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I am a US Citizen who is outside US for whole of 2025 and need to file regular form 1040, which is available in Turbotax Deluxe 2025 desktop version.   U.S. citizens and residents abroad filing requirements | Internal Revenue Service   1) When I go to State return, it says  CA tax= $0 because I lived outside US and I do not need to file California return!   That is NOT correct. California requires me to file 540NR for my California source income. Part-year resident and nonresident | FTB.ca.gov   2) I clicked on "Get another State" and tried to download California version and  it is charging me another $40, though my Turbotax Deluxe includes 1 free State return!   Clearly this is a bug in Turbotax Deluxe 2025 desktop version.   Turbotax: Please fix this bug soon!  

for security reasons and to mitigate fraud, the IRS does not permit changes to banking account information once the tax return is submitted.     You can update your banking information once you submit your 2025 tax year tax return.    There is no $2,000 payment coming.  That is a Trump idea only. 

@AmeliesUncle wrote: While your comment could be a factor, I think there is more to it than only that. I understand, but then you and I (I believe) are aware of how TurboTax can wildly mess up the figures based on past input. For example, I recall a test return I did where the current year deduction would be way off and variable every single time past depreciation was changed. Crazy stuff.

@M-MTax wrote: @AmeliesUncle    The wrong date (or time period) was used for 2024 depreciation. @_John__ stated that $7,487 was the depreciation deduction for 2024 for an asset that was placed in service in August. The correct figure should be $9626 and that will affect deductions going forward.   Even if it was placed in service in August (although he said 3.5 months, which could mean it was placed in service in September), the less-than $2200 difference in the first year shouldn't account for the $1000-ish difference in depreciation for the following year.   I agree with you that an incorrect "prior depreciation" would incorrectly alter the current and future year depreciation, but the specific numbers in this case still would not make sense.  While your comment could be a factor, I think there is more to it than only that.

@AmeliesUncle    The wrong date (or time period) was used for 2024 depreciation. @_John__ stated that $7,487 was the depreciation deduction for 2024 for an asset that was placed in service in August. The correct figure should be $9626 and that will affect deductions going forward.

@user17638037803 - just curious, if you are a non-resident for the whole year, aren't you required to complete federal form 1040-NR which is not supported by Turbo Tax?  how could your federal forms be correct in that instance?    Can you please state where you were living in 2025?  If you lived in CA for the whole year, and are not a US citizen or resident alien, then under the physical presence test, yes, filing the normal 1040 is correct, but then filing the CA non-resident form would not correct.  You would be subject to tax on any income earned while living in CA and Form 540 would be correct (540NR would be incorrect).