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I have to agree with most of these posts. I have always been able to get reasonable estimates from the software in December and usually file within days of filing being opened.  It is now 10 Jan and the software isn't even ready for income entries beyond Social Security.  So I've been entering what I can.  Yesterday it said state tax refund section is "Available Now".  I entered that info and it doesn't carry it over and still says "Available Now" on the Deduction and Credit summary sheet.  Charitable contributions are "Available Now" but same result.  I even removed my download and reinstalled thinking it was maybe being glitchy.  No luck.  I saw the comment about "something" coming (what and when would certainly be nice to know) to handle other than cash donations but at the moment I'm looking at a number of hours vs minutes to enter that info without It's Deductible.  I'll put that one under dumbest move ever.  State income tax deduction section is "Available Now" but worthless since income can't be entered to provide the basis for the calculation so it can't calculate anything...  I've always considered Turbotax to be a great product so cannot understand how it has become such a dumpster fire this year.  

TurboTax lists the names of charities that were used in the previous year. We are expected to use the lis or modify it. If we modify it, it adds the additional entries to the previous list at the bottom. Certainly TurboTax could alphabetize the entries, with a little effort. I have my own lis, alphabetized, of course; who would do otherwise? I am then comparing it to a (now random) list in TurboTax. This is ridiculous!  

You can request your data.  It make take several days.  You can access your It’s  Deductible data.  Scroll down on this https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/access-manage-personal-data-intuit-account/L8nCbA0px_US_en_US

The programmers don't have the module ready for a basic form such as a 1099-R is downright shameful and maybe fraudulent.  When I bought the software, I didn't see any warning that it couldn't be fully used right away.  They sure took my money, but I'm sitting here stuck, because Intuit hasn't done their homework.

Many federal and state forms are not yet available.  Check here for form availability. The dates are subject to change.   Tax form availability tool     Be patient.    IF you e-file now, your return will go into “pending” until the IRS starts to accept/reject returns in late January. You cannot make any changes while the return is on the server. The IRS will start to accept/reject 2025 e-files on January 26.   And….a state return cannot be accepted until after the IRS accepts your federal return.

  You have to access your own account and/or  print it for yourself using exactly the same account and user ID that you used when you prepared the return.    https://myturbotax.intuit.com/   Start a 2025 return online and enter some personal information  so that the menu on the left opens up and lets you access your past year returns.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-access-my-prior-year-return/01/27010     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m5y4ch1y   Many people have multiple TT accounts and forget how to access them.  Log out of the account you are in now.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/many-intuit-accounts-turbotax/L9aVfKS1Z_US_en_US?uid=ll5g6zcx Account Recovery     Or did you use the desktop version of TurboTax?  If so, the files are on your own hard drive or any backup device you used like a flash drive.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/find-last-year-tax-data-file-tax-file-computer/L0XJvPaJr_US_en_US   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/data-systems/find-tax-data-file-mac/L4VNGm33S_US_en_US?uid=m6guhab0   You can get a free transcript from the IRS or for a fee of $30, an actual copy of your tax return. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf       SAVE YOUR TAX RETURNS ! EVERY year before mid-October you should save a copy of your tax return as a pdf and print a copy of it for your records.  That way you will not be searching online frantically when you need it for a lender, FAFSA forms, your next tax return, etc.    https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m6guj526   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m78eb8pc In order to transfer a past year return to the new return you need the tax file   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-turbotax-online-return-tax-data-file/L4xwOG3LF_US_en_US?uid=m6guk3xl   NOTE:  TurboTax and the IRS save returns for seven years.  Returns older than seven years are purged.