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Did you already e-file?   If you have NOT e-filed you can go back to the income section and edit your entries.   If you already e-filed: 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.  

This is what you say above:   i amended my 2023 tax return when i submitted electronically it was rejected because they wanted me to put in my pin i tried to go back and now it won't let me updated or efile again previous    Your own description that you amended in order to add an IP PIN is the source of the confusion.   We cannot see any of your information or your tax returns, so we only have what you tell us to go on.   We do not know if you finally successfully e-filed a timely 2023 return that needed to be amended for some other reason at a later time, or if you simply lack understanding of what amending a tax return means.      You can keep trying to e-file---likely with no success-- or you can print sign and mail your return.  

No, most likely you cannot include Aflac insurance premiums in your medical deductions because Aflac policies normally pay a flat indemnity for hospital stays unrelated to medical bills.    The following is the wording shown in IRS Publication 502, on page 9: You can't include premiums you pay for policies that pay you a guaranteed amount each week for a stated number of weeks if you are hospitalized.     

To enter Car Loan Interest - Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home & Business) Click on Deductions and Credits Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown) Scroll down to Cars and Other Things You Own On Car Loan Interest, click on the start or update button

This is an issue for me. I uninstalled all C++ redist, rebooted. Started the installer, it asked to install 2022 C++ x64, installed. It tries to launch and never comes up. When I try again, I get the message the EXE file cannot be found, even though I am looking at it in the directory. Disabled ESET and MBAM with the same result.   Something is definitely up. I redownloaded it and removed/reinstalled with the same results.

To enter Car Loan Interest - Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home & Business) Click on Deductions and Credits Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown) Scroll down to Cars and Other Things You Own On Car Loan Interest, click on the start or update button

@VolvoGirl wrote: Don't try to import it. For Online… I agree; it's not really advantageous, in terms of a time saver, to import the likes of a 1099-R.   However, Prudential is still on the "partners list" and the company should be in the list in the TurboTax program.

Social Security Retirement/Disability/Survivors benefits are reported on a form SSA-1099 and the benefits received are to be entered on a federal tax return. The benefits may be taxable depending on the amount of other income you have entered on your tax return.   Up to 85% of Social Security Retirement/Disability/Survivors benefits becomes taxable when all your other income plus 1/2 your social security reaches: Married Filing Jointly - $32,000 Single or Head of Household - $25,000 Married Filing Separately - 0 The benefits are shown on the federal tax return, Form 1040 Line 6a.  The taxable amount of the benefits, if any, are shown on Line 6b Look at your Form 1040 - You can view your Form 1040 plus Schedules 1, 2 and 3 at any time using the online editions. Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen. Click on Tools. Click on View Tax Summary. Click on Preview my 1040 on the left side of the screen.