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The reason your return was rejected is because they already accepted a tax return filed with your Social Security number for this year.   Check that your name and number match exactly what is on the primary taxpayer's Social Security card.  If the information is incorrect make any corrections before submitting your return.   If your SSN or TIN is correct as currently entered on this return, it may be necessary to contact the IRS for further guidance.    

If you are married, but don't have a qualifying person dependent listed on your tax return, the Head of Household question won't appear.   What's a "qualifying person" for Head of Household?   For Head of Household qualifications, the conditions are stricter than those for claiming a dependent. For example, you might be able to claim a roommate as your dependent, but never as a qualifying person for Head of Household status.

The IRS treats every vehicle in your business independently. Your choice to use the Standard Mileage Rate for your personal vehicle does not "lock you in" to that method for any other vehicle you use.    For your personal vehicle you will continue to track and report miles.   For a rental car, you track and report the actual dollars spent. It doesn't matter how long the rental was for. You deduct the actual rental fees + gas + tolls + parking. You cannot take the standard milage rate for a rental because that rate includes depreciation and you can't depreciate something you don't own.    When you enter your Rental Car expenses, you can enter this as a Travel Expense OR Other Common Business Expenses. 

H&R Block has very good software. It can read directly from the TT file for the current or previous year.  There have been so many issues with TT lately.  I will order H&R Block, complete my return, and then work on getting a refund from TT.  I ended up doing this last year for my personal taxes due to similar issues.  

OK - I think I misunderstood where the single state dividends came from - I thought they were from AZ not CA, so coding that as CA would be correct.  And that amount of dividends will carry to AZ Form 140 line 15 as it should.   And it is OK to verify information in Forms mode, but you shouldn't be needing to change anything in Forms mode if the entries were done correctly in Step by Step mode.  When I entered the dividends in my mock return, TurboTax correctly coded the states as XX, which is the coding your should have had after you entered all the data in step by step mode.

@blvalentine082 Did you select your Filing Status as either Single or Married Filing Separately and do you have a qualified person as a dependent?  If so, you would have be asked Did you pay more than half the cost to keep up your home in 2025?

Doubtful that you will receive a 1099-B. You are determining that the value of the stock is worthless based on the current facts. As such, you need to retain or obtain documents that support you taking a worthless stock deduction.  You will have the burden of proof if audited.  

I spoke to soon, mine got rejected and now I have no way of resubmitting it again, so I guess for sure I have to mail it now. I also received an email from TurboTax saying I could e-file not but I am not sure why mine was rejected. Why is this processes so complicated, I really don't like having to mail this but seem it's the only option I have now. 

You are posting in a thread that has been inactive for three years, so the posts you see here do not reflect the current situation.   I was informed by management yesterday, February 23rd, that the additional programming still needed to enable filing for Form 8915-F for this year will be completed this Thursday, February 26, 2026. In the meantime, the form is disabled from filing.    You should be able to revisit Form 8915-F by Friday, February 27, 2026. If you are using TurboTax Desktop, be sure to restart the program and run updates.    See the updated IRS instructions for Form 8915 for more information.    See this help article for information about how filing Form 8915 may affect your state return.   This has been an especially challenging season for the tax industry as well, due to late tax law and policy changes and losses in IRS staffing, which delayed getting all of the forms and instructions ready to deliver to software companies. @PalisadesStrong 

No, they are different.    With the desktop software, you can prepare as many returns as you need.    With TurboTax Online, you can prepare one federal return per account, so you will need to create a separate account for each federal return you want to file.  

No.  Online and Desktop are different.  Desktop can do unlimited returns and efile 5 federal for free.  The rest you can print and mail.   Online is only good for 1 return and 1 account. So you need to setup separate accounts for each person. The offer to switch to Online is only good for 1 return and account. Turbo Tax Desktop to Online Migration Offer https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/marketing/ty25-ttd-direct-offer/L0aUgksJd_US_en_US "Offer includes one Tax Year 2025 federal return and one state tax return filed using the TurboTax Online" You can start another return in TurboTax Online by: Logging out if you are in your account Choose what TurboTax Online product you want to use for the second return https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/compare/online Create your account screen Set up a new login for the second return Start working on the new return