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@dpa500 before I respond in detail, please confirm   1) the real estate you are now renting is the home you were living in prior to moving to FL.  Is that why there is no rental income for the part-year prior to moving?   2) on the capital gains.....is that stocks and bonds sales?  or real estate sales? and if real-estate, in what state is the real estate located? 

If you are not a business, ownership of a car is not reported on your tax return.  In some states, you can deduct a portion of car registration fees or personal property taxes based on the value of the car.  Just enter the taxes paid, you don't need to identify which car.   If you own a business and the car is used for business, you need to report that the previous car was disposed of (sold, donated, whatever)  and you report the addition of the new car as a business asset. 

Specifically regarding no tax on overtime, the law makes the 50% overtime pay exempt from tax on hours over 40 per week, but your base pay is still taxable.   As a simple example, suppose your base pay is $20 per hour and you work 45 hours.  You will be paid 40 hours at $20 per hour and 5 hours at $30 per hour ($20 plus $10 for overtime).  It is the 5 hours x $10 that will be tax-free.  Your base pay (45 hours x $20/hour) is still taxable. 

No one can call you from the user forum.   To check on regular tax refund status via automated phone, call 800-829-1954.   Federal and state refunds come from completely separate entities.  There is no rule as to which one will come in first or how long it will be between their arrival in your account.   TurboTax gives you an estimated date for receiving your refund based on a 21 day average from your date of acceptance, but it can take longer.  “21 days”  is not a promise from TurboTax or the IRS.      First, check your e-file status to see if your return was accepted:  https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/efile-status-lookup/   Once your federal return has been accepted by the IRS, only the IRS has any control.  TurboTax does not receive any updates from the IRS. Your ONLY source of information about your refund now is the IRS.     You need your filing status, your Social Security number and the exact amount  (line 35a of your 2024 Form 1040) of your federal refund to track your Federal refund:    https://www.irs.gov/refunds   To track your state refund:     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/track-state-refund/L3jgO8PGs_US_en_US?uid=lt447ebr   If you chose to have your TurboTax fees deducted from your federal refund, that will take some extra time, while the third party bank handles the refund processing     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/refunds-take-longer-others/L14YlqFrH_US_en_US?uid=lexdr7zh . https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/irs-refund-taking-longer-21-days/L2vRAJbdU_US_en_US?uid=lexe7lst  

@NCperson Haha, thanks. Yes, part year only cares about what I earned while a resident so I would be correct in entering 0 for capital gains and rental income right? And as you mentioned earlier, I would have to complete a 763 separataly outside of TT to account for the capital gains and rental income? If so, that's definitely a flaw in TT. 

So, doing more research, Lines 5 & 6 interest and dividend amounts are not considered passive income, which explains why not being offset.  But still, I did not receive any interest directly, so much be showing up in the value of the investment/partnership -- I'm guessing I'll need to track those amounts for whenever I do sell/liquidate for the investment basis?

@justinvalentine220    In the start of your posting, you indicated to the system that you are using the "Online" software. BUT If you are really using the "Desktop" software...installed on your computer, then that wouldn't happen unless you are attempting to enter you data directly on the forms using "Forms Mode".  Don't do that.  Use the interview for everything and only use "Forms Mode" to view you forms...or to correct some rare mistakes. To correct the issue you are seeing (if you are using "desktop" software), just completely delete the entire State set of forms, and start the state section over, using the interview.   That should clear it.  

Check your e-file status:   https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/efile-status-lookup/    What does it say in your account?  Does it show that the return was accepted?   Or does it say something else---like "rejected," "printed," or "ready to mail?”   If you discover or realize that your e-file was rejected, you will need to print it, sign and date it in ink, and file it by mail now, since e-filing is closed for returns for tax year 2023.

Are you itemizing other deductions like mortgage interest and property taxes, charity donations, or medical expenses?   Unless you are itemizing and enter enough itemized deductions to exceed your standard deduction, entering your car registration will have no effect on your tax due or refund.   Your itemized deductions have to be more than your standard deduction before you will see a change in your tax owed or tax refund.  The deductions you enter do not necessarily count “dollar for dollar;” many of them are subject to meeting  tough thresholds—medical expenses, for example, must meet a threshold that is pretty hard to reach. (Only the amount that is MORE than 7.5% of your AGI counts)   The software program uses all the IRS rules that apply to the expenses you enter, and it tells you if you have enough to use your itemized deductions or if using the standard deduction is more advantageous for you.  Under the tax laws that have been in effect since 2018, some deductions have been capped—there is a $10,000 limit to the itemized deductions for state, local, property and sales taxes.   The standard deduction makes some of your income “tax free.”  It is not a refund.  You will see your standard or itemized deduction amount on line 12 of your 2024 Form 1040.     2024 STANDARD DEDUCTION AMOUNTS SINGLE $14,600    (65 or older/legally blind + $1950) MARRIED FILING SEPARATELY            $14,600    (65 or older/legally blind + $1550) MARRIED FILING JOINTLY $29,200    (65 or older/legally blind + $1550) HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD $21,900    (65 or older/legally blind + $1950)    

