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It means the form is not ready for filing, but the site below indicates that it is ready,   https://form-status.app.intuit.com/tax-forms-availability/formsavailability?albRedirect=true&product=Turbotax_online&bu=cg

@BritInVA  What I understand from your post is  that you claimed  Foreign Tax Credit on your US return ( form 1116 ) based  on taxes paid to the UK  for the  2024 tax return.  Now there has been an adjustment of the UK tax burden.  Your only option is to "Amend" your 2024 tax return to recognize  the new situation.  Note that because  of the downward adjustment of the claimed  FT amount on your return, you may end up having to pay more to the US after amendment. If you use  windows/ desktop version of  TurboTax --   1.you have to go into the 2024  software, recreate the 2024 return  ( i.e. recreate the filed return ); 2. Then Tell 2024 TurboTax that you want to amend this return --- remember to create a new copy ( "As-Amended " ) , now use this copy to effect the amendment process --- you should end up with a 1040-X  ( a summary ) and an update 1040.; 3. File this -- 1040-X and 1040  -- it shoudl say Amended on top of first page.;  4. Include any payments due.  Note that there is generally no need to amend the state return since  FTC was never there.   Is there more I can do for you ?

Your 2025 e-file is sitting in "pending" on a server.  The IRS does not have it yet.   TurboTax allowed you to e-file —- and now your return is in pending.   MY RETURN IS IN PENDING—what does that mean?   You will not get any information from the IRS refund site while your return is in pending.  The IRS does not have your return yet.   Did you e-file?  Did you click that big orange button that said “Transmit my returns now?”  If so, your return is now in “pending” on a server.  Do not try to change anything while your return is in pending.On January  26  the IRS will begin to accept/reject e-files.  The IRS accepts a FEW returns in test batches ahead of January 26—-but that is very random.   Watch your emails—including your spam folder—for the notice about whether your e-file has been accepted or rejected.  If your return is rejected you will be able to make corrections before re-filing.   If the return you e-filed is accepted you will have to wait until it has been fully processed and then amend it to fix any mistakes or omissions.  It has been taking the IRS four to six months—sometimes longer—to process amended returns.   If you e-filed your state return there will be another email later that tells you if the state was accepted or rejected.   WARNING:   Do not try to change anything on your return while it is pending.   https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-announces-first-day-of-2026-filing-season-online-tools-and-    

Or do you need to amend a past year return?      Wait until your original return has been fully processed before you amend, and make sure you have saved a pdf of the original return before you amend. (If you do not save it as a pdf, the amended return will overwrite the original, and the original will be lost forever)   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/amend-change-correct-return-already-filed/L4VjJ9BA2_US_en_US?uid=m76mq6z2       Do not expect quick results from amending. It can take four months or more for the IRS to process an amended return.     You can watch for information here: https://www.irs.gov/filing/wheres-my-amended-return    

2025?   You cannot amend 2025 yet.   Did you click that big orange button that said “Transmit my return now?”  If you did that, you cannot do anything to fix it yet.  You have to wait for the email that tells you if your return was accepted or rejected.   Since the IRS will not begin to accept/reject returns until January 26, you are going to be waiting in “pending” for awhile.  Your return is sitting on a server, where you cannot fix  it or get it back.   You cannot change or add anything on the return that you just e-filed, nor can you stop it.  It is too late, just like when you put an envelope in a US mailbox on the corner.  The IRS does not allow you to take it back.   If you left out a W-2, a 1099G, or a dependent, or a 1099 etc…DO NOT change your return while it is “pending.”  The changes will go nowhere.   Now you have to wait until the IRS either rejects or accepts your return.  If your return is rejected, you will be able to go into your account and make the necessary changes to your tax return and re-submit your return.     If the IRS accepts your return, however, then you have to wait longer until it has been fully processed and you have received your refund.  THEN you can prepare an amended tax return and e-file or mail  it in. You have to be able to work from that return exactly the way it was when it was e-filed originally.  You will need to use a form called a 1040X.     Meanwhile, DO NOT go in and start changing anything on your return in the system, or you will make a mess for yourself.  Sit tight and wait until you see what the IRS does with the return you just e-filed   The Form 1040X you need becomes available in late February,  But wait until your return has been processed.  

You have to report ALL your income on the same tax return.   You first said you only had $2,000.   If you had other income you didn’t get a W2 for then you might have to enter it as self employment income.   

But---Please enter all of your information into a tax return and see what the results are.   A refund will be shown on line 35a of your Form 1040.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/preview-turbotax-online-return-filing/L77WCkvnu_US_en_US?uid=m681fkhr  

@Alonareed1 Sorry---you stated that you had less than $2000 of earned income.  Re-read the information provided to you.   You will not get anything for child tax credit if your only income from working was less than $2000.    If someone else can claim you as a dependent then you are not eligible for earned income credit.   With less than $2000 of income----how were you and your child supported?  You did not support yourself and a child on $2000----someone else supported you.

@4ehano , what form ( if any ) you have to use depends on the exact facts and circumstances -- so please elaborate ( what was the payment for , why etc.).    For example  when an estate of a decedent disposes off assets and/or distributes  assets/monies etc. to the inheritors, there is generally no reporting requirement  ( depending on the size of the estate ) -- no inheritance tax.   Obviously there are many situations when a transfer of funds must be  reported because  it is taxable income to the recipient.   Will circle back once I hear from you 

@Féline ,  (a) which country are you from ? (b) were you on J  visa or what ? (c) When did you enter US and when did you leave ?  Trying to determine if you were  NRA for both 2024 and/or 2025.  This is because as NRA you would be filing a 1040-NR  ( not supported by TurboTax -- generally  SprinTax is suggested ) Please answer my Qs ---- I will circle back once I hear from you

To help you understand more clearly:   Have you entered income from working in 2025?  If not,  you will not receive an income tax refund based on having dependent children.     The maximum amount of the child tax credit is now $2200 per child; the refundable “additional child tax credit” amount is $1700.   In order to get that credit, you have to have income from working.     Take the amount you earned from working.   Subtract $2500.   Multiply the rest by 15%.  That is the additional child tax credit per child that you can get—- up to the maximum of $1700 per child.   If the amount you earned from working was low, you will not get the full $1700 per child.    If your child is older than 16 at the end of 2025, you do not get the CTC.  But you may still get the non-refundable $500 credit for other dependents instead.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/taxation/child-tax-credit/L2lNhfGDl_US_en_US?uid=m68dfq2u   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/taxation/additional-child-tax-credit/L6xFeMFEf_US_en_US?uid=lqnuygah https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/does-my-childdependent-qualify-for-the-child-tax-credit-or-the-credit-for-other-dependents     And for the Earned Income Credit—-   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-credits-deductions/qualifications-earned-income-credit-eic-eitc/L7w4BFP32_US_en_US?uid=m62rmz09   https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/individuals/earned-income-tax-credit/use-the-eitc-assistant   https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p596.pdf   Look at your 2025 Form 1040 to see the child-related credits you received   PREVIEW 1040 https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/preview-turbotax-online-return-filing/L77WCkvnu_US_en_US?uid=m681fkhr   Child Tax Credit line 19 Credit for Other Dependents line 19 Earned Income Credit line 27 Additional Child Tax Credit line 28     AND….If you have children but had  little or no income, it raises the question of how you and the children were supported.  There may be another tax-paying adult who can claim you and/or the children as dependents.