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Estimated tax payments, including those made for your state tax return, are entered in the Federal area of TurboTax Online at Deductions & Credits>Estimates and Other Taxes Paid>Estimated Tax Payments.   Here is a TurboTax article with the instructions.

You can check the IRS website to be sure that you filed.   If there's no indication the you did, you can check your tax return. If you want to know the status of your tax return,  you should use the  IRS Where's My Refund website.  You'll need Your Social Security or individual taxpayer ID number (ITIN) Your filing status The exact refund amount on your return

If you have not paid for the online edition you are using, have not filed your tax return or registered the Free edition, then you can clear your return and start over with a lower priced edition. Click on Switch Products on the lower left side of the program screen while working on the 2025 online tax return. Click on Clear & Start Over

No one in the user forum can resolve a billing issue.  If you have a question about your TurboTax fees or billing, make sure you use the word “billing” in your request for help.  Do not use the word “refund.”   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/contact-turbotax/L2y9ZKpQB_US_en_US?uid=m5s9l2vh

Did you already e-file?    If you have not e-filed then contact your expert to add the document. https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/product-setup/connect-tax-expert-turbotax-live/L73wOZD5D_US_en_US?uid=m8zw1pbb       If your return has already been e-filed:   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.    Sometimes—not always— the IRS corrects your mistakes, while they are processing 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 IRS refund site says you are not getting a refund?   Do you owe back taxes or child support for which your refund is being seized?  TurboTax never knows about offsets to your refund.   If the IRS is keeping your refund, they will send you a letter soon.   Reduced Refund      https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc203      NOTE: You can contact the IRS Treasury Offset Program Call Center at 1-800-304-3107 to ask if they have an offset for you on file. TurboTax would not have that information.   https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/tax-payments/who-can-garnish-an-income-tax-refund/L7cPPzDyc     TurboTax does not receive feedback from the IRS regarding money that was offset from your refund.  If you owed back taxes or child support, you will receive a letter of explanation from the IRS in several weeks.  The WMR site will contain a message regarding your offset.  It is also possible that the IRS caught a mistake you made and reduced your refund.    

How old are you and why are you receiving a pension?   If you are at or past your "full retirement age" according to the pension plan's rules, then the pension is unearned income and it will disqualify you from EITC.  If you retired early due to disability, your pension may be considered "earned income" until you reach your full retirement age, and that might allow you to claim EITC. 

I had the same error pop up after a TurboTax update.  Try opening TurboTax by double clicking on your saved tax return data file (not the desktop icon). It's usually in a subdirectory of your your Documents folder. The file will have an extension of '.tax2025'. TurboTax should fire up normally. Then without making any changes to your tax return save it and then close the TurboTax app. Cross your fingers, say omina - omina - omina, then cross your heart twice while your fingers are still crossed. Then try running TurboTax again normally by double clicking on the desktop icon.  

You generally do not need to issue a Form 1099-NEC to a non-U.S. contractor who performed all their work outside the United States.   According to the IRS, reporting requirements for independent contractors are based on the source of the income. If the individual is a non-resident alien and the services were performed entirely outside the U.S., the income is considered "foreign source" and is not subject to U.S. tax reporting or withholding.   The reason TurboTax is prompting you to issue a 1099 is likely because of how you answered the initial business expense questions. To fix this: Go to the Business Expenses or Schedule C section. Look for the category Contract Labor. Enter the $5,000 as a standard business expense. When TurboTax asks, "Did you pay any individual $600 or more for services in 2025?" or "Do you need to file any 1099s?", you can safely answer No for this specific contractor. If you have multiple contractors and some are U.S.-based, only answer "Yes" for the U.S. ones. TurboTax will then ask you to provide details only for those specific individuals.

Once you're sure you E-filed the tax return, you can ignore that notice.   To check your tax refund status in TurboTax,  Sign in to your account and  Go to the "Tax Home" or "Order Details" screen  It will tell you if your return was accepted. If you want to know the status of your tax return,  you should use the  IRS Where's My Refund website.  You'll need Your Social Security or individual taxpayer ID number (ITIN) Your filing status The exact refund amount on your return