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After completing the File section and e-filing your tax return you will receive two emails from TurboTax. The first email when your tax return was transmitted and the second email when the tax return has either been accepted or rejected.   If you e-filed your tax return using online editions there will be an Electronic Postmark Report included with the PDF download.  It will show the date/time the tax return was e-filed and the date it Accepted by the IRS, if Accepted.   To access your current or prior year online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the User ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/ Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and on the section Your tax returns & documents.  Click on the Year and Click on Download/print return (PDF)   If you used the desktop CD/Download editions installed on your computer, the only copy of your tax data file and any PDF's will be on the computer where the return was created.  TurboTax does not store online any returns completed using the desktop editions.   If you filed the 2021 tax return and it was accepted by the IRS, there will be a 2021 transcript available. Go to this IRS website for free transcripts of a federal tax return - https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript   Go to this IRS website to sign on to your IRS account which will have a list of your filings, payments and refunds - https://www.irs.gov/payments/online-account-for-individuals

I think you need a copy of your tax returns.  If you didn't get the Stimulus checks,  the Recovery Rebate Credit will be on 1040 line 30.   How to Access prior year online returns https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-access-my-prior-year-return/00/27010 If you can't get the side menus to open up to access the prior year..... You need to start entering some basic Personal Info in 2025 for the side menu to open up. Just continue a little ways into 2025. I had to go though about 12 screens. If you used the Desktop CD/Download program then the only copy is on your computer and not saved or stored online. So you need to make and keep your own backups. Or request a transcript from the IRS https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript Or get a copy of your return using form 4506 https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

You can deduct the expenses paid that are usual and customary for your business. If you have no documentation like a receipt those expenses might be disallowed if audited. If you paid with your own art work you can only claim the cost of your supplies and not your labor. If a valued art work by someone else you would have to have it appraised to establish its value. In addition you are bartering which has its own tax implications. 

The TurboTax online editions are only for tax year 2025 and cannot be changed.   To complete and file a 2024 tax return using TurboTax you would need to purchase, download and install on a personal computer one of the 2024 desktop editions from this website - https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/past-years-products/   A 2024 tax return can only be printed and mailed, it cannot be e-filed using TurboTax.

For  anyone on this long thread (I didn't read them all)  if your employer said they submitted your W2 to Social Security I would double check your ssn on the W2 and all your personal info.  Maybe the ssn is wrong and isn't matching up to you.  

I agree, the forms availability tool is basically useless.  I have been using TTax forever, and each year I encounter more and more problems using the software. As an "Advantage" member, I pay for the desktop software in early November and can access a preliminary version a couple of weeks later.  However, the Premier features that I need are still not available, more than 2 months later.  

@Srojas01  You filed for 2025?  How did you file?  It is too early to submit a 2025 return.  Turbo Tax hasn't started taking returns yet and the IRS won't start accepted returns until late January.   Does it say you submitted it?  Did you get any emails back?  The first email only confirms the transmission. The second email says if the IRS (or state) Accepted or Rejected your efile.    And that's the main reason why you shouldn't file early.   You may get other tax forms you weren't expecting or forgot about.  They have until Jan 31 to send you any W2 or 1099 forms.  And some 1099 forms for investments won't come out until February.  

For the 2025 tax year, there is a new, temporary senior tax deduction of up to $6,000 per eligible senior, in addition to an existing extra standard deduction for age. It is important to note this is a deduction (reduces taxable income), not a tax credit (reduces tax owed dollar-for-dollar).    The deduction is calculated on Schedule 1-A and the result flows to the Form 1040 Line 13b.   Schedule 1-A is estimated to be finalized for the TurboTax editions on 01/14/2026. Go to this website for the forms and schedules availability in TurboTax - https://form-status.app.intuit.com/tax-forms-availability/formsavailability?albRedirect=true&product=Turbotax_online&bu=cg

If you are asking about 2024. Maybe never. E-filing and online preparation are close. 2024 will need to be printed and mailed. If you're asking about 2025 returns, probably not until sometime after e-filing opens. As of 1/7/2026, the IRS has not announced a date. Also, not all forms, schedules, and worksheets have been finalized. if you are affected, Turbotax will block e-filing, but you should be able to check a box to be notified when those items are ready.