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Originally I accidentally posted this in "Deductions & credits." I'm re-posting this in "Get your taxes done."   Using TurboTax Premier 2025 on Windows 11. All updates installed as of 4/17/2026. Using "step-by-step," State Taxes, Other situations, Underpayment Penalty. For question "Do you want to let the Franchise Tax Board calculate the penalty and send you a bill?", answer "No." I entered values for last year's state taxes that don't qualify for an exception. For question "Did you earn your income unevenly during the year?", I answered "Yes." Eventually, get to page where you press button "Include on Return" instead of "Let FTB Bill Me." That causes TurboTax to do calculations for California Form 5805. (BTW, prior to getting to this, there is a page that shows "Federal and California AGI Adjustments". However, these are really just California adjustments (bug).) After giving the above answers in the step-by-step, go to Form 5805, and there is a problem in the entries for Part III, line 6. According to FTB 5805 instructions, these deductions should be limited if, "in any quarter federal annualized income ... is greater than: - $504,411 (married/RDP filing jointly or qualifying surviving spouse/RDP). - $252,203 (single or married/RDP filing separately). - $378,310 (head of household)." The instructions provide a worksheet for how to reduce the deductions for income greater than these values. I found that if I entered an income above these values, the deductions were NOT reduced. It appears that TurboTax is not using the worksheet for Part III line 6 entries.

My 16 year old made $3,565 and we claimed him as a dependent on our return.  TurboTax said he had a $1500 Michigan exemption and that he was due a $64 Michigan State tax refund since $152 was withheld and he only owed $88.  He just got a State of Michigan Notice of Adjustment and they changed his $1500 exemption allowance from $1500 to $0 and said he wasn't getting anything refunded.  I checked and everything looks correct on the state tax forms TurboTax generated.  9e is checked that someone is claiming him as a dependent, $0 on line 9a and $1500 on line 9e.  It seems to me like he should have gotten the $1500 exemption and that they do owe him the $64 refund.  No other explanation was provided in the notice.  On his Federal Taxes he didn't owe or have a refund due and he didn't have any federal taxes withheld in case that is relevant.  

I mistakenly filed two 1099NEC's for people who did not receive any non-employee compensation through QEF, but I cannot make corrected 1099NEC's with $0.00 non-employee compensation. How do I go about correcting this mistake and e-filing the corrected forms to the IRS?

Why did Turbo tax allow me to file my federal taxes and request refund via USPS, when there is an Executive Order # 14247, that mandates all federal disbursements, including tax refunds. must transition to electronic payments?

So my return was rejected because I failed to select that I can be claimed as a dependent, Ive called turbo tax and they have been little to no help just told me to wait for my expert, i waited no reply, then they changed my expert, replies. All i have to do is check the box that says I can be claimed as a dependent. There is currently no "fix my return" button that people are saying i need. I paid for full service.