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The "up to 5 days early" offer means it can come anywhere between 1 and 5 days early.  Or it may fail, in which case you won't be charged according to TurboTax.  Some banks do not participate in same-day ACH deposits.   If your refund doesn't come at least 1 day earlier than it would have come if it had come directly from the IRS, then TurboTax says they will not charge the $35.  The clock would start ticking when the IRS has approved and is ready to release your funds as @ xmasbaby0  mentioned above.  So watch the IRS refund tracker tool.  If yours does not arrive at least 1 day early, then you "should" likely be notified by TurboTax.  So if yours does not come at least 1 day early, watch for any emails with info about your $35.     Read more details here:   FAQ:  "Up to 5 days early" offer https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund-advance/turbotaxs-five-days-e...

Intuit support, you can not reproduce it in house because you probably has state component preinstalled by default. You can only reproduce it by 1) do transfer option with Federal without the state component, 2) start the state return. You shall see the state data was never transferred because there was no state component to accept the state transfer at stage 1, so in stage 2 we only get transfer from Federal return to state return, no prior state to current state return anymore. It does not to do with any diagnostic data, but the stage of software itself.

"Five days early" did not mean you get your refund in five days.  If you expected your refund in five days after e-filing, you misunderstood.     "5 days early" means you are supposed to receive your federal refund from one to five days sooner than the refund date shown on the IRS refund site.   If it does not meet that "at least one day sooner" date, they are supposed to refund the $35 fee.   You have to pay attention to the date on the IRS refund site. 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  

There will be no federal penalties for not prepaying enough taxes during the year if withholding 1) and timely estimated tax payments equal or exceed 90% of your 2026 tax or 2) and timely estimated tax payments equal or exceed 100% of your 2025 tax (110% if your 2025 adjusted gross income was more than $150K) or 3) the balance due after subtracting taxes withheld from 90% of your 2026 tax is less than $1,000 or 4) your total 2026 taxes are less than $1,000   The lower of 1 or 2 is your required prepayments. 1 is difficult to know until the year-end, so option 2 is safer.  Under the simplified method, 25% of your estimated tax payments must be paid in each period by 4/15, 6/15, 9/15 and 1/15/26. Unless you choose otherwise. 25% of your annual withholding is assumed to occur in each period, but you can use actual.     Failing the safe harbors, you can use the annualized installment income method. This method requires knowing your income and deductions thru 3/31, 5/31, 8/31, and finally, the year-end, which is the same as the tax return. The income is annualized. taxes are computed on the annualized income and then de- annualized. Your cumulative tax payments (estimates and withholding) for each period must equal or exceed these amounts to avoid penalties.   if you can increase withholding to meet any exception, then paying the estimates is not required. Some taxpayers choose to pay the penalties because they can make more on the money they keep than the penalties state laws vary  

@Jessicajarratt Not sure what you are looking at that makes you think your state refund was used to pay your federal tax due.   That is not possible.    Did you get confused by the summary at the end that nets out the difference between a tax you owe and a refund you are getting?  The only time a state refund is used to pay federal tax due is in a situation in which you owe back taxes to the IRS and the IRS offsets your state refund.    Your current state refund is not being used to pay your 2025 federal tax due.

@tags0311  Or...perhaps this?   Was it an email, that said your account was "Accessed" ?   IF so, TTX sends that email to you if you download any files from your Online tax account...like a PDF of your tax return....usually sometime in the last 12-24 hours.   Not a problem unless you didn't download anything from your Online account  recently...then they give you a contact procedure to get hold of a TTX rep.

  You must pay your state tax due using the state’s preferred method of receiving payment.  For most states that will be by making a payment to the state’s own tax website, or by mailing a check or money order.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/state-taxes/contact-state-department-revenue/L9qVToi02_US_en_US?uid=m6e06um0

TurboTax does not handle Form 1040-NR.   Can I file a 1040 or do I have to file a 1040-NR?      Although TurboTax doesn't support IRS Form 1040-NR (US Nonresident Alien Income Tax Return), we've partnered with Sprintax to offer both federal and state tax preparation for international students, scholars, and nonresident foreign professionals.      Please visit the TurboTax/Sprintax site for more info.

