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@rsaffi you might want to just post a new thread on this, it gets harder to follow when new issues get posted on old threads, I don't think your issue is related to the original topic here.   can you provide more detail what is on your Schedule D, which line the 33000 is on.  For the tax outcome you may need to review what is happening on the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet.   are you desktop or online?  if on desktop in Forms mode you can usually double click through these figures to see the sources.

What kind of help do you need?  If you have a question you can post it here for someone to answer. If you need live tax help where someone can see your return you can select that on your screen by clicking the live help button on your screen.

@ sierragrant27  ADDENDUM The info I left above is for someone who has a routine filing and processing with the funds to go directly from the IRS to one's bank account, but where the deposit failed,          However, the funds may take a different route if  you chose any options such as "pay fees out of refund" or the "up to 5 days early" option, or Refund Advance.   Those options use a third-party intermediary bank that first receives the funds.   If you used one of those, then if the deposit from the intermediary bank to your bank fails, it could go back to the intermediary bank who would either send you a check (most cases), or in some instances they send it back to the IRS to deal with.

Your personal security is very important to both TurboTax and the IRS.    The IRS may request verification of your identity because: They suspect that someone else is using your Social Security number, Or they may have flagged your return for random, routine verification to ensure your refund goes to you.  You may receive a 5071C letter in the mail asking you to verify your identity via their website or phone system. You should follow the instructions in the letter immediately, as  Your refund will be delayed until you verify.  You will need your previous and current year's tax returns.  TurboTax does not receive updates from the IRS on why your return was flagged

When you are filling out the Foreign Tax Credit section (Form 1116), you are trying to tell the IRS how much "Foreign Source Taxable Income" you have so they can calculate the limit on your credit.   For a capital asset like a house, your "expenses" (selling costs, commissions) are already factored into the cost basis when you reported the sale in the Investment section (Form 8949). If you entered them again in the Foreign Tax Credit section, you would be "double-deducting" them.   Losses: On Form 1116, "Gross Income" specifically means your gains before losses. The IRS instructions for Form 1116, Line 1a, state that you should enter your "total capital and ordinary gains (before subtracting any losses)." The software handles the "netting" of your losses in a separate part of the calculation to ensure you don't get a credit for tax paid on income that was wiped out by a loss.   By reporting the Gross Proceeds and skipping the expenses/losses in the Foreign Tax Credit interview, you are following the proper flow to ensure the software matches the IRS's "Gross Income" definition for Form 1116.   To summarize, you already reported the "Cost Basis" (the value when you inherited it) and the "Selling Expenses" in the Investments/Capital Gains section. The software uses those numbers to calculate your actual taxable gain or loss for the year. You don't report them again to determine the Foreign Tax Credit because you would be "double-dipping" by using the same dollar of expense or loss to get two different tax benefits.     

Below worked 2/19/25, from an earlier post.  by pg:   Turbotax had a software update available earlier today [3 weeks ago] that  addresses the new WI Retirement Income Subtraction benefit that is up to $24,000 for a single filer and up to $48,000 for a married couple filing jointly.  When working with Wisconsin,  select the "Income" adjustment line for additions or subtractions.  At the top of the next screen look for the "Retirement Benefit Adjustments" line and select it.  Ignore the 4 retirement benefit types listed and click the Continue button.  The next screen that comes up should be the "Wisconsin Retirement Income Subtraction" page.  Select the YES button if you want to take this credit.  There is a caution that by taking this benefit you forfeit any of the special credits listed in Form 1 such as itemized deduction credit, property tax credit, etc. I had to repeat this a second time as I had manually checked the YES box in the "Retire Wks" worksheet.   My first time through must have deselected the YES box as I went from a Tax refund to taxes owed. 

New this year: If the bank rejects the payment and sends it back to the IRS, then be aware of a new IRS feature that started this year.   Because of a recent Executive Order, the IRS is trying to avoid issuing paper checks and phasing them out whenever possible.   Starting this year, if a bank sends the refund back to the IRS, a paper check may not automatically be sent.   Instead, it's possible that the refund would be frozen up to 30 days, and the IRS may give you a chance to correct it within that 30 days by using your Online IRS account (or establishing one) to update the deposit information.   The IRS may send you a letter called a CP53E notice.  It may take a couple of weeks to arrive after the initial deposit was returned to the IRS.   IRS:  Understanding your CP53E notice https://www.irs.gov/individuals/understanding-your-cp53e-notice   If the update in the Online IRS Account is unsuccessful, or if you don't respond to the CP53E notice to update it, the IRS says it will ultimately issue the paper check after 6 weeks have gone by.   There are FAQs about the process on that IRS page I linked above.

there's a browser permission issue you need to set to allow the import, see   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-vanguard-brokerage-update-is-available-from-vanguard-but-not-on-turbo-tax/01/3746947#M1390363   since you already did some manually note for most 1099Bs you don't need to enter all the detail you can input 1099B at summary level which will go onto Schedule D.  With the caveat that, if you have any entries with cost basis adjustments for wash sales, AMD, noncovered securities missing cost basis, it's best to enter those at the detailed "one by one" level which will generate Form 8949 for those, and the remaining balance of your 1099B can then be entered at summary level, and check the totals on Schedule D.  If you input items with adjustments as summary entries it will trigger the need to mail the details to the IRS (I think with online you can also do this step electronically by uploading a PDF attachment but I have not tried this).

I am stuck on my 2025 tax return because there is a CG amount in Line 7 of 1040. I only had one 1099-B which was a distribution reported by Harbor Funds. I recall running a review check of my return and manually entering that distribution again. My AGI was overstated it seems by about $15,000. Even when I removed this 1099 DiV form there was still $17,000 sitting on line 7/1040. I don't see where that came from. I went through all my 1099-DIVs. There is a Sched D and Parts I & II have minimal net gains but then Part III has $33,000. What happened here I don't know b/c I can't do the arithmetic. I welcome suggestions please

It depends on which country you are from and your children's status.  If your dependents are not US Citizens, US nationals or US Resident Aliens then no.    "A non-resident alien can claim the Other Dependent Credit if the dependent meets the criteria to be claimed for the credit.  In order to meet this, the dependent must be a US Citizen, US National or US Resident Alien.....Only nonresident aliens who are U.S. nationals; residents of Canada, Mexico, or South Korea; or students and business apprentices from India who qualify for benefits under Article 21(2) of the income tax treaty with India can claim the credit for other dependents."  US Tax Guide for Aliens pg 44