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My Fees for early return and Turbo Tax were taken from my FEDERAL RETURN.  The State of CA released my refund to Cross River bank on 4/14/26 and I DON'T OWE anymore fees.  Who is this Cross River bank and why are they sitting on MY MONEY? (yes, I'm mad - but not at you all.)

None of which can happen because I can't even complete the process with them continually redirecting me to a "site unavailable" method. I'm not going to spend endless days struggling to just find a simple answer so a phone call will have to do.

There's a problem with this mechanism.  when entering the data associated with the foreign rental tax, you are asked to pick a category. The only category fitting rental income is "passive" category. Unfortunately, someone in their infinite wisdom decided that foreign financial assets belong in the same category, AND therefore they also decided in their infinite wisdom to pull in completely unrelated domestic investment interest expenses from Schedule A as "definitely related".   Generally, the 1116 worksheet is challenging, i get that. It pulls all income and expenses in the entire TR to figure out the ratio of US tax to foreign tax, to figure out how to limit the foreign tax credit. However, the domestic investment interest expense is pulled in as "definitely related" at 100% impact, without giving you an opportunity to object. You are notified that this is happening, and if you have an issue you can go back to "deductions", but there's really nothing you can do in the "deductions".   In addition, during smartcheck i got asked to fill in a basis for the non-existent financial asset for this item. some people say to enter 0 or 1 as the basis but that makes no sense. I shouldn't have to enter any basis whats o ever for non-existent items...   I tried to remove the domestic investment interest expense manually from the 1116 worksheet itself in "forms mode", but the software doesn't allow me to erase the number. It also doesn't allow me to change the ratio of its impact from 100% to whatever % was calculated for non-related expenses. Perhaps the workaround is to do the entire 1116 worksheet in forms mode, although the code might try to still force the investment interest expense into the form when i get back to step-by-step mode.    Appreciate any thoughts about a workaround until this is fixed.  

Unfortunately, while the advanced premium tax credit is based on your situation at the time it is received, the actual credit is reconciled based on the full-year tax situation.  Marriage is one of many things that can adversely impact the credit calculation as the tax return treats you as married for the entire year for all purposes, including calculation of the credit.   Congratulations and best wishes on your marriage!   

You owe when you did not pay enough during the year and many things can trigger it from changing jobs to kids growing up. See  Why is my refund lower than last year?(0:59)   Why did my refund go down compared to last year's?  Why Do I Owe on My Tax Return? Top 5 Reasons to Adjust Your W-4 Withholding Can I make a hardship withdrawal from my 401(k)? How does selling stock affect my taxes?

Federal and state refunds come from completely separate entities.  There is no rule as to which one will come in first or how long it will be between their arrival in your account.   TurboTax gives you an estimated date for receiving your refund based on a 21 day average from your date of acceptance, but it can take longer.  “21 days”  is not a promise from TurboTax or the IRS.      First, check your e-file status to see if your return was accepted:  https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/efile-status-lookup/   Once your federal return has been accepted by the IRS, only the IRS has any control.  TurboTax does not receive any updates from the IRS. Your ONLY source of information about your refund now is the IRS.     You need your filing status, your Social Security number and the exact amount  (line 35a of your 2025 Form 1040) of your federal refund to track your Federal refund:    https://www.irs.gov/refunds   To track your state refund:     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/track-state-refund/L3jgO8PGs_US_en_US?uid=lt447ebr   If you chose to have your TurboTax fees deducted from your federal refund, that will take some extra time, while the third party bank handles the refund processing     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/refunds-take-longer-others/L14YlqFrH_US_en_US?uid=lexdr7zh . https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/irs-refund-taking-longer-21-days/L2vRAJbdU_US_en_US?uid=lexe7lst         If you are getting earned income credit on line 27 or additional child tax credit on line 28 You are subject to the delay required by the PATH act.  Do not expect your refund before early March   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/internal-revenue-service/federal-refunds-delayed-due-path-act/L5jnQJsBi_US_en_US   Note:  “Accepted” is not the same as “approved”.  TurboTax tells you the e-file was accepted if the IRS deems that there is enough information on the return for them to take it in for processing.   Only the IRS can approve of the refund, which is a later stage of processing.  If the IRS approves your refund they will provide a date for the refund to be issued.   FROM THE IRS WHERE’S MY REFUND SITE: https://www.irs.gov/wheres-my-refund How it works Where's My Refund shows your refund status: Return Received – We received your return and are processing it. Refund Approved – We approved your refund and are preparing to issue it by the date shown. Refund Sent – We sent the refund to your bank or to you in the mail. It may take 5 days for it to show in your bank account or several weeks for your check to arrive in the mail.    

This is a public web site that can be seen by anyone—including scammers and would-be identity thieves who would love to contact you and pretend to be from TurboTax.  Please remove the personal information you posted here ASAP by returning to your post and clicking the three little blue dots on the upper right to edit your post.   What you  apparently did not understand is that the tax software only passes your payment information on to the IRS and state----TurboTax does not extract the payments for your tax due.   It is up to the IRS and your state to pull out those payments.    Since you e-filed on time, your payments are on time even if it takes the IRS and state a week or two to pull out the payments from your account.

Did you transfer your 2024 Amended Return to 2025?  If not, you can try that, or enter the correct Capital Loss Carryover amount in the interview. under Income > Investment Income > Capital Loss Carryover.   @handypfb   

The cost of improvements is not deductible.  Improvements add to the cost basis of the home and may reduce your capital gains when you sell.   If you take out a loan to pay for improvements, the interest is deductible only if the loan is secured by the home.  That means the loan is recorded as a lien against the home with the county records office and the lender could foreclose if you stopped making payments.  Since a loan from a 401k is not secured by the home, any interest is not deductible.   You can deduct interest on a loan you take out to improve rental property as a rental expense.  However, there is a timing issue because you can't deduct rental expenses until the property is placed in service.  That means ready to rent and advertised so that it could be occupied.  If you needed to make improvements, the property probably wasn't really "in service" so the interest is not a deductible business expense.  You can still include the cost of improvements in your basis, which will give you a larger deduction for depreciation.  And even if you could deduct interest on a general bank loan used for improvements to the rental property, you can't deduct the interest from a 401k loan, since the interest is being paid to yourself. 

From 8k to 110k - that sounds like it is missing cost basis or opted out of the installment sale. It has to be in the 4797 / 6252 connection.   Go to "Tax Tools" (left sidebar) > "Tools" > "Delete a Form." Delete in this specific order: Form 6252 (Installment Sale) Form 4797 (Sales of Business Property) Asset Entry Worksheet (specifically for the drainage tile/farmland) Any "Sale of Business Property" Worksheets. Log out of your return and try one or more of the following: Don't use Internet Explorer. Clear cache and cookies, Sign in using a different browser. Sign in using a different device. Log back into your return. Enter the information again. Good luck!