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Suggest you read through the responses from op;  this suggestion(clear DNS  cache and release/renew IP) are not relevant to this issue (Intuit activation tracking via PC fingerprinting).  90% of the responders indicated the recommendation did not fix their issue.   Just because good security practices (VHD, encryption, etc) may be foreign to you, doesn't mean they are not widely used.    With regard to an apology, if one were due, one would be made.   🙂

Please provide some additional information to clarify what you see. Don't delete anything yet!   Do you only have (1) 1099-R or do you have several? What platform are you using? Online Desktop How did you determine the amount that was wrong. Please tell us a little bit about what you're seeing and what you expected to happen.

What type of income item are you referring to? There are many types of income that might end up on 8z on Schedule 1 (1040).   I ask because my test worked fine, but, of course, I don't know how you entered this income. Please describe where you entered this income in the TurboTax desktop interview.

We cannot see your screen, your return or your account.  Have you entered ALL of your 2025 information?  All your income, etc.?  Many tax documents that you need do not arrive until late January or even February, so maybe you do not have it all there yet.   There are a lot of variables that affect your refund or tax due including how much you earned, how much tax you had withheld, your filing status, the number of dependents you claim, your deductions and credits, etc.  You may have lost Earned Income Credit or the Child Tax Credit— did a child turn 17?  If you received the EIC last year, remember that changes in the amount you earn have a big effect on the amount of EIC you can get. (Sometimes earning more money means less EIC)  Are you 65 or older ?  If so, your standard deduction is higher. Everyone has a higher standard deduction now so it is harder to use itemized deductions.   And of course, always check your own data entries, looking for errors such as misplaced decimals or extra zeros.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/refund-go-compared-last-year/L97JmhUbi_US_en_US?uid=ld9ijm41   Print out 2024  and 2025  and compare them side by side to see what is different.    https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/tax-payments/video-why-would-i-owe-federal-taxes/L3VXudPiN  

No. You cannot change or add anything on the return that you just e-filed, nor can you stop it.  It is too late, just like when you put an envelope in a US mailbox on the corner.  The IRS does not allow you to take it back.   If you left out a W-2, a 1099G, or a dependent, or a 1099 etc…DO NOT change your return while it is “pending.”  The changes will go nowhere.   Now you have to wait until the IRS either rejects or accepts your return.  If your return is rejected, you will be able to go into your account and make the necessary changes to your tax return and re-submit your return.     If the IRS accepts your return, however, then you have to wait longer until it has been fully processed and you have received your refund.  THEN you can prepare an amended tax return and e-file or mail  it in. You have to be able to work from that return exactly the way it was when it was e-filed originally.  You will need to use a form called a 1040X.     Meanwhile, DO NOT go in and start changing anything on your return in the system, or you will make a mess for yourself.  Sit tight and wait until you see what the IRS does with the return you just e-filed   The Form 1040X you need becomes available in late February,  But wait until your return has been processed.  

Dear @MarilynG1,   TurboTax does not allow manual entry of Form 1116 Line 3d besides an override.   TurboTax is automatically calculating 1116 Line 3d equal to the unadjusted amounts from 1116 Line 1a (gross FSI per country per category before any rate differential adjustment) plus 2555 Line 45 (total excluded FEI less related deductions).   My entire post here is about how this is wrong. If TurboTax wants to automatically calculate 1116 Line 3d, then it should be adding excluded FEI per country (instead of the total excluded FEI). And, there is no place in TurboTax to apportion that excluded FEI per country.