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ADDENDUM If you are required to use a 6-digit IP PIN, then once you obtain it, here's where to enter it in Online TurboTax:   Federal tab > Other Tax Situations > Other Return Info > Identity Protection PIN

@mskim-er55  asked:  "Is there a way to get an IP Pin number if you didn't file with Turbo Tax last year?"   A 6-digit IP PIN (Identity Protection PIN) is only good for 1 calendar year, so it doesn't make any difference if you used TurboTax last year or not.     Why are you asking about an IP PIN?     Did you get an efile rejection specifically asking for an Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN)?   Or do you know you need one because you have used one previously?   A 6-digit IP PIN is provided by the IRS to certain victims of tax-related identity theft OR to people who voluntarily opt into the IP PIN program.  If you know for certain that you are supposed to have a 6-digit IP PIN, it can be retrieved from one's IRS online account (if you have one or establish one.)     IRS:  Retrieve an IP PIN https://www.irs.gov/identity-theft-fraud-scams/retrieve-your-ip-pin   NOTE:  The IP PIN is not the same as a 5-digit signing PIN (aka Self-Select PIN).  If TurboTax is asking for a 5-digit signature PIN on a page with today's date and your birth date, that 5-digit PIN can be any 5 digits of your choice, except cannot be all zeros.

@ skdmfsmcs1  asked:  "Where do I enter estimated tax payments I made for 2025"   Federal estimated payments and State estimated payments made for 2025 are both entered on the Federal side.    For Online TurboTax, here's a tool that should get you directly to the section for estimated tax payments made for 2025.    With the return open, go to the left menu column and click on TAX TOOLS, then the subtab TOOLS. In the Tools Center choose the blue button Topic Search. In the topic search line enter the phrase estimated tax payments without quotes. Make the selection in the list (it may already be highlighted), and either double-click it or click the GO button. Next screen is Estimates and Other Income Taxes Paid. Use the subtopic Estimated Tax Payments. Choose the appropriate category and tax year you are reporting (Federal, state, local) and click START or Revisit. NOTE:  Before filing, make sure your Federal estimated tax payments correctly show on the Form 1040, Line 26, and that any state estimated tax payments (if applicable) show up on your state return.

@skdmfsmcs1 asked:  "Where do I enter the overpayment carried over from 2024 to 2025?"   If you used TurboTax in the same Online account last year, the 2024 figure may have transferred-in automatically to the 2025 return, but you should check anyway to confirm, and if not there to enter it.   To enter an overpayment from 2024 applied to 2025 in Online TurboTax:   Log in and open your 2025 return, if not already open. In the left menu column click on TAX TOOLS, then TOOLS. In the Tools window click on the blue button TOPIC SEARCH. In the search box enter this phrase:  applied overpayment  (without quotes). In the selection list choose applied overpayment (may already be highlighted). and either double-click on it, or click the GO button. Next screen:  Estimates and Other Income Taxes Paid. Scroll down to 2024 Refund Applied to 2025. Then choose the type--Federal, state, local. Before filing, for a Federal overpayment make sure the payment is part of the amount shown on your Federal Form 1040, Line 26.  If any state applied payment, then make sure it shows up on the state return.

@taxmen2021 you only pay taxes where you LIVE or where you WORK.    1) file NY part year resident tax return for income earned through 5/30. 2) file MA part year resident tax return for income earned from Jun 1 - Dec 31.    one sticking point.... NY is very particular if you have a NY based job and moved out of state for your convenience.  If your employer required you to move, then fine (no NY tax on that income), but if you moved for convenience, NY would still require you to pay NY tax on that income.

@ jamesbell1277  Or you can contact TurboTax Customer Support and may be able to receive assistance for free by phone:   Contact TurboTax Support https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/contact/   Or someone may be able to answer a question in this forum.

@jamesbell1277  Be aware it is not safe to post personal info in this public Internet community forum, especially inviting people to call you.  You could be spammed/scammed by someone pretending to be from TurboTax, a fake tax professional, etc.   TurboTax Support will not phone you from the forum.   You can remove your phone number by editing your question.  To do that, click the tiny blue 3-dot icon just to the right of the question title.   A forum moderator also could possibly remove it.   [Edit note:  In a comment that follows this one, I told you how you can phone TurboTax Support for free, if desired, or how you may be able to get help in this forum, depending on your issue.    Otherwise, here's how to get help from a live tax expert:]   Upgrade to TurboTax Experts add-on  (extra fee) https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/intuit-product-orders/get-turbotax-live/L2kcnq0BN_US_en_US   TurboTax also has more expensive Expert Full Service, if you want to have someone actually prepare the return for you from start to finish.