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Maybe you are waiting for some forms.  Click Review to see if you are missing some forms needed in order to e-file.   Many federal and state forms are not yet available.  Check here for form availability. The dates are subject to change.   Tax form availability tool     Be patient.    IF you e-file now, your return will go into “pending” until the IRS starts to accept/reject returns in late January. You cannot make any changes while the return is on the server. The IRS will start to accept/reject 2025 e-files on January 26.   And….a state return cannot be accepted until after the IRS accepts your federal return.

You received a message from Marketing.  Marketing does not really know if your W-2 is available now.  They just want your business.   TurboTax does not have your W-2.   W-2’s come from employers.  There is not a federal or national website that provides W-2’s.   If your employer is partnered with TurboTax to allow the W-2 data to be imported into the software you can do that---but you need the actual W-2 so that you can enter the EIN and the amount from box 1 to import the other data from the W-2---which just saves you the little bit of keying in of the other information.   Every 2025 W-2 that you received must be reported on your 2025 tax return, even if they are for small amounts.  Remember that each one of those W-2’s has your Social Security number on it, and that income was reported to the IRS by the employer.  You do not want trouble with the IRS for under-reporting your income or have your refund delayed by having missing income.   ALL of your W-2’s must be entered on the SAME tax return.     Go to Federal>Wages & Income to enter a W-2. After you enter the first one, you click Add Another W-2.     W-2's come from your employer, and they have until January 31 to issue it.  Some employers allow you to import the W-2 through the software, but for security reasons you still need information from the actual W-2 to import it. Some employers have payroll sites that will have your W-2. You might need to phone, text, drop in, email and/or snail mail an old employer to make sure they know where to send your W-2.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-forms/get-copy-w-2/L8FTim9MO_US_en_US?uid=m68ee4os   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/import-enter-w-2/L55HzdeDr_US_en_US?uid=m68efe36   And….SAVE YOUR OWN W-2!  TURBOTAX DOES NOT SAVE IT FOR YOU.  TurboTax will not have a copy of it in your account and will not have an image even if you snapped a photo or imported it.  It is up to you to save it for your own records as stated on the back of the W-2. 

> What about the other guys? Because they're all doing the same thing. Which other products do you use? I only have TurboTax. An AI assisted search of tax prep software forums found little mention of a lack of guidance for qualified distributions except for TurboTax. I am NOT talking about forms availability. I'm talking about step-by-step guidance.

NUA reporting is complex. I realized it was an old thread but the inquirer may still have the question and therefore will receive a notification. Also, others with the same question might come across it as I did when looking for something else.

January 15, 2026.    “This section will be ready soon. It's OK to skip this for now and work on other parts of your return.”   No, TurboTax, it is not "OK". I am stuck. SS taxable ranges from 0% to 85%, based on SS amts and IRA wdrls. Why can’t you tell me what my SS taxable amt is? You auto-billed me $70 in November. Last Year. For my convenience. For nothing.  

I really am beginning to wonder if the software will be ready for April 15 filing, or if we’ll all have to guess our taxes and file for an extension (if that functionality works).  I’m not a last-minute kind of filer, but I couldn’t do year-end optimization estimates, and as of yesterday still couldn’t get a good-enough estimate for today’s ES payment.  I’ll try again today, good thing I have some time for this.   So far, TT has been a huge let down for 2025 federal income tax planning, estimating and general input.  

Q. Can we claim it if it is paid with the Indiana return? A. Yes   Q. If not can we claim it next year, instead? A. No   Michigan will give you credit for that on the MI state return, but you have to attach a copy of the IN return, to show you paid it.  MI residents and IN county tax https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/3418266-i-live-in-michigan-and-work-in-indiana-i-m-being-charged-elkhart-county-tax-which-quadrupled-as-of-the-first-of-2017-is-there-a-way-to-get-a-refund-on-this-tax?jump_to=answer_5601220  

"Does IRS consider this as a good reason for me to postpone my first RMD until 01 April 2026?"   Outside of Vanguard taking back the check and treating it as if the check was never issued, which they said they will not do, nothing can undo the distribution of this RMD.   Only the amount necessary to avoid a tax underpayment penalty needs to be made as an estimated tax payment by January 15, 2026.  Given that you worked all of 2025, 100% (or 110%) of your 2024 tax liability could be the safe harbor needed to limit the amount of the estimated tax payment.  The remainder of your 2025 tax liability is due by April 15, 2026.

Just run the dependent interview again and change your answers.   If you are the parent who has custody more than half the year, answer that the child lived with you more than half the year (pick 7 months or more), that there is a custody agreement, and you will give the non-custodial parent a signed form 8332.  You will be eligible for certain benefits that belong to the parent who had majority physical custody that can't be shared or transferred.   If you are the parent who has custody less than half the year, answer that the child lived with you less than half the year (pick 5 months or less), that there is a custody agreement, and you will receive a signed form 8332 from the custodial parent.  You will be eligible for the child tax credit but not the other benefits that stay with the custodial parent.  You will also have to mail the original signed from 8332 after you file.  

It sounds like someone else has put in a typo in their personal information an accidentally typed in your email address or phone number.  Or, your password was compromised.  Intuit has not announced any breaches (they are required by law) so it may be that if you use the same password on more than one web site, some other site may have been compromised.   Start by changing your password.   If you still get access requests from 2-factor, you can try calling customer support and asking specifically for the security team.  https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/contact-turbotax/L2y9ZKpQB_US_en_US