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If your license code is not working and you are using TurboTax Desktop, you can open your TurboTax software on your computer, sign in to your Intuit account, and you will be prompted to enter the 16-character alphanumeric code (XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX). This will activate your software and verify your license code. You can find the code in your confirmation email, your box, or the software download page, depending on how you purchased it.  If the activation screen doesn't come up, you can select to  "Activate New Product" from your TurboTax "Help" menu.  You can contact TurboTax Customer Service using this link: Turbo Tax Customer Service.  See Also: How do I find my license code for TurboTax Desktop? How do I get started with TurboTax Online that I purchased from a retailer? How do I get started with TurboTax Desktop? I can't find my license code Please return To Community if you have any additional information or questions and we would be happy to help.

When you edit your business entries, on the screen that says Your (name of business) Business, choose the option that says Business Vehicle Expense, under the heading of Business Expenses. Find your business vehicle listed and edit it, or set up a vehicle entry if you have not done so yet. Enter the information requested about your vehicle, including the mileage and you will come to a screen that says You've got a standard mileage deduction of $xxx. You will be asked on that screen if you want to stick with the standard mileage deduction or if you want to see if your actual expenses will give you a better deduction. You can choose which method you want to go with.

To access your tax returns (current or prior year) you will sign into the TurboTax website with the user ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/   Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and on the section Your tax returns & documents click on Show.  Click on the Year and Click on Download/print return (PDF)   As an alternative for current year return, when you sign onto your online account and land on the Tax Home web page, scroll down and click on Add a State (You will not really be adding a state).    This will take you back in to the 2025 online tax return.   Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen.  Find the Print Center and choose the year you want to print.  If you want your full return including worksheets, choose the option Include government and TurboTax worksheets.   In TurboTax Online, follow these steps to print/view your return and all of the informational worksheets after you have filed:   Sign in to TurboTax Scroll down to Your Tax Returns & Documents Select 2024 and then Add a State (You aren't actually adding a State but this gets you back into the Print Center) From the left panel Select Tax Tools, scroll down a little and select Print Center Select Print, save or preview this year's return Select the 2024 Federal and/or State return box Choose to Include TurboTax and government worksheets Select View or Print Forms

If you are not using TurboTax Expert Assist you can follow these steps: Follow these steps to downgrade to a different TurboTax Online product: Open your return if you haven't already. In the left menu, select Switch Products. Select Downgrade. You can remove TurboTax Live as long as you haven't used the Tax Expert feature. Here's what to do: With your tax return open, select File. Proceed through the screens until you reach the Just a few steps left... screen, then select Start or Revisit next to Step 1: Review Your Order. On the order summary screen, select Downgrade. If you don't see Downgrade or already used the Tax Expert feature, you can clear your return and start over as long as you haven’t paid yet. After clearing your return, you can select the TurboTax product that best suits your needs. Keep in mind: If you want to receive help from a tax expert, you’ll need to use TurboTax Live.

In previous tax years, you could choose "Multiple States" and hit Continue without entering an amount of exempt dividend income for any particular state, but for the current version of 2025 TurboTax, that definitely does not work--I tried it. You MUST select one actual state (normally you'd choose your home state) and enter an amount of tax-exempt dividends for that state. Then you are allowed to choose Multiple States and enter the balance, and whatever two or more amounts you enter on that screen has to add up correctly to the total. Otherwise you are not allowed to proceed and get the dividends area of your return marked as completed. It's a real time-wasting nuisance this year, because at least in my case, and I expect many others, it will make no difference in federal or state tax due, because for most taxpayers, the amounts are too small to matter.

Anything in box 16?   For state boxes,  if box 16 is empty or zero then for box 16 State Distribution put the same amount that’s in box 1.  If box 14 is blank you can leave boxes 14,15 & 16 blank.  Filling in box 16 state distribution will not affect your state return.   No one who has done that and filed has reported any problems.

Enter the amount in box 1 of the Form 1099-R in box 16, state distribution.  You will now be able to e-file the tax return. The amount in box 16 for state distribution does NOT flow to the state income tax return.

At that small an amount the system is calculating no penalty due.  That is almost certainly correct.   Withholding is better than estimated payments.   The IRS views withholding as having been paid equally every day of the year.