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It's possible to still have withholding with very little earnings - it depends on what you entered on your Form W-4. Contact your employer/ their payroll office with questions about the information on your pay stub.   As @LindaS5247 advised earlier, you can also enter an additional amount on your new W-4 in Step 4(c) to increase your withholding by a specific amount every pay period. If you have an idea how much additional withholding you need to cover your tax liability for the year 2026, divide that amount by the number of pay periods remaining in the year to get the amount to enter in Step 4(c) for one of your W-4 forms.   In TurboTax, select Other Tax Situations, then Form W-4 and Estimated Taxes to prepare a W-4 in the program that you can give to your employer.    In addition, TurboTax's TaxCaster is available without opening your return and will estimate your total taxes. It is currently set to calculate 2025 taxes but you could use your 2026 estimated income and deductions to get a good estimate for 2026.   You can also use the IRS Withholding Estimator to calculate amounts to be withheld from wages. @lauramsnow   

If you are still having this issue, you would need to contact Customer Support to update your account internally. We don't have that access in the Community.   After April 15, 2026, TurboTax experts are available Monday through Friday, from 5 AM to 5 PM PT. Near the September and October extension deadlines, TurboTax will resume extended hours, including evenings and weekends.    

Thank you! But if I am married, filing jointly and my spouse and I have multiple jobs, do we just need to enter an additional amount to withhold per check? On a recent paycheck, I noticed there was zero withheld for federal taxes. Do you know if there is a certain amount where federal tax is not taken out? I did not mark exempt.  Thanks in advance for your help!

Or are you also asking if your return was Accepted?  When you efile you get back 2 emails. The first email only confirms the transmission. The second email says if the IRS (or state) Accepted or Rejected your efile. Check back though your emails and spam/junk folder.   For the Desktop program you have to check the filing status inside the program. Open your return and go up to menu item File > Electronic Filing > Check Electronic Filing Status  

Did you already file and applied part of y our refund to next  year?     If you haven't filed yet,    To change the entry you made to apply your Federal refund to next year Federal Taxes Tab or Personal (H&B version) Other Tax Situations Additional Tax Payments Apply Refund to Next Year - Click the Start or Update button and answer NO or delete the amount. For State, See if this works. Go to State Taxes tab and keep continuing and stepping though the interview about a dozen or more screens and it will finally ask how much of your refund you want to apply. You can change it to zero. It is probably one of the last questions in the state section.

Hi @WendyN2 I am reviewing this thread because I was just approved for SSDI and received backpay for almost 2 years. My insurance agent actually mentioned the concern for ACA premium tax credits and suggested I look into amending my tax returns. Since your answer is from 2021, I am wondering if this is still accurate or if something has changed since? LB

I'm currently going through the same process.  I was told by 2 different individuals that my money would be refunded but recently received an email stating my refund was denied.  I will not stop until I get my money back  This sounds systemic. 

If you are filing as Married Filing Separately you are not eligible for the deduction.  If you are Single and your AGI is over $175,000 or Married Filing Jointly and your AGI is over $250,000 you are not eligible for the deduction.   If you are age 65 or older and meet the requirement, the additional deduction is automatically added on your federal tax return.   Standard deductions for 2025 Single - $15.750 add $2,000 if age 65 or older Married Filing Separately - $15,750 add $1,600 if age 65 or older Married Filing Jointly - $31,500 add $1,600 for each spouse age 65 or older Head of Household - $23,625 add $2,000 if age 65 or older   New Bonus Standard Deduction (OBBB): An additional $6,000 deduction for taxpayers 65 and older. This is per eligible individual, meaning a married couple both over 65 could get $12,000. Important: This bonus deduction is temporary, lasting from 2025 through 2028. Income limitations: It phases out for taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income over $75,000 for single filers and $150,000 for joint filers. The amount is calculated on Schedule 1-A, Part V, with that amount flowing to Form 1040 Line 13b Look at your Form 1040 - You can view your Form 1040 plus Schedules 1, 2 and 3 at any time using the online editions. Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen. Click on Tools. Click on View Tax Summary. Click on Preview my 1040 on the left side of the screen.

Thank you for checking up my question.   Sadly, Turbotax 2025 Premium Desktop does not perform as you had hoped. I even deleted my 2025 return file, and re-entered the interview from get go... but when I look into the "forms", the 1040 showed box 6d unchecked.   It's very sucky. I have to print the thing, correct by hand and mail it from post office. I hope between now and say a few weeks, INTUIT makes available a patch.