@imoknu Are you using online TurboTax or are you using desktop download software?   It is not clear from your post which software you are using, although your reference to clicking "Add a state" suggests you are using online.    If you are using online TT, there is a fee for every state return you prepare.   The fees are separate in online for federal and state.   There is no extra fee to e-file when you use online TT.  The fee is the same whether you e-file or file it by mail.  If you prepare a state return using online TT, you have to pay for it.  Filing it by mail will not make it "free."   If you are using desktop download software, the program will usually include ONE software download for the specific state of your choosing.  With that download you can prepare multiple returns for that specific state, but there is a $25 charge to e-file those state returns.  You can file them by mail to avoid the state e-file fee.   If you need to prepare a return for a different state, each state software download will cost you $45, and then you will also contend with the $25 e-file fee.

Where are you seeing that you owe tax due?   If you mean you see an amount due in your account, that will not change in your account even if you paid.   TurboTax never knows how, when or even if you paid your tax due.   Your only proof that you paid will be your own bank or credit card records.   Your online account will continue to show the result of the tax return you prepared, so if you prepared a return with tax due, that is what will be shown in your account.

  HOW CAN I E-FILE STATE AFTER ALREADY E-FILING FEDERAL   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/state-taxes/e-file-state-already-filed-federal/L1utGncEc_US_en_US?uid=m7xgrjec

see this thread for some info on ES and safe harbor calculation https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-is-it-optional-or-mandatory-to-pay-estimated-taxes-i-pay-my-taxes-in-full-when-i-file-but/01/3694763#M1366309   Normally when you file, under Other Tax Situations / Form W4 and Estimated Tax you can input estimates for 2025 to help calculate estimated tax vouchers.  By default if you don't input your 2025 info then TT will generate ES vouchers based on prior year tax and assuming your 2025 withholding is the same as 2024.   You need to have paid thru the year via withholding or timely (usually quarterly) estimated taxes, the smaller of 100% of your 2024 tax (110% if AGI > 150k or 75k if Married Filing Separately), or 90% of your 2025 tax.  That's your safe harbor amount.  Usually paying based on prior year tax is an overpayment if your income is steady, but if you have an increase in income in 2025 it can be advantageous.  Withholding is always considered timely so if you don't quite make the safe harbor you can always increase withholding but only have a few months left of the year for that to have effect.  Finally, if the outcome of all this is you do owe ES, you should catch up the Q1-2 payments ASAP to stop the penalty accruing further, then resume quarterly payments for Q3/4 per the deadlines.  If your income is uneven and in particularly later in the year (e.g. Roth conversion in Q4) then you an pay ES unevenly to line up with it, and file Form 2210 Annualized Income method to hopefully reduce or eliminate the penalty.   How to reduce or avoid a penalty depends your situation, but start with you doing the safe harbor calculation to see whether you need to pay ES based on prior year or current year tax.   Form 1040-ES has a worksheet to determine if you need to pay ES (but don't use 1040-ES vouchers etc to pay ES, if able pay electronically at irs.gov). https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1040-es   You will need an estimate of your 2025 AGI for the safe harbor calculation, there are various tax calculators here but I don't think updated for 2025 tax brackets or big bill changes so there may be other resources available. https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/calculators/taxcaster/

see info on this thread on estimated taxes   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-is-it-optional-or-mandatory-to-pay-estimated-taxes-i-pay-my-taxes-in-full-when-i-file-but/01/3694763#M1366309

@dpa500 TT wouldn't ask for the non-resident amounts because it is not necessary.   the Non-resident amounts have no impact on a part-year tax return.   the part year return only cares about the income earned while a resident of VA.     I would submit you are overthinking it 😌

This worked for me as well. Thanks. Its obviously a bug in TT. Deleting and adding again the same number solved it. So disappointed at TT that these kind of issues pop up every year now that wasn't the case a until 3 years ago. Seems like they are messing up a lot.