues like "what returns were actually filed?".  I spent the $25 to have my Michigan return filed electronically and it didn't even occur to me that the City return was not filed also until after the fact......when I go back and look at the returns, it is not even obvious what pages I would need to mail to the City if the City return was not filed.  I hope the link that you included will allow me to see in a week or two whether the City return has been "received".

You will not be able to e-file your tax return, it can only be printed and mailed claiming him as your dependent.  You will need to amend his tax return so that it indicates that he can be claimed as a dependent.   See this TurboTax support FAQ for how to print and mail a tax return - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/print-file/switch-e-filing-file-mail/L5ERWEQRI_US_en_US?uid=md9d1njd