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It's not clear what you mean by the "Social Security Number section." Where exactly are you trying to enter your ITIN? What topic are you in? What is the heading or title on the screen where you are trying to enter the ITIN? In the Personal Info or Your Info section, where you enter your name and birth date, you can enter an ITIN in the box for Social Security Number. There are some deductions and credits that you cannot claim with an ITIN. Are you using TurboTax Online or the TurboTax Desktop software?  

You will not be able to file the state return until the IRS accepts your federal return.   Your federal return may still be pending on the server until January 26 when the IRS opens to begin accepting/rejecting returns.   Watch your emails.   When you receive an email that says the IRS has accepted your federal return, come back to e-file the state.

You can only claim the adjustment if your claim against your employer was for unlawful discrimination. Officially TurboTax does not support the adjustment, or "above-the-line deduction," for attorney fees for an unlawful discrimination claim. It's listed in the Unsupported Calculations document. Nevertheless, it can be entered in TurboTax for 2025, but only in forms mode. Forms mode is available only in the TurboTax Desktop software, not in TurboTax Online, so there is no way to make the entry in TurboTax Online. Here's how to enter the above-the-line deduction for attorney fees for an unlawful discrimination claim in TurboTax Desktop for 2025. In forms mode open the "Form 1040 or Form 1040SR Worksheet" (1040/1040SR Wks). Scroll down to the Schedule 1 section (Additional Income and Adjustments to Income), then to Part II Adjustments to Income, and then to the Other Adjustments to Income Smart Worksheet between lines 23 and 24. Enter the attorney fees on line K of the Smart Worksheet. The deduction will then appear on Schedule 1 line 24h. Refer to IRS Publication 525 for important additional information about this adjustment.  

Did you click that big orange button that said “Transmit my return now?”  If you did that, you cannot do anything to fix it yet.  You have to wait for the email that tells you if your return was accepted or rejected.   Since the IRS will not begin to accept/reject returns until January 26, you are going to be waiting in “pending” for awhile.  Your return is sitting on a server, where you cannot fix  it or get it back.   You cannot change or add anything on the return that you just e-filed, nor can you stop it.  It is too late, just like when you put an envelope in a US mailbox on the corner.  The IRS does not allow you to take it back.   If you left out a W-2, a 1099G, or a dependent, or a 1099 etc…DO NOT change your return while it is “pending.”  The changes will go nowhere.   Now you have to wait until the IRS either rejects or accepts your return.  If your return is rejected, you will be able to go into your account and make the necessary changes to your tax return and re-submit your return.     If the IRS accepts your return, however, then you have to wait longer until it has been fully processed and you have received your refund.  THEN you can prepare an amended tax return and e-file or mail  it in. You have to be able to work from that return exactly the way it was when it was e-filed originally.  You will need to use a form called a 1040X.     Meanwhile, DO NOT go in and start changing anything on your return in the system, or you will make a mess for yourself.  Sit tight and wait until you see what the IRS does with the return you just e-filed   The Form 1040X you need becomes available in late February,  But wait until your return has been processed.

Where do I find my AGI?   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/agi/help/how-do-i-find-last-year-s-agi/01/25947   Your 2024 tax return shows your 2024 Adjusted Gross Income  (AGI)  If you filed a joint return then the AGI is the same for each of you.   Form 1040        line 11   If entering the amount from your 2024 tax return does not work, then try entering “0” instead.  If that does not work and you still cannot e-file, then print, sign, and mail your tax return.   You can get a free transcript of your past return from the IRS:   https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript Note: If you filed late or amended your return, your correct 2023 AGI may not be in the system.  https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1944348-how-do-i-print-and-mail-my-return-in-turbotax-online Note:  If you mail your federal return, you will also need to mail your state return.  You will not be able to e-file your state return.

DEPOSIT TO SOMEONE ELSE’S ACCOUNT https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/deposit-tax-refund-someone-else-account/L3pAkqG74_US_en_US?uid=m6co06vs   If you want your refund as a check, make that choice in the FILE section and make sure you are using the correct mailing address on your Form 1040.   TurboTax does not issue  or send your refund----the IRS issues your refund.

When you enter your personal information in TurboTax it asks for your marital status. If you say that you are married it asks if you want to file your tax return together with your spouse. If you say No, then you are filing separately.