@Gfhfd   wrote: I have the same problem. Every year turbo tax  seems to get locked up on some "final check". Now it is demanding royalty income, which I don't have any. Just because I entered 1099-Misc info. I entered 0 no go, I entered 1, same thing. I also tried deleting the forms as the other NON-turbo tax user suggested. Not an insult to the user but I think it is clear from this forum how much turbo tax cares about it's users. Problem still exists. This problem made me late on filing so I had to file an extension.  They are saying they won't efile for me due to this error.  I don't have any way to test this, so I'm just thinking out loud about how I would approach this if it were me.    You said you have the "same problem."  In that case, this thread is about a K-1 that shows a 0 for a royalty figure so the final check asks for a royalty income to be entered (which would ultimately show on Schedule E.)  Since you said "same" is  that your issue?  You mentioned a 1099-MISC, however, so I'm not sure how that was generated.   If so, if you have a K-1 that has a 0 for royalty income, try leaving it blank in the K-1 interview then maybe it won't generate a 1099-MISC.   Or are you needing the 1099-MISC for anything else?   If the K-1 royalty entry of 0 is generating a 1099-MISC that's blank and asking for a royalty entry, I would delete that 1099-MISC, too, if it's not needed for anything else..   But I'd start with the K-1, and instead of putting a 0, I would leave any royalty entry blank first so that the 1099-MISC doesn't try to regenerate.   If a blank 1099-MISC is still showing up and is not needed for something else, I'd get rid of it.   If you don't mention royalty income anywhere, then it should not know to ask for royalty income.   I'll see if I can get a forum tax expert @ DawnC  to look over your issue to see if they can make any additional suggestion about what is going on.   Of if necessary, we can tell you how to phone TurboTax Support.

Thank you for the information, but none of it applies to my asking for help.  After spending hours today looking thru all deposits and withdrawals in my checking account, I found my correct tax refund was deposited $1856 even on my written paper work I showed $1812 was my refund amount.  When I was looking at my Turbo Tax return and what it showed to compare. Submitting the return day after day it showed my Michigan tax return kept getting rejected. When I called for help, I was told I needed to amend the return.  I didn't need to change anything just resubmit it.  No problem.  Then it showed both my federal and state returns were accepted.  The happy character jumped around showing accepted but refreshed from showing my$1812 refund, it showing I owed $1610. I looked at the amended refund I was told to amend, it showed I paid no taxes for 2025.  So now I owed the $1610.  I can't get ahold with anyone from turbo tax to tell how to correct this.  The state return needs to be amended again to show I did pay my taxes?   judyvb

@Jessicajarratt    Probably a misreading of the information the software provided on one of the summary pages.   There was one page the showed you the "net" $$ amount for both Fed and State, but that was jsut a generalized final effect of your total tax situation......but it didn't mean that the Fed refund was going to pay the state.    A Fed refund can never be re-directed automatically to pay the State....nor the other way around. ___________________ Look at your actual Federal form 1040, Line 35a.  that should be your actual federal refund.  (35a might be smaller than line 34 if you let the IRS keep some of your refund as a pre-payment towards 2026 taxes)

No, you misunderstood.  That's not possible.  You might have had the Turbo Tax fees deducted from your refund.  Did you get your federal refund yet?   Check your bank account.   Did the IRS reduce your refund?   Check 1040 line 35a.     The state tax can not be deducted from the federal refund.  NEVER.  You can only have the Turbo Tax fees deducted.  You will still get the full federal refund minus any fees you had deducted.  Turbo Tax just shows you a screen at the end showing the Net amount of federal and state combined.  But it is just for your own info.  You do still have to pay the state yourself separately.   

You should create an IRS Online Account to get the information regarding your 2017 - 2021 returns.  You can access the sign up page here >>  IRS Account  You can do the following with account access:    View key data from your most recently filed tax return, including your adjusted gross income, and access transcripts View digital copies of certain notices from the IRS View information about your Economic Impact Payments View information about your advance Child Tax Credit payments

You need to go back through the HSA interview, @hendejm .   See the link below, then go back through the interview to ensure you have answered everything correctly.      Why am I showing an excess HSA contribution?