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If you were still legally married at the end of 2025 you would probably save a lot of money on your taxes if you filed jointly, if the two of you can cooperate enough to do that. If your ex already filed as married filing separately, he can amend his separate tax return to a joint return and include you. The fact that "he claimed the house" does not require you to file separately. As xmasbaby0 said, you cannot file as married unless you were still legally married at the end of 2025. To be clear, that means you cannot file as married filing jointly or as married filing separately.  

This rejection happens when your clean vehicle VIN ("Vehicle Identification Number") does not match the IRS data for the Clean Vehicles sold :   VIN is incorrect (Rejection code F8936-030-01)  Your tax ID and VIN do not match in the IRS database (Rejection code F8936-046)  The credit type claimed and the amount entered on the Schedule A of Form 8936 is not matching the IRS database (Rejection code F8936-0047)  The purchase date is inconsistent with the IRS database (Rejection code F8936-048). Please follow these steps:   Check the report that you received from the dealer and make sure it is correct and matches what you have entered on your tax return.  Dealers who sell vehicles eligible for a used (previously owned) vehicle credit under IRC 25E must furnish a report to the buyer at the time of sale and also to IRS for those vehicles to be eligible for a credit under IRC 25E Contact the dealer and make sure that they provided the correct information to the IRS and/or that they did provide the sale information to the IRS. If you can prove that number 1 and 2 are true and the IRS still rejects your tax return, you will have to print and mail the return. You will also need to send proof that proves you got the credit.   Clean vehicle credit seller or dealer requirements | Internal Revenue Service  

You have to exit the review and go back to the federal or state return and fix it there.      Check the 2-letter state code for that zip code.   Make sure the city and state match up to the zip code.  This error happens when the state code doesn't match what is on file with the IRS.  TurboTax follows the IRS for acceptable zip codes.  If the state code does not match the correct state, you will get an e-filing error.   Correcting the state code is usually the fix.     Check that the 2 letter state abbreviation is correct here USPS Two–Letter State and Possession Abbreviations   (most common error) Make sure you've entered the ZIP code in either 5-digit or 9-digit format, for example, 12345 or 12345-6789. Look up the correct ZIP code for the street address in question.

State tax refunds can often take longer than federal refunds. You will typically receive your state refund within 3-4 weeks or more after your tax return is accepted.    Your state refund is outside of  the normal processing window, and it is common for federal and state refunds to arrive at different times.   Confirm in TurboTax that your state return was actually accepted, and not just submitted. To do this, log into your TurboTax account, go to your "Tax Home" screen, and look under "Your tax returns & documents" to check your  "Accepted" status.    If you used a TurboTax Desktop program, you can click on "File" at the top of your TurboTax screen (in the black bar) and then click on "Check E-File Status".   Your state Department of Revenue is the most accurate place to check your refund stats. Use your specific state's "Where's My Refund" website to check the status. You can google it by typing in your state's  name and Track My Refund. You can also find information on tracking your state refund by clicking this link. How do I track my state refund? If you have any additional information to share or additional questions regarding this, please return to Community and we would be glad to help you.

I was unfortunate advice for someone to say not to file 8829 because of a business loss. You cannot take the home office deduction in the year the business has a loss, but if you file the form you can have a carryover to a future profitable year.  I encountered the same error on line 10b for an business that had a profit. The problem was NOT due to the business income, but because a software glitch was pulling the number from the filed form 1098 even though I followed the step-by-step instructions to uncheck its inclusion since I'm claiming the standard deduction.  The correct place to include the interest paid if you claim the standard deduction is under excess mortgage interest. In my case, the program pulled a negative number into line 10b where it should have simply been zero. I could not manually override line 10b without the program flagging it as an error and preventing me from e-filing.  The fix (if you are claiming a standard deduction):  Go into forms rather than step-by-step.  On the 8829 just after line 9 there is a text box "Interest and Taxes Smart Worksheet" On line B of that worksheet, there are links to the 1098s you entered (or at least there were for me!) Double click those links, and then delete them.  This will not delete the entry of the 1098s from your tax return, it will just delete them being in the wrong place, and then your negative number on line 10b will turn to a 0 and it will no longer flag as an error.   

Thank you. I spent all day today preparing my 2022, 2023, 2024 state amendments.  Caught the 2025 in time.  The 2022 I had to hand-jam, since my 2022 TurboTax Premier Desktop version could not be activated anymore.   Luckily, I have until 1May 2026 for the 2022.    It's still a shame that for years now when it was first brought to the attention of TurboTax by users, this is easy to miss item was not fixed. TurboTax could have added a couple of lines of codes to the firmware to fix it. One afternoon job for a couple of programmers.      It should be flagged during the Federal review when the user enters DFAS as the payer for the 1099-R and then checked again for applicability during the state review process.   VA is not the only state by the way with such subtractions.     Your TurboTax product development manager should be fired for not fixing this issue for years, affecting potentially hundreds of thousands of veterans.    Your product development manager made sure that these trivial (to most) credits/subtractions are prominently reviewed by the user (motion picture production, commercial watermen equipment, specialized spaceport equipment,  farmer's market produce, certain printed materials for out-of-state use, etc) , but not one that has  a major impact on a huge segment of the users, such as military benefits.    

Where do you need help? You can post a question here, and we can attempt to assist you.    Get expert assistance by calling us at 1-800-4-INTUIT (1-800-446-8848). In addition, the TurboTax support page provides other resource links and help tools.   @roseltalley 

I made a new turbotax account and did everything but it’s asking for a 2024 AGI but i don’t remember what it was and i’m so confused In addition to the methods that you were provided above, I can tell you how to recover access to your other account and find your 2024 return if it was prepared in Online TurboTax.     To get a list of your User IDs, reset password, and recover account access, etc., you can use the tool at the link below.  When using the Account Recovery tool, try using your phone number first if you can still access it.   After that, if necessary, then run the tool on your email address(es) you can access. NOTE: Before running the account recovery tool below, log out of all Intuit accounts including this user forum, or you might end up in a loop.  Then clear your browser Internet cache, close your browser, then reopen it, and go to the link below.  You may wish to copy this link so you can paste it into the new browser session. https://myturbotax.intuit.com/account-recovery If still no luck after running that on your phone number you can still access and email address(es) that you can access,  here's another method:          Go back to the tool again, but this time leave the data field blank, scroll down a bit, then choose the small blue link that says "Try something else", and it will look you up by other parameters.

I assume you need box D of your W-2 for importing. It's typically at the top of the form, but not all W-2s will have it. See, I have no box D or Control Number on my W-2 for more options on entering your form. 

If it is for a donation to charity, the thrift shop value of a hardcover book typically ranges from $0.50 to $3.00.  Some hardcover books in high demand or in excellent condition with dust jackets may be priced higher in some locations.

Each state has a separate department for processing taxes and payments. To check your state tax refund, visit your state's specific Department of Revenue. This link can help you find the correct state taxing authority.    @chzb0i67