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The Full Service option is for both the federal and state tax returns, it is not one or the other. Go to this TurboTax website for Full Service - https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/online/#fullservice

1. using Online version, using Windows, Chrome Browser   2. ok, thanks, seems to be other users with same problem   3. Would rather not since would have my other personal info/incomes posted. Each time I do re-open sections though for "not started", my previous entered info is still there. 

I don't ever plan on selling. Beneficiaries will inherit plenty on this home! Having said that, the house upgrade costs are only going to be about $1,000. Also, I'm in a very low tax bracket. Perhaps just 60K of income for 2026. 

The Form 1099-R section is estimated to be finalized and available in TurboTax on 01/21/2026.   TurboTax forms, schedules, worksheets and calculation are dependent upon the IRS approval prior to a software release.  Approvals are directed by the IRS and there no such thing as blanket approval on 01/01/2026.  Even the IRS has forms and schedules which are not yet finalized.   The IRS will not be accepting any 2025 federal tax returns until 01/26/2026.  Expecting millions of tax returns will be flooding the IRS servers so not All tax returns will be accepted the first day.

When did your spouse  pass?  Do you have any children?   You can file a Joint return as normal the year your spouse died. For the next two years following a husband's or wife's death, the surviving spouse can file as a qualifying widow or widower if they have a qualifying child. That basically lets you continue to use the same tax brackets that apply to married-filing-jointly returns. After the year of death if you don't have a child you file as Single. And then next year start over with a new return and new account. And don't transfer from the Joint return.

Did you already submit your return?   If it has already been transmitted, you will need to file an amended return after the original is fully processed.   You cannot undo the filing if you have already electronically transmitted it.      If you have not filed it yet, you can go back and make changes.    The IRS will start processing returns on Jan 26.   If you need to amend, you should come back to TurboTax AFTER your return has been processed.   

Since those forms aren't ready, and you can't delete them, my only suggestion is to clear and start over OR wait until the forms are available and delete them from your forms list at that time.   HERE is a link with instructions to Clear and Start Over. 

Thank you for the quick reply. Considering that Irish Revenue have already taxed this lump-sum, I may not have to include it on my return if I'm reading Article 18 correctly:   ARTICLE 18 Pensions, Social Security, Annuities, Alimony and Child Support 1. a) Subject to the provisions or Article 19 (Government Service) pensions and other similar remuneration derived and beneficially owned by a resident of a Contracting State in consideration of past employment shall be taxable only in that State; and b) notwithstanding the provisions of Article 19, payments made by a Contracting State under provisions of the social security or similar legislation of that State to a resident of the other Contracting State shall be taxable only in that other State.    

It might be that not all the forms in your return have been finalized yet. If you have Draft forms in your return, it would not allow you to finish your return.   Use this link to reference when your tax forms will be available. You can search by TurboTax Product and for IRS and State-Specific Forms.

That is interesting thank you.  I originally told my employer they should have included all tips in 7 though I didn't literally report all to them they should understand "as if" I had reported because the IRS assumes if the employer reported the tips for tax purposes they were reported by me to the employer.   "Any tips you reported to your employer as required in the tax year are included in the wages shown in box 1 of your Form W-2.  Add to the amount in box 1 only the tips you didn’t report to your employer."  Unreported always means tips not included by employer in the 941 or W2 which haven't been subject to tax yet.   The error seems to be with me for not reporting in writing before the 10th day of the following month.  The reason the employer has liked to keep a separate accounting is they pay the credit card tips to me on a single paycheck lumped in with wages.  I should provide a report of all tips but they will still still have to separate out which portion they owe me.  I imagine we need to start doing it this way.   I don't know if there is a tax difference between 7 and 3 but if not I wonder why 7 exists.  As a record of reported tips I suppose but there could be non-cash tips included in 1 not in 7.   Do we think TurboTax needs to make no correction on this question?  7 and 8 and 4137 (done correctly) will be a sufficient accounting of qualified tips?  of course also with the questions the software does ask about whether the job qualifies, if performed legally, if anyone from the company tipped you.  Perhaps not if only a portion of 7 was received in that portion of ones job description that qualifies as previously being part of a tipping industry.  If a portion of 7 was given by an officer of the company I assume that portion should already not be in 7 as you pointed out mandatory tips should not.