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 You will be able to access the 2024 return you started by using the exact same account and user ID that you used when you started it.   But you can no longer use online software for any further changes.       Start a 2025  return online and enter some personal information  so that the menu on the left opens up and lets you access your past year returns.   Online tax preparation and e-filing for 2024  returns is now permanently closed.    Now it is too late to use online software or to e-file. If you have any changes/corrections at all to make to your 2024 return, you now have to complete it using desktop software, which you must download to a full PC or Mac  (not to a mobile device).Then you need to print, sign and mail it.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/printers-printing/finish-prior-year-return-started-turbotax-online/L9Oe4M90A_US_en_US?uid=m68tffpe   If you already paid for your online software you can ask customer support for a download of the desktop software.   They are available from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific time Monday - Friday   https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899263-what-is-the-turbotax-phone-number     If you are getting a refund, there is no penalty for filing late.  If you owe tax due, then file and pay the amount due as shown on the Form 1040, but expect a bill later from the IRS for the penalty and interest you will owe.  Only the IRS will calculate this—TurboTax will not calculate it.     When you mail a tax return, you need to attach any documents showing tax withheld, such as your W-2’s or any 1099’s.  Use a mailing service that will track it, such as UPS or certified mail so you will know the IRS/state received the return.   Federal and state returns must be in separate envelopes and they are mailed to different addresses.  Read the mailing instructions that print with your tax return carefully so you mail them to the right addresses.

Not sure what email you are trying to get.   DID YOU E-FILE?   Did you e-file?   Did you go through all three steps of the FILE section and click a big orange button that said “Transmit my returns now?”     When you e-file your return you will get two emails from TurboTax.  The first one will say your return has been transmitted; the second one will tell you the IRS has accepted  or rejected your federal e-file.  If you filed a state return, there will be a third email (usually a day or two later) that tells you if the state e-file was accepted or rejected.   The IRS will not begin to accept/reject e-files until January 26.   Your state e-file cannot be accepted until the IRS has accepted your federal return.   Check your e-file status:   https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/efile-status-lookup/  

The purpose of the Line 3 Smart Worksheet is to calculate the maximum contribution without regard to any catch-up contribution.  TurboTax separately calculates the catch-up for those age 55 by the end of the tax year and on line 3 adds that to the result calculated on the Line 3 Smart Worksheet.  In your case, if the birthdate that you entered for yourself into 2025 TurboTax was before January 1, 1971, the amount on line 3 of Form 8889 will be $3,975 when you indicated that you had self-only coverage for January through September..

Most likely you answered something incorrectly in MY INFO.   So go back to MY INFO, click her name and go through the interview questions again very slowly and carefully, reading each screen top to bottom.   Make sure you have entered your child as a dependent in My Info, and that you have entered the child's Social Security number.    Careful— do not say that your child’s SSN is not valid for employment.  If your child was born in 2025 make sure you said he lived with you the whole year.  There is an oddly worded question that asks if the child paid over half their own support.  Say NO to that question.  

I don’t think it means red ink.  It means it needs to be on the official red preprinted forms.   Technically……You can get the red forms at office supply stores but you have to fill it out yourself.  I used to go to the library to use a typewriter.  Just copy the plain copy Turbo Tax prints out.   But when I had one to mail in I just mailed the Turbo Tax printout.