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Importing from QuickBooks into Turbo Tax https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/send-quickbooks-self-employed-tax-information/L5H8MK9l0_US_en_US?uid=m5eec9ef

@M-MTax   And you didn't address the biggest issue: the lack of communication.  Even releasing a version that has what I consider fatal omissions is suspect.  It'd be like buying a car and getting home to discover there air conditioning has been delayed.   At a minimum, any incomplete release should have a notice dialog every time the app is launched listing all the sections that are WIP.  And I still think they should be sending out email with information on completion status, scheduled dates... they know who bought which software version.

The TurboTax online editions are only for tax year 2025 and cannot be changed.   To complete and file a 2022 tax return using TurboTax you would need to purchase, download and install on a personal computer one of the 2022 desktop editions from this website - https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/past-years-products/   A 2022 tax return can only be printed and mailed, it cannot be e-filed using TurboTax.

You received a message from Marketing.  Marketing does not really know if your W-2 is available now.  They just want your business.   TurboTax does not have your W-2.   W-2’s come from employers.  There is not a federal or national website that provides W-2’s.   If your employer is partnered with TurboTax to allow the W-2 data to be imported into the software you can do that---but you need the actual W-2 so that you can enter the EIN and the amount from box 1 to import the other data from the W-2---which just saves you the little bit of keying in of the other information.   W-2's come from your employer, and they have until January 31 to issue it.  Some employers allow you to import the W-2 through the software, but for security reasons you still need information from the actual W-2 to import it. Some employers have payroll sites that will have your W-2. You might need to phone, text, drop in, email and/or snail mail an old employer to make sure they know where to send your W-2.     Every 2025 W-2 that you received must be reported on your 2025 tax return, even if they are for small amounts.  Remember that each one of those W-2’s has your Social Security number on it, and that income was reported to the IRS by the employer.  You do not want trouble with the IRS for under-reporting your income or have your refund delayed by having missing income.   ALL of your W-2’s must be entered on the SAME tax return.     Go to Federal>Wages & Income to enter a W-2. After you enter the first one, you click Add Another W-2.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-forms/get-copy-w-2/L8FTim9MO_US_en_US?uid=m68ee4os   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/import-enter-w-2/L55HzdeDr_US_en_US?uid=m68efe36

@jimac015   Are you using the Desktop installed program?  Sounds like it.  Desktop  has a free state PROGRAM download, not a free state efile.   In the Desktop program you can use the free state program to prepare unlimited state returns in that state.  But each state efile is $25 (except NY)  or you can print and mail state for free.   To start another return in the Desktop program go up to File-New Tax Return.     Or are you using the Online browser version?  How are you getting a free state tax return?  Are you using the Online Free Edition?    

You cannot enter 2024 information on a 2025 tax return.   You can amend your 2024 if you want to add it.   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    

The Form 5695 for Home Energy Credits is available when using the TurboTax online editions.  If you are currently signed onto the online account, sign off and then sign on again.   The Form 5695 has not yet been finalized for the TurboTax desktop editions.  It may be available sometime next week.

@ccubed wrote: Windows 11  When I hit update on ssa-1099 nothing happens.  I never get a window to enter the information.  Same thing happened last year.   Have you tried uninstalling and then-installing the TurboTax program?   Or have you closed the TurboTax program after receiving a software update and then re-booted your computer?   You can also get a manual update using the information in this FAQ - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/update-products/manually-update-turbotax-windows-software-basic/L3Wf9OPaf_US_en_US