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Charitable donations go on Schedule A with other itemized deductions such as mortgage interest and property tax.   Unless you have enough itemized deductions to exceed your standard deduction, the charity donations have no effect on your refund or tax due.   2025 STANDARD DEDUCTION AMOUNTS SINGLE $15,750  (65 or older/legally blind + $2000) MARRIED FILING SEPARATELY $15,750  (65 or older/legally blind +1600) MARRIED FILING JOINTLY $31,500  (65 or older/legally blind + $1600) HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD $23,625 (65 or older/legally blind + $2000)  

Ca State said they refunded to my account on 1/29. It is now 2/12 and nothing. Ca state had a different account than the one on my filed taxes. When speaking to a rep from Ca they said that it went to Cross River bank and it should have already hit my bank. Speaking with TT (again) and they are also no help. Says since I did the 5 days early option, it’s affecting my state deposit. Why?! At this point it’s not 5 days early, it’s 14 days late. This is absolutely ridiculous. 

@Carolgrneye  You will have to contact TurboTax support for assistance with this problem. Use the key words Billing Issue See this TurboTax support FAQ for contacting support - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/turbotax-phone-number/L0Od33nMQ_US_en_US?uid=lfgviwbm

dMertz...you have answered the first half of my question quite clearly.  Thx for that.   Regarding the second half, sorry for the confusion.  Box 7 is "J".   The IRA, SEP or SIMPLE box is "no".    The custodian told me J indicates I transferred from a Roth IRA to a  non IRA. (I hope my understanding is correct?)    This is what the custodian sent me yesterday,   "To confirm, the redemption of assets will be coming out of the individual account and be returned to a Roth IRA, which will be your requested Equity mutual fund. Taxes on the short- term and long-term gains will be paid in 2027.      Keep in mind that because these transactions will occur in tax year 2026, they will appear on tax forms generated in 2027. You will receive IRS Forms 1099 for the gains that will happen from the distribution from your individual account. You will also receive IRS Form 5498 for the contribution to pair with all the documents for the self-certified rollover. You will also receive confirmation of the contributions. Please note that these amounts will affect your 2026 taxes; however, each type of transaction affects differently so it may not necessarily affect your income. "   dMertz,  I'm not clear what is triggering these capital gains as original acct was a  ROTH.   Are they saying when I move it back to a ROTH, I will trigger those gains?   My goal here is to NOT have to pay any capital gains, esp after the penalty is resolved.   Pls help me understand.   As it's a ROTH, I've obviously already paid taxes.   Thx, dMertz.

To enter rental income, expenses and rental asset depreciation - Click on Federal Taxes (Business using Home & Business) Click on Wages and Income (Business Income and Expenses using Home & Business) Click on I'll choose what I work on Scroll down to Rental Properties and Royalties On Rental Properties and Royalties (Sch E) , click on the start or update button

@Margy21 You should have also saved the 2024 tax data file from the old computer or from the online edition, depending on which TurboTax program you used.  The 2024 tax data file will have a file extension of .tax2024. Using the desktop editions, the default location for saving the tax data file and PDF saved is in the TurboTax folder within the Documents directory.