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The Second Lowest Cost Silver Plan (SLCSP) premium in column B of your form 1095-A is incorrect if:   Part III, Column B has a “0” or is blank for any month someone in your household had the Marketplace plan You had changes in your household that you didn’t tell the Marketplace about — like having a baby, moving, getting married or divorced, or losing a dependent   If either applies to you, you’ll use the government's tax tool to get the premium for your second lowest cost Silver plan and fill that cost in column B of form 1095-A. Failure to do this will result in a wrong calculation of the premium tax credit.  

Follow these steps to prepare an amended return in TurboTax Online   Login to TurboTax Select Tax Home from the left sidebar. Scroll down to Your tax returns & documents and  Select the year you want to amend. Click on the Amend (change) return dropdown,  Then Amend using TurboTax Online.    Continue the interview, make the changes you need, and answer the rest of the questions to finish changing your return.   An amended return can make a change to a tax filing that has already been accepted.  You should follow these guidelines.  You must first wait until the initial return is completely processed.  You will have to use the same TurboTax account that you used for the original tax return.  Once you begin your amendment, you'll see your original return.   The refund calculator will start ‌at $0 and only reflect the changes in the refund or tax due  Only make changes to the areas of your return that need to be corrected.  You have three years from the date you filed your return or two years after you paid the tax due (whichever is later) to file an amendment   Amend TurboTax  

Thanks for the suggestion, but I've done all that. Not only is 2024 missing but 2023 as well. I realized those are the first years I downloaded the software rather than buying a cd and uploading the info. The returns and software are simply not on my laptop any longer and it's the same computer I've used for the past 5 years. I noted that other have had the same problem, so where is my data.  It was very very frustrating to have to add all my info again. Not what I expect from Intuit.

Yes, TurboTax does provide a platform to file two different years.   You would start with the older tax return. You will log into File TurboTax for previous years. You can create an account,  This will provide the software program to prepare your return yourself. Or select Hand off my taxes. This will provide a professional tax preparer to do your return for you. When you've completed your older taxes, you can repeat the process and complete your current taxes. Yes, I do think TurboTax is worth it.  You have a complete set of filing options available to you.

Hi. First- I am not an attorney, or CPA.  In my 3+ years of using this work around method, it has never been an issue for me.  Never audited, or questioned about handling the foreign tax reporting this way.  In my view, I think the IRS just cares about the bottom line- getting the correct amount of money.  Also- in my situation the foreign taxes are generally small in comparison to the overall tax liability.  I (and others) are making a good  faith effort to accurately report our data using industry recognized software to comply with the increasingly Byzantine IRS taxe code.  

The 5-digit signature PIN (aka "self-select PIN") can be any 5 digits of your choice, except cannot be all zeros.  The screen will say that.  It's on a screen with today's date and your birth date.   A filer can even use a different one every year, if desired.    It's probably the 2024 AGI causing an issue.  If you are sure it was the correct AGI from your original return, then try using a 2024 AGI of 0.  It can't hurt to try.  Sometimes, the 2024 AGI didn't make it into the IRS efile database in time, especially if someone filed late in the year.   Otherwise, please post the exact rejection error code and message.

The senior deduction is automatically calculated by TurboTax based on the dates of birth you entered for each spouse.   The senior additional deduction is not included in the standard deduction but appears on line 37 of Schedule 1-A of your form 1040, with that amount flowing to line 13b of your form 1040.   In TurboTax Online, you can only view Schedule 1-A after registering and paying the TurboTax fee.   But you can preview your form 1040 and check line 13b of your form 1040 which includes the senior deduction among other deductions if applicable, such as the tip deduction, the overtime or the car loan interest deduction.   To preview your form 1040 in TurboTax Online, follow these steps:   Open your return In the left-hand column, locate Tax Tools, click on the drop-down arrow then click on Tools On the Tools Center page, click on View Tax Summary In the left-hand column, click on Preview my 1040 Your form 1040 will display. Scroll down to line 13b   and you should see the amount of this deduction included in this line.

I assume you are referring to estimated tax payments.   Your estimated tax payments will serve as a credit against your Federal tax liability and have to be entered on your tax return.   In TurboTax Online, you can enter estimated taxes you paid by following these steps: Open your tax return Click on Federal in the left-hand column, then Deductions & Credits Navigate to the list of Deductions and Credits  Locate the section named Estimates and Other Taxes Paid and click on the arrow on the right  Click on Start next to Estimated Tax Payments On the next page, click Start next to Federal estimated taxes for 2025 (form 1040ES)

Possibly, it depends on what the offset was for.   The Federal and State tax collection agencies are independent processes, but A State refund can be offset if you have outstanding State debts, or if the IRS places a levy against your State refund for unpaid federal taxes, The IRS will also give a notice, after the levy, offering you the opportunity to appeal the debt offset. "The Department of Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS) issues IRS tax refunds.  Through the Treasury Offset Program, the IRS may reduce your refund and offset it to pay: Past-due child support; Federal agency nontax debts; State income tax obligations; or Certain unemployment compensation debts owed to a state (generally, these are debts for Compensation paid due to fraud, or Contributions owing to a state fund that weren't paid)." You can review the IRS article Reduced refund  

The senior deduction is automatically calculated by TurboTax based on the dates of birth you entered for each spouse.   The senior additional deduction is not included in the standard deduction but appears on line 37 of Schedule 1-A of your form 1040, with that amount flowing to line 13b of your form 1040.   In TurboTax Online, you can only view Schedule 1-A after registering and paying the TurboTax fee.   But you can preview your form 1040 and check line 13b of your form 1040 which includes the senior deduction among other deductions if applicable, such as the tip deduction, the overtime or the car loan interest deduction.   To preview your form 1040 in TurboTax Online, follow these steps:   Open your return In the left-hand column, locate Tax Tools, click on the drop-down arrow then click on Tools On the Tools Center page, click on View Tax Summary In the left-hand column, click on Preview my 1040 Your form 1040 will display. Scroll down to line 13b   and you should see the amount of this deduction included in this line.

@ huber_megan wrote:  I did not earn foreign income why is it calculating a foreign tax credit System is calculating a $1 foreign tax credit, why. I have no foreign income.   Here's one possibility.   Do you happen to have a 1099-DIV that has $1.00 in Box 7?   Such as from a mutual fund, ETF, stock, etc. as an example?   It could be a separate form or could be on a broker's combined form.