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It could be a coincidence. MD has various credits available - earned income, child tax credit, senior credit, and renter's credit. Perhaps you have a credit in one or more areas that just happen to equal that amount. Take a look at your actual MD return and verify that your income and taxes withheld are correctly reported. Then check for any additional credits.   To preview your return online:  go into your MD state return on the left side, go to TAX TOOLS click on TOOLS pop up box, click on VIEW TAX SUMMARY left side, click PREVIEW MY MD To see in desktop: Click on FORMS mode Scroll down the left side and find your MD return Click on the form you want to see  

The IRS does match up numbers on forms you report against what others reported for you, like your employer's w2. The form 1-A is set by the IRS. 2025 Schedule 1-A (Form 1040). If your employer is willing to correct your w2, that is the best solution. 2025 is a changeover year and that always causes some  extra issues. The pain is worth the tax break and you are doing great.

Yes, the program will not recognize the overtime listed in Box 14 on your W-2.  Instead, select "Other" for Box 14 and enter the overtime on the screen after selecting "Overtime" on the "Let's check for uncommon situations" screen.    Remember, only the premium portion is deductible.  If you make 20/hr and your overtime is paid at 30/hr, the premium is 10/hr.  

New Jersey is pretty severe about that $400 thing.  If you think that you are going to owe more than $400 then you should probably either send an estimate or adjust the withholding on your paycheck to cover your capital gains.

Now my concern is that I will need to be on the phone with TurboTax every time there is an update so they can share the screen with me before allowing the update to install.  Otherwise I run the risk of TurboTax believing I'm on yet another computer when I'm actually still on the same one I've been using all along.   Not as happy with TurboTax as I've been when they still used CD's.

@mmeshell2013    1)  You must have a dependent before you can file HOH.   TTX software would normally have given you HOH if an eligible  dependent was entered in the My Info area. ____________________ Anyhow 2) Yes...you must have accepted for Federal at least......if Fed rejects, then State is not even sent out. 3)........IF Fed rejects, then you do not Amend, you just edit your file to include whatever is needed , and re-submit. 4)  IF Fed Accepts, then State should too....BUT, you must wait for your Original Refund, or Pay your Original Balance due, before you can amend.  An Accepted Original filing cannot be stopped by a later amended tax return. 5) Even if you do end up Amending, you cannot even send in an Amended tax return until AFTER 19 February