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the IRS is saying its records indicate you were covered by marketplace insurance (Obamacare) and need to complete form 8926 using Form 1095-A that you can get from  https://www.healthcare.gov/tax-form-1095/  If you did not have such coverage, get a letter from Healthcare.gov stating that and then send it, the IRS notice, and a short letter signed and dated saying you are enclosing proof that you had no such coverage to the address in the notice.      

Thank you for sharing. Please help me understand further as this is the first time I will file for 2 people in the same family using the desktop premier version. My main concern is about the override of information, and what will be transferred next year.    Example, Jason Tax and Jenny Tax. Both first intial is J and last name is Tax because they we are siblings. When I file the first tax return, it should be fine. When I file the second return for Jenny, will all her information override mine (Jason) and the IRS will not have Jason's tax? Thank you for your time and consideration.

The Federal refund and state refund come from two different tax agencies.   There is no ability to pay for them to come at the same time.   They generally come on 2 separate days from 2 different sources.   If they did come on the same day, it would be a huge coincidence.  If you paid for something in addition to your product fees, it was for some other feature.   "What was I charged?" It depends on a number of factors including what edition you used, what additional options you chose (if any), whether you paid the fees upfront or out of your refund, etc.        See if you can view your fees this way.   Log into your Online TurboTax and go to the Tax Home (it may already open there).   Scroll down on the Tax Home page to Order Details.   NOTE:  If you chose to pay your TurboTax product fees out of your Federal refund, there is an additional $40 service for that option ($45 for California filers.)

I agree it is a mistake to drop a crucial tool in the application.  However, when I was researching alternative ways to get fair market values for my donations, I decided to try Claude AI and it worked surprisingly well.  I simply uploaded a worksheet listing the items I donated and it created a worksheet that added FMV to each from Goodwill.  Pretty slick!