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The paid internship was with NIH, which issued a 1099-G for about $18K and showed it as Taxable Grants. Sharing to see if this is the reason I am being forced by TT to work on Form 8615, Tax for Certain Children Who Have Unearned Income. My other unearned income is about $150 in bank interest and $19 in dividends. I am also a self-employed tutor from where I earned about $5K in 2025.

I am having the EXACT SAME CAPTCHA issue as this user is describing. This is a really bad answer from Intuit Tech Support.   Also, Why in th @#$%#$@%$@# would you ask for Captcha for a LOCAL S/W install! This is totally crazy!!!!

After entering your first 1099-INT, you will arrive at a page titled Let's finish pulling in your investment income, Click on the button + Add investments at the bottom of the page, then choose Interest as the investment type.

 You don't have to do anything.  It is based on your date of birth in My Info   You will only see the Standard or Itemized deduction on ‌line 12e of your 1040 tax return. However, the Senior Deduction is reflected on line 13b . It is reflected on Schedule 1A, Part V, Line 37 There's a $6,000 deduction for individuals older than 65, and a $12,000 deduction would apply to couples who qualify.     For more information, see Deductions for Seniors.  

My daughter is a W-2 employee with a small inherited investment account (so 1099B, 1099DIV income).   The problem is not which Federal form or TT version, I've always been able to use my TT Premier desktop version and use that for her filing. I have her Federal return mostly done and was moving on to the State return preparation. When starting the State return, I was asked to pay a $45 fee to access the State forms even though my order says TT Premier Desktop State download is included. I am planning to print her return and mail it in, although do understand that a small e-filing additional charge would be incurred if I chose to submit online. This is separate from the $45 fee I was prompted to pay.   I was able to complete the original state return by starting over in the State section and selecting that state. I simply ignored Washington (for which no filing is need and is supposed to be free anyway).

Same problem.  It won't let me e-file and says check the NO box on direct debit.  Even though the state box is set for e-file, when it tries to save my return before entering credit card info, it locks up and says it hit a snag.

Is the refund supposed to go directly from the IRS to your bank account?   If so, it may arrive today.   You can phone the bank and ask them if they can see any information yet if they are getting an ACH deposit from the IRS/Treasury, or if they refused one and sent it back.  Ask for the department familiar with ACH.   If you chose any option that use a third-party bank, then the funds travel a different route.   Did you happen to pay any fees out of your refund, or choose the "up to 5 days early" offer, or have a Refund Advance?  In those situations, the funds go first from the IRS to the third-party bank, and then that third-party bank sends the rest to your bank (or card) in a second direct deposit.    

Also looking for an answer here since I have gains from foreign currency ETFs: says to report it on other income and enter an "other" adjustment to the gain/loss reported.   While reporting it as other income is easy enough, I don't understand how to adjust the number from the Robinhood 1099. Please help!

The path your Federal refund will take depends on whether the refund was coming to you directly from the IRS/US Treasury or if it is coming through a third-party bank (such as if you paid fees out of the refund, or "up to 5 days early" option, Refund Advance, etc.)    If a third-party bank is involved, your bank will likely send it back to that third-party bank, which "should" send you a check in the mail.   In less likely circumstances, the third-party bank sends it back to the IRS.    Again that's only IF you chose one of those third-party offers.     If your Federal refund was to come to you directly from the IRS/US Treasury to your bank, and the bank sends it back to the IRS, then this may be what will happen.   There is a new process for that situation that started this year.  Because of a recent Executive Order, the IRS is trying to avoid issuing paper checks and phasing them out whenever possible.    Starting this year, if a bank sends the refund back to the IRS, a paper check may not automatically be sent.   Instead, it's possible that the refund would be frozen up to 30 days, and the IRS may give you a chance to correct the deposit info within that 30 days by using your Online IRS account (or establishing one) to update the deposit information.   The IRS may send you a letter called a CP53E notice.  It may take a couple of weeks to arrive after the initial deposit was returned to the IRS.   IRS:  Understanding your CP53E notice https://www.irs.gov/individuals/understanding-your-cp53e-notice   If the update in the Online IRS Account is unsuccessful, or if you don't respond to the CP53E notice to update it, the IRS says it will ultimately issue the paper check after 6 weeks have gone by.   There are FAQs about the process on that IRS page I linked above.