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When I log into Intuit it shows my license file. It says I have installed it on one computer. When I open TurboTax 2024 it shows me my license file. I click on that license file and say register. I instantly get a message that says that the license file is invalid. This only happened after it did an update. I had previously run TurboTax 2024 on this computer with no issues.

And if you do end up suing TTX "Online" for 2025.   You can save a PDF copy of all your tax forms and worksheets to examine before filing using the Online software. BUT It's just not as interactive as the Desktop saoftware....in that: You have to pay the software fees before saving and looking at a PDF copy of whatever you've done so far.  You can do that at any time in your tax preparations, after paying the fees, but then you use the Print Center to create a PDF copy to look at.  SO if you create a PDF multiple times during your preparations, it would be good to save them with different names...or numbering them so that you know which PDF is the last one created  (or just delete the older ones if you create a bunch at different stages of your preparations).

Amending to change your filing status from Single to Head of Household after previously saying that you could be claimed as someone else's dependent seems like a pretty unusual change.   Do you understand what Head of Household filing status means?    Did you provide support for a qualified dependent of your own?   Am I Head of Household?   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-filing-status/qualify-head-household-2021/L0NxUtVc2_US_en_US?uid=m5x19jkx What is a "qualifying person" for Head of Household?   If you qualify as Head of Household, when you enter your marital status (single or married filing separately) into MyInfo, and then enter your qualifying dependent, TurboTax will offer HOH as your filing status.  

There is not a special form to use when you change your filing status.   You simply mark your filing status on the Form 1040.  That would have been done via the interview screens when you entered your information into MY INFO.     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 2024 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    

@ willfitz53  asked:  "What is country code xx found on K-3 forms?"   First, please be aware that I'm not a tax expert, and I'm not affiliated with TurboTax/Intuit.  I usually help fellow forum members with personal tax products, and I know nothing about partnership returns or other business returns, including Schedule K-3.   But I do know how to search the Schedule K-3 Instructions at the IRS website, so I'll pass along what I saw there just in case it's what you need.     I went to the IRS  K-3 Instructions page linked below and searched for "xx" using my browser's "Find on page" function.  And I found one mention of that xx code on the page.   You'll have to look at it yourself, since it's kind of complicated and mentions a specific part of the K-3 by Part and Column letter and tells why an xx code may be seen there.   So you'll have to look at that instruction there and see if it explains what you are experiencing.      NOTE: At that page below do not use the IRS search box that's in the upper right--that searches the entire IRS site.   Display the page and then use your browser's "Find on page" search function.   Partner's Instructions for Schedule K-3 https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i1065sk3

@emamimaryam1989 wrote: I filed my 2024 taxes in April but my refund is still pending. I just want to confirm if my filing was completed correctly and how I can check the refund status. Thank you for your help. What do you mean by "pending?"   Does it show up in the IRS "Where's My Refund" tool (link below) as still being processed?   We can tell you how to phone the IRS, but there are some things you need to investigate first.  Here's how to start:   First, you need to be sure the return was successfully filed. It depends on how you chose to file the return.   If you filed a paper return by mail, TurboTax does not mail it for you.  If you chose that method, you would have had to print it, sign it, date it, and mail it yourself.  It takes at least 4 weeks for a mailed return to show up in the IRS Where's My Refund tool.     If you efiled, double-check to be sure the return was efiled successfully and accepted.  If you used Online TurboTax, you can sign into your Online Account and check the efile status at the Tax Home.   What word is used there for the status:  accepted, rejected, printed, started, ready to mail, or something else? If the Tax Home shows it was accepted, (or if you mailed a paper return), you can use the "Where's My Refund" tool at the IRS website below to monitor the status of your Federal refund.   Is there any message there? https://www.irs.gov/wheres-my-refund   Here are some tips when using that IRS refund lookup tool:   Be sure you enter the correct tax year, SSN, and filing status. Be sure you are using only the Federal refund amount.   Do not include any state refund or any total refund or net refund (Fed and State) that TurboTax may have provided on a summary screen.   Look at your actual Federal return to get the Federal refund amount to use in the tool, i.e., your Form 1040, Line 35a.

@Priller wrote: Getting ready to e-file my 2024 Income Tax Return (Married, filing jointly) and TurboTax is asking me to enter my 2023 AGI and my wife's 2023 AGI. We both worked in 2023 and filed our 2023 Income Tax Return as Married, filing jointly. So, I'm assuming that both my 2023 AGI and my wife's 2023 AGI are the same number, right?   That's correct.  For your first efile attempt, if your 2023 return was filed as "married, filing jointly", then you both have the same total 2023 AGI.   Do not divide it.  Use the same total AGI figure that's shown on the 2023 Form 1040, Line 11.   Hopefully, that will work for you.    However,  if you filed real late in the year last year, some filers encounter a rejection.   If you end up with a rejection, report back with the rejection error code, and we can tell you what to try next.

i think what the k-1 is saying is that the original cost was 1538 (actually your share of the cost) which was expensed using section 179.   in that case the 1538 becomes section 1245 recapture and the difference (12195-1538) is long-term capital gain.     if I'm correct the way to enter this it in Turbotax either in forms mode through quickzoom for 20L or step mode is entering the dates, sales price, cost of 1538, enter nothing for other depreciation questions and 1538 as the 179 deduction