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We can't see your return to do an analysis, but you can look at your tax return.  The most common reasons for owing additional taxes from previous years. A posting error on income or withholdings may have occurred. A credit that you got in the previous year was not included this year. You may not have qualified. You may not have requested it. Did you have dependents that didn't qualify this year? You can view your 1040 tax return and the supporting three schedules in the online version of TurboTax.  On the left menu, scroll down to Tax Tools. If necessary, click the side arrow and select Tools.  A box will appear in the middle of the screen. Select View Tax Summary. A tax summary will appear. On the left side menu bar, select Preview My 1040. This will bring up a copy of your 1040 Tax return. If you continue to scroll down, Schedules 1,2 & 3 are available if they are required. Some key numbers on the form are: Taxable income is line 15 Total tax is line 24 Federal Income Tax withheld is line 25d Tax credits are listed on 27 - 30 If there was an underpayment, there may be a penalty Refund is posted to line 34 The amount you Owe is line 37    

If your return is rejected because of the 1095-A: The IRS database thinks that you or a member of your household has, or has had a Marketplace policy.   You should Confirm that you and no one else got a 1095-A You can use the phone number listed by state at  The Health Insurance Marketplace. If you're sure you don't have a 1095-A you can use these steps to clear it. Select Tax Tools On the drop-down select Tools There will be 2 green boxes Select Topics Search Type 1095-A The question will come up Did you receive Form 1095-A for your health insurance plan? Answer Yes Continue to the form Delete it using the trash can Repeat the process When you get to Did you receive Form 1095-A for your health insurance plan? Answer No

In TurboTax Online, you can preview your form 1040 by following these steps:   Open your return In the left-hand column, locate Tax Tools, click on the drop-down arrow then click on Tools On the Tools Center page, click on View Tax Summary In the left-hand column, click on Preview my 1040 Your form 1040 will display. Scroll down to line 37 and you should see the amount you owe on this line.

Thanks for the response. Here is what I figured out the next day when I called the customer support line. After nearly 2 hours of trying things with tech support in the background, they were able to clarify that a.) the State of CO allows negative income to be pulled in from the federal return, and b.)  the calculation of that income figure is occurring in the background, rather than pulled from the Fedeal form.   In this case, the calculation of the standard deduction, less income (without SSI since it was below the threshold) and without the new Senior credit deduction of $6k), resulted in the negative number I was seeing pulled into the State return. So, kudos to the support team for getting to the heart of it, but it all could of been made perfectly clear had the “show details” button on the State page actually shown all the details so one could understand how that number was calculated.   Due to the particular numbers I have in this return, the negative Federal income amount displayed at the beginning of the State refund process does not correlate to any number on the 1040 Federal form as it is calculated in the background by TurboTax. I don’t love that. 

If your return is rejected because of the 1095-A: The IRS database thinks that you or a member of your household has, or has had a Marketplace policy.   You should Confirm that you and no one else got a 1095-A You can use the phone number listed by state at  The Health Insurance Marketplace. If you're sure you don't have a 1095-A you can use these steps to clear it. Select Tax Tools On the drop-down select Tools There will be 2 green boxes Select Topics Search Type 1095-A The question will come up Did you receive Form 1095-A for your health insurance plan? Answer Yes Continue to the form Delete it using the trash can Repeat the process When you get to Did you receive Form 1095-A for your health insurance plan? Answer No

Your state estimated tax payments will serve as a credit your state tax liability and have to be entered on your tax return.   You enter your state estimated tax payments in the Federal section and they will flow through to your state return.   In TurboTax Online, you can enter the state estimated taxes you paid by following these steps:   Open your tax return Click on Federal in the left-hand column, then Deductions & Credits  Locate the section named Estimates and Other Taxes Paid and click on the arrow on the right  Click on Start next to Estimated Tax Payments On the next page, click Start next to State estimated taxes for 2025.

Mine has been rejected several times for same reason - I installed updates today but they don't tell you what the updates are for so no idea whether they will fix the problem - support is very bad - also had to fix numbers in forms for amended return - it actually added the senior deduction to my taxable income

When in the HSA section TurboTax asks about your HDHP coverage, you'll indicate that you had different types of coverage throughout the year, then indicate Self-Only coverage for January though June and None for July through December.  TurboTax will then indicate that the $4,300 contribution is $2,150 over the limit and will ask what you will do about the excess.