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To change your email address in TurboTax Online, follow these steps: 1. Go to the Account settings or Sign in & security section within your TurboTax profile. 2. Look for the option to update your email address. 3. Enter your new email address, confirm it, and save the changes. This will update your email for your TurboTax account.

The IRS does not use the word "accepted" on the refund site.     To check on regular tax refund status via automated phone, call 800-829-1954.   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.      

Received and Accepted mean the same thing.   After the tax return has been Accepted by the IRS (meaning only that they received the return) it will be in the Processing mode until the tax refund has been Approved and then an Issue Date will be available on the IRS website.   Once a tax return has been Accepted by the IRS or a State, TurboTax receives no further information concerning the tax return or the status of any tax refund.   Call the IRS: 1-800-829-1040 hours 7 AM - 7 PM local time Monday-Friday   Or you can contact your local IRS office.  See this IRS website for local IRS offices - http://www.irs.gov/uac/Contact-Your-Local-IRS-Office-1 or call 1-844-545-5640 to set up an appointment You may want to contact a Taxpayer Advocate in your area.  See this IRS website for Taxpayer Advocate - https://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov/ or call 1-877-777-4778

It sounds like you agreed to the "switch" from desktop to online TurboTax, used online and now want to go back to using desktop----but you already made the "switch".    It is unlikely that you can go back to desktop after that, but you can have that conversation with customer support.   No one in the user forum can resolve a billing issue.  If you have a question about your TurboTax fees or billing, make sure you use the word “billing” in your request for help.  Do not use the word “refund.”   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/contact-turbotax/L2y9ZKpQB_US_en_US?uid=m5s9l2vh  

This is an old thread, however the answer will be the same. The method of depreciation for residential rental property is 27.5 year recovery and this is the same for both regular depreciation and AMT depreciation. There is no excess of what is allowed for AMT based on the straight line recovery method required under tax law. This is not a new tax law. It actually began in 1986.   @dbarboro 

See this for updating your TurboTax account - https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/account-updates/help/how-do-i-update-my-turbotax-account-information/01/25927?search-action-id=619391868616&search-result-uid=25927

In order to report the sale of your house (not rental property), navigate to Federal > Income > Wages & Income  Summary > Less Common Income > Sale of Home (gain or loss) > Start or Revisit.  Continue through the interview to enter proceeds from the 1099-S and details about the home.    Here is some more information you may find helpful: Tax Aspects of Home Ownership: Selling a Home

There should be no self employment income or tax. Use the information below to enter your stipend.The stipend is not required to be reported as self employment income.    Keep the 1099-NEC or 1099-MISC in the tax file for your records and delete that form from his return (see the link below. If you're using TurboTax Online software and need to delete a form, click here. If you're using TurboTax Desktop software and need to delete a form, click here. Reporting: Taxable, non-W-2 stipends are usually reported on Form 1040, Schedule 1, Line 8r as "Scholarships and grants not reported on Form W-2".   To enter  scholarships, grants, stipends (With or without a 1099 or a 1098-T): Click on the Deductions & Credits  Scroll down to Education (if Education is not there, click on Check for more tax breaks). Select Expenses and Scholarships (Form 1098-T). On the Do you want to enter your higher education expenses? screen, select Yes. Continue with the onscreen interview until you get to the Add any other financial aid screen. Enter the amount of the stipend in the box Other scholarships, grants, or fellowships This will be show on Schedule 1, line 8r, then carried with any other entries to the 1040.

The same thing happened to me and I had the same reaction you did. I keep looking for an entry that went missing but I can’t find anything so I guess I just owe the money and the calculation was wrong about the refund. 

Please clarify with more details so that we can provide specific information for your situation. Do you have a message during the review of the federal return? What form did you use to enter self employment income? Do you have a 1099-MISC or 1099-NEC or neither? Once we know more about your situation we can help.

 The rules are different if you file married filing separately.   That is what you are actually seeing.  If you are receiving Social Security benefits, your SS is 85% taxable if you file MFS.   You need to file a federal return if half your Social Security plus your other income is   Single or Head of Household      $25,000 Married Filing Jointly                  $32,000 Married Filing Separately            $0   @RB287a

If you sold your primary personal residence and you lived in and owned the home for at least two years in the five year period on the date of sale, you do not have to report the sale if your gains are less then the exclusion amounts of $250,000 if filing Single or $500,000 if filing Married Filing Jointly (and both lived in the home for two years). Gain or Loss = Sales Price minus Sales Expenses minus Adjusted Basis (Purchase Price plus the cost of improvements prior to the sale) Selling cost can include escrow fees, legal fees, real estate agent commissions, advertising costs, and even home staging fees. If you had a gain greater then the exclusion amounts then you would have to report the sale. Also, if you received a Form 1099-S for the sale either with a gain or a loss, the sale has to be reported. You will need the online TurboTax Premium edition to report the sale if you are using the online editions. Make sure that you indicate that you want the sale of the home reported on your tax return.   Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business) Click on Wages and Income (Personal Income using Home and Business) Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown) Scroll down to Less Common Income On Sale of Home (gain or loss), click the start or update button

You can generate estimated payment vouchers yourself if you need to make estimated payments.  You will be asked to enter information about your expected income and withholdings for the year and TurboTax will do the calculations and print the vouchers.  There is also a similar procedure in each state tax return to generate state estimated payment vouchers.   Use the steps in the following TurboTax help article to get started:   How do I print estimated tax vouchers?