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If you already e-filed a tax return that was accepted by the IRS and now you e-filed again, your e-file will be rejected.    The IRS will not accept more than one tax return using your Social Security number.    You do not say how long ago you filed on that other site, so you will have to just wait to see which one is accepted.   Or...maybe they will both be rejected....if that happens you can try to fix one of them and re-file.

It's possible you prepared your 2024 return in another account.   But here's something to try first:   While logged into the account you are using, go to the Tax Home tab. Scroll way down the Tax Home page to the section "Your Tax Returns & Documents". Expand that section and choose tax year 2024. What does it say about the 2024 return?    Does it find the 2024 return, and if so what does it say for the status?   If efiled, was the 2024 return accepted?   If you can't find the 2024 return there, you may have multiple accounts, which is common.   If necessary, we can tell you how to troubleshoot to look for other accounts.

Thanks! Let’s say I treat them as gambling winning and losses. I know where to add gambling winnings and losses in Turbotax (other miscellaneous income), but it does not allow adding losses unless you add winnings. If there is only loss, no winnings, how do I add that? Can you help me with that? Also, let’s say I found how to do that, would Turbotax calculate/consider the loss against the Robinhood stock gains so I pay less tax on gains?

That isn't true.  I withhold tax so I'm not surprised in April.  My box 16 has always been blank or $0.  My box 14 is not, it is the state tax amount I have withheld.  I live in Indiana.  I certainly hope this is resolved.  It wasn't until last year that I had a problem.   Can someone remind me what I must have done last year to make this work so I don't fall into the vicious cycle of hitting my head on the wall.  Was it to enter the taxable amount which is what Box 1 and 2A represent for me.?    I haven't started my taxes and I dread this part already.  Ugh!  And I enjoy doing my taxes.  

Enough is enough.  Suggest that everyone write to the IRS (which permits Intuit/TurboTax to participate in its e-filing program) and voice concern about harming US tax compliance with extremely tardy updates and a misleading system (which indicates it's OK to file a return without updated depreciation).  Use the Systemic Advocacy  site: Systemic Advocacy: Report a systemic issue | Internal Revenue Service

the 1040-X for 2025 will not be ready until February 25th, per the current TurboTax website.  Save a PDF of the original return as a backup, just in case. Your 2025 amended return should not be submitted until the original return is fully processed. Think of the trouble you would have if you submitted beforehand, and the IRS changed something. 

If you were covered, you can go to the  Healthcare.gov website and login to get a copy   https://www.healthcare.gov  How to find your 1095-A online Log into your Marketplace account and select your 2025 application — not your 2026 application. Select “Tax Forms" from the menu. Under "Your Form 1095-A," select "Download PDF." If a form has a “Corrected” status, download this corrected form instead of a previous version. Get screen-by-screen directions, with pictures (PDF, 413 KB).

Thanks. I kept fiddling around with it and finally the number changed. I'm not sure what I finally did that worked, but it did. I did have the percentage entered correctly. It finally came close to the IRS estimate. 

Hello Champ,   I'm using TT Desktop software in Windows, line 31 on the NJ-1040 in "Form" mode is white and is displaying blank, Worksheet F line 6 is displaying $500 and my software is up-to-date.     

Be Aware Mac users. You do not JUST need Mac OS 14 or above for the desktop version! You need to have an Apple Silicon chip NOT an Intel chip and will need to run Rosetta 2. Your computer needs to be able to be updated to Tahoe OS 26. It doesn't have to be running Tahoe, just able to be updated to it! I just spent 4.5 hours on the phone with TurboTax tech support after trying unsuccessfully to load the desktop version of TurboTax Premier 2025. I have an early 2020 Mac Mini with a 3.2 GHz 6 Core Intel Core i7 processor running on Sequoia 15.7.4 with 64 GB of RAM and over 900MB of free disk space. I downloaded the desktop version of Turbo Tax Premier 2025; installed it to my Applications folder; opened it; got the "You're up to date" screen; followed by the "No Tax Forms or Updates at this time" screen; followed by a "You're not connected to Internet. To activate your purchase, you'll need to connect to the internet."  I was connected to the internet. I spoke with 4 different TurboTax support representatives and was finally told the problem was because my computer cannot be upgraded to the Tahoe OS and has an Intel chip.  Mac's need to have an Apple Silicon (M1-M5) chip and then need to run Rosetta 2 in order to use the desktop version of TurboTax 2025. The other option is to use the online version, which for me will cost considerably more than the $70 I spent at Costco for the desktop version which I could use to do taxes for myself, my elderly parents, and my kids! Now EACH person will need their own account and if they have investment (like 401k retirement) income will have to pay $100-140+ EACH! I've used TurboTax since 2004. Sadly, I'm now looking at other options that (1) do not require a new computer (2) do not require being online while I work on my taxes (face it, not everyone has great internet service and tax service websites have been known to be overloaded come April); (3) do not require storing my personal tax information on someone else's computer; (4) Allow me to easily see what the tax impact will be before making financial decisions by running "what if" scenarios on my desktop tax software before I make donations, sell stock, take retirement distributions, etc