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No.  Each year requires its own tax return.     The only prior year income you can report on a 2025 return is a lump sum SS payment.   Buy any tax forms you have for prior years need to be reported on that year's tax return.   Prior year tax software

NO!!!!!!! Each tax year has to be filed separately using the forms for the specific tax year.  They cannot be combined in any way--do not even put them in the same envelope when you mail them.  Software for past years is available back to 2022.  Any earlier years can only be prepared on paper forms by hand--and those refunds have been forfeited now.   The current online program can only be used for a 2025 return--no other year.  And if you did not file a timely 2024 return you will have trouble e-filing 2025.  When it asks for your 2024 AGI try using zero.  If zero does not work then you have to print, sign and mail 2025. It might be better for you to seek local paid tax help in a situation when you are several years behind in filing your tax returns.  Do you even have all of the documents you will need to enter and show your income—like your W-2’s and any 1099’s?     You cannot change the tax year.   The current online program is for 2025 only.   Only a 2025 return can be prepared online and only a 2025 return can be e-filed.   Online preparation and e-filing for 2022, 2023, and  2024 is permanently closed. Note:  The desktop software you need to prepare the prior year return must be installed/downloaded to a full PC or Mac.  It cannot be used on a mobile device.   To file a return for a prior tax year  If you need to prepare a return for 2022, 2023, or 2024  you can purchase and download desktop software to do it, then print, sign,  and mail the return(s) https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/past-years-products/ You may also want to explore purchasing the software from various retailers such as Amazon, Costco, Best Buy, Walmart, Sam’s, etc.   Remember to prepare your state return as well—if you live in a state that has a state income tax.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/state-taxes/contact-state-department-revenue/L9qVToi02_US_en_US?uid=m6e06um0     https://www.irs.gov/refunds   Refunds for tax years 2021 or earlier have been forfeited and will not be paid to you even if shown on the tax return form.  But if you owe tax due, you will still have to pay, and you will be billed later for the interest and penalties owed.  TurboTax will not calculate the penalties or  interest.   That will be done by the IRS/state after they receive your return with your payment of the tax due as shown on the tax form(s).       When you mail a tax return, you need to attach any documents showing tax withheld, such as your W-2’s or any 1099’s.  Use a mailing service that will track it, such as UPS or certified mail so you will know the IRS/state received the return.   Federal and state returns must be in separate envelopes and they are mailed to different addresses.  Read the mailing instructions that print with your tax return carefully so you mail them to the right addresses.      

Indiana CT-40 may be downloaded at this Indiana Department of Revenue website.   I see no zip code or address reported on the form.   Return to My Info down the left side of the screen.   Click the down arrow to the right of your Address and phone.   Verify and/or correct the address and/or zip code.    

First look at your saved PDF copy of your state return to see what your refund was filed to be.  You can also find this on the 'Filing Instructions' page for your state return.  Then you need to figure out  what accounts for the difference.    Check your order confirmation email or log in to your account and review your payment history to see what your TurboTax fees were.  If you paid these with your Refund, this lowers your Refund.  However, for $1,000 it sounds like a state offset, and TurboTax would not know about this.  If so, you would be notified by a letter.  You may find the info on your State Website.   @Smilingboat     

Accepted minutes ago?  Slow down.   You cannot amend a tax return that was only accepted minutes ago.     Wait until your original return has been fully processed before you amend, and make sure you have saved a pdf of the original return before you amend. (If you do not save it as a pdf, the amended return will overwrite the original, and the original will be lost forever)     See this TurboTax support FAQ for amending a tax return -   CURRENT YEAR https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/amend-federal-tax-return-current-year/L7eS6o1qh_US_en_US?uid=lfunevhk  

Box 14 is a purely informational box on a W-2 and does not get reported on the tax return.  Please do know that only the overtime premium is deductible and not the full amount of the overtime.  For example, if you are paid $20/hour and you had overtime paid at $30/hour or even double-time pay at $40/hour, then only $10/per hour would be deductible.  If you have records that show that the overtime premium your were paid is different from what your employer determined, you can definitely report you own calculations on your return.  Keep your records handy on how you determined that amount of overtime premium pay for the deduction.

I highly recommend that people file a complaint with their State Attorney General's Office. The sleazy underhanded way that Intuit/TurboTax is forcing people into an option they don't want is certainly unethical and likely illegal as well.   MA State Attorney General Office:   https://massago.hylandcloud.com/251appnet/UnityForm.aspx?key=UFKey   National Office of Attorney Generals is:   https://www.naag.org/our-work/center-for-consumer-protection/consumer-file-a-complaint/  

I highly recommend that people file a complaint with their State Attorney General's Office. The sleazy underhanded way that Intuit/TurboTax is forcing people into an option they don't want is certainly unethical and likely illegal as well.   MA State Attorney General Office:   https://massago.hylandcloud.com/251appnet/UnityForm.aspx?key=UFKey   National Office of Attorney Generals is:   https://www.naag.org/our-work/center-for-consumer-protection/consumer-file-a-complaint/  

Print, sign and date your return in ink, and file it by mail.   The IRS will sort out the duplicate use of your SSN.   Someone may have claimed you as a dependent, or someone may have typo'd the wrong SSN, etc.