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I'll tell you how to phone the IRS below.  But before you do, here are some things you should check.   If you efiled, double-check to be sure the return was efiled successfully and accepted. If you used Online TurboTax, you can sign into your Online Account and check the efile status at the Tax Home. If that showed it was accepted (or if you mailed the return), you can use the "Where's My Refund" tracker tool at this linked IRS website to check on the status of your Federal refund.   Is there any message there? https://www.irs.gov/refunds NOTE: When using that tool, use only the Federal refund amount, and not any total refund amount that includes a state refund.   The amount to use is on your Federal Form 1040, Line 35a.   If the IRS tool says it is still being processed, and since you have been waiting so long since you filed, here's how to phone the IRS to inquire about the delay.   IRS:  800-829-1040 (7AM-7 PM local time) Monday-Friday

The emails you received are called notification emails.  They do not have to be the same as the User ID of the account (if the user ID is an email address.)    So it's possible to have a User ID (email address 1), but in the profile settings one can have notification email address 2.   You can have more than 1 account with the same email address for notification purposes (but the User ID's will be different.)     So if you can't find evidence of the 2024 return in the section "Your Tax Returns & Documents" (which is low down on the Tax Home page) of the account you are now using, then you should look for multiple accounts as @xmasbaby0 mentioned above.

We can't see your fees in this user community forum.   Nothing account-specific can be handled here, but we can tell you how to talk to TurboTax Customer Support.    Here are some things to be aware of first:   You should be able to review fees at the Tax Home by scrolling down to "Your Tax Returns & Documents" and looking for "View order details."     "...a limited number of stock transactions."   Premium Edition is the only online edition that can prepare a Schedule D to report capital gains/losses from sales of stocks/bonds/mutual funds, etc.    Even if there was only 1 sale, it would require Premium.   Be aware there is an add-on called "Premium Services Bundle" that is sometimes confused with the Premium Edition.   If someone is a California filer and chooses to pay their product fees out of their refund, then that invokes "Premium Services Bundle" (includes "pay out of refund" option, a year of Audit Defense, ID monitoring/restoration, etc.)   That would add a $45 service fee.   "My return did not require the level of "expert" assistance or specialized features"           You can discuss that and any other issues with TurboTax Customer Support.  Here's how to reach them.  You can set up a callback, or can use the phone number shown in the FAQ:   FAQ:   What is the phone number for TurboTax Customer Support? https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/turbotax-phone-number/L0Od33nMQ_US_en_US

The fees are determined by the product edition used.  We can't see your fees in the forum, so we have to guess.  Did you use the Deluxe or the Premium version?   The Deluxe version is $79 for a Federal return, and each state return would be $64. The Premium version is $139 for a Federal  return, and $64 for each state.   You may be able to see your fees this way.   Go to the Tax Home and scroll down to "Your Tax Returns & Documents."   See if there is a link "View order details" somewhere in or near that section.   If you ended up in Premium when you really only needed Deluxe, or if you could have used Free Edition, have you already paid?  If you haven't paid, you may be able to downgrade if there's nothing in your return that requires Deluxe or Premium.    Here are the topics that can and cannot be prepared in Free Edition, and which would require an upgrade to Deluxe or higher:   FAQ:  Why do I have to upgrade from Free Edition? https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/change-service-level/upgrade-free-editio...

@Elizabethharris350 wrote: I filled in mid February still the status is pending on turbo tax for both federal and state? If you used Online TurboTax, please confirm the exact wording you are seeing at the Tax Home of your Online TurboTax account.  Does it indeed use the word "pending", or does it say one of these terms:  accepted, rejected, printed, started, or ready to mail?

@rainr8560  asked:  "My taxes are asking for a verification code that’s supposed to be sent in the mail, but I haven’t got one. What do I do?"   Have you already filed your return and got an efile rejection notice, or are you still in preparation and encountering an issue when you try to efile?   It's not clear which code you are talking about.   Here are a couple of possibilities.  Is either one your issue?   Since you said "in the mail", did you mean postal mail?   If so, were you referring to a 6-digit IP PIN (Identity Protection PIN) that the IRS requires for certain victims of ID theft or to those who opt-in voluntarily to the program?  If you are supposed to use an IP PIN, we can tell you how to retrieve it at the IRS website.   Or are you referring to a 6-digit email verification code that some people have to enter when efiling to verify their email address?    If so, that comes in email, not postal mail.   If that's the issue, and if you are not getting it in your email, we can offer some suggestions.   We can tell you more when we fully understand your issue.   

the 8995 doesn't go with your corporate return. It's only filed by individuals, estates and trusts. What the S-Corp provides its shareholders on line 17 of their K-1s is QBI income, W-2 wages, and unadjusted basis (of depreciable property) immediately after acquisition (UBIA). An S-Corp may not have the third item, but it would be unusual for there to be no wages.    what the IRS may do is match the K-1 info to the info the eligible taxpayer enters on their 8995      you have nothing to amend. 

  You have to access your own account and/or  print it for yourself using exactly the same account and user ID that you used when you prepared the return.    https://myturbotax.intuit.com/   Start a 2025 return online and enter some personal information  so that the menu on the left opens up and lets you access your past year returns.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-access-my-prior-year-return/01/27010     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m5y4ch1y   Many people have multiple TT accounts and forget how to access them.  Log out of the account you are in now.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/many-intuit-accounts-turbotax/L9aVfKS1Z_US_en_US?uid=ll5g6zcx Account Recovery   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/many-intuit-accounts-turbotax/L9aVfKS1Z_US_en_US?uid=ll5g6zcx   Or did you use the desktop version of TurboTax?  If so, the files are on your own hard drive or any backup device you used like a flash drive.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/find-last-year-tax-data-file-tax-file-computer/L0XJvPaJr_US_en_US   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/data-systems/find-tax-data-file-mac/L4VNGm33S_US_en_US?uid=m6guhab0   You can get a free transcript from the IRS or for a fee of $30, an actual copy of your tax return. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf