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TurboTax gives you an estimated date for receiving your refund based on a 21 day average from your date of acceptance, but it can take longer.  “21 days”  is not a promise from TurboTax or the IRS.      First, check your e-file status to see if your return was accepted:  https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/efile-status-lookup/   Once your federal return has been accepted by the IRS, only the IRS has any control.  TurboTax does not receive any updates from the IRS. Your ONLY source of information about your refund now is the IRS.     You need your filing status, your Social Security number and the exact amount  (line 35a of your 2025 Form 1040) of your federal refund to track your Federal refund:    https://www.irs.gov/refunds   To track your state refund:     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/track-state-refund/L3jgO8PGs_US_en_US?uid=lt447ebr   If you chose to have your TurboTax fees deducted from your federal refund, that will take some extra time, while the third party bank handles the refund processing     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/refunds-take-longer-others/L14YlqFrH_US_en_US?uid=lexdr7zh . https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/irs-refund-taking-longer-21-days/L2vRAJbdU_US_en_US?uid=lexe7lst         If you are getting earned income credit on line 27 or additional child tax credit on line 28 You are subject to the delay required by the PATH act.  Do not expect your refund before early March   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/internal-revenue-service/federal-refunds-delayed-due-path-act/L5jnQJsBi_US_en_US   Note:  “Accepted” is not the same as “approved”.  TurboTax tells you the e-file was accepted if the IRS deems that there is enough information on the return for them to take it in for processing.   Only the IRS can approve of the refund, which is a later stage of processing.  If the IRS approves your refund they will provide a date for the refund to be issued.   FROM THE IRS WHERE’S MY REFUND SITE: https://www.irs.gov/wheres-my-refund How it works Where's My Refund shows your refund status: Return Received – We received your return and are processing it. Refund Approved – We approved your refund and are preparing to issue it by the date shown. Refund Sent – We sent the refund to your bank or to you in the mail. It may take 5 days for it to show in your bank account or several weeks for your check to arrive in the mail.

If you filed a joint return in 2024, you would use the same AGI.  If you did not file a joint return, you would need the AGI from each return to file.  If either of you did not file a tax return, you would enter zero.   See How do I find last year's AGI? - TurboTax Support - Intuit

You had tax withheld from the distributions from the retirement account, just like when an employer withheld tax from your paychecks.  When you enter it all into the software, the calculations are done to reconcile the amount of income you received and the amount of tax that was withheld.  You might owe more or you might get a refund.

It depends. WI allows a full deduction for actual US Government interest, regardless of the % listed in your brokerage details. However, it does not allow a deduction for government backed obligations, like Ginnie Mae and Fannie Mae.   You need to look at your brokerage details and determine how much is from actual direct treasury obligation and claim that amount.   Reference: WI legislature

I must not be communicating clearly, because my question isn't getting answered, so let's start over:  My original question was where do you put  the “Accrued Interest Paid on Purchases” amount into your program?  By way of explanation:  When you buy a Treasury Bond on the secondary market the “Accrued Interest Paid on Purchases” represents the interest that had already built up before you bought the bond—money you essentially "pre-paid" to the seller. You must report the total interest received from the treasury bond issuer (which includes that "extra" amount you paid the seller), but you then subtract the "Accrued Interest Paid" on Schedule B. This ensures you only pay taxes on the interest that actually belongs to you.    So... Does Turbotax have a box where I can put that number so that it gets added and subtracted from the right schedules?

TurboTax flags an invalid zip code if the code does not match the state.  50392 is a zip code in or near Des Moines, Iowa (apparently entirely for Principal Financial Group).   Make sure that you have entered the abbreviation for Iowa (IA) correctly.

Same thing happened to me. I did it several times and it said Schwab tax downloaded complete but there was nothing there. I went back and did it one more time and in the left corner of my top screen a pop up asked if it could access more of my files on my computer, this time I said yes instead of no and the file info showed up in the turbotax program.

Thanks. After 4.5 hours, we had tried everything they had for a Mac. I had already seen the page of recommendations for Mac users. I'd love to see someone say what they've done to make it work on a Mac with an Intel chip.  My computer is 6 years old this month and is running MacOS 15.7.4. As I said before, part of what sucks is they are not supporting their loyal customers. I've used TurboTax desktop on a Mac since 2004! and have NEVER had problems loading it.

Yes, you can also enter the W-2 as is and then check the box in the next screen identifying the W-2 as "Nontaxable Medicaid Waiver Payments that qualify as difficulty of care payments".   The steps that @ThomasM125 provided, entering Box 1 in the W-2 and then entering a negative number in Other Reportable Income, have worked for other users. We have suggested several different solutions to this issue because different W-2s in different states or from different agencies tend to report the Medicaid Waiver income differently.   Please also see this help article for information on how to account for IHSS/ Medicaid Waiver wages on your tax return depending on whether you received a W-2 and what information you were provided. The article was just updated on January 26, 2026. @BarbaraLindsey 

@user17711936670 wrote: But if I remove the zero, the program adds several thousand more in tax liability than with the zero included.     Is there a reason why you think that is wrong?   As I said before, my GUESS is that it isn't calculating the K-1 information at all until you get rid of that zero.  When you get rid of that zero, it is calculating correctly.   You can test it out - keep the zero there and check if the gain is showing on the tax return (look at  Form 4797 and Schedule D).  The delete the zero and see what changes.