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Illinois requires that you must have your Federal amended return approved and finalized prior to filing the amended Illinois return.  Since your return will generate a Federal refund, you will need to wait until that refund is received before filing Illinois amended return.  You can select that you will file Illinois later when you go to file the Federal amended return.   Once you are cleared to file your Illinois amended return, you will check the box for Federal change and enter the date of acceptance.  Box C will be checked yes since you did do a Federal amendment.  You may need to file Illinois by mail since you need to have the Federal finalization - an IRS account transcript of the amendment will serve as the Federal finalization.   See Illinois Amended FAQ for more information

Still error on Fed tax side on amending so followed your instructions and cleared cache and cookies, then even did re download per instruction...and still shows owing $21000 federal when in reality I should owe $134 from over refunded Fed $ received (and about same to state).

Still error on Fed tax side on amending so followed your instructions and cleared cache and cookies, then even did  re download per instruction...and still shows owing $21000 federal when in reality I should owe $134 from over refunded Fed $ received (and about same to state).  

No, this doesn't count as earned income for the question "Did you provide over half of your own support with earned income during 2025? You can answer this question "yes" as a result.   This is mentioned in Publication 501, which mentions "A scholarship received by a child who is a student isn't taken into account in determining whether the child provided more than half of his or her own support". This is mentioned in the Qualifying Child section under a subheading titled Support Test.

Q. On my return you are saying only enter 4000 for box 1 of 1098-T and 0 for box 5 A. Yes   Q. And then on my daughters return, follow the workaround and enter $1,186 as the amount? A. Yes   Q. I don't need to enter the 1099-Q on either mine or hers? And if I follow the above, I should be all set? A. Yes and yes. Verify that it shows up on line 8z of Schedule 1.    One other after thought: It's unclear, to me, what the $1000 room & board (R&B) scholarship is and why isn't it included in box 5 of the 1098-T.  Although it was issued for R&B, is it restricted to R&B? Technically a scholarship restricted to R&B would be taxable income to the student (R&B is not a qualified expense for tax free scholarship). But, if it can be used for tuition, then deducting $17K instead of $16K is correct.   In other words, if you're sure there was actually $17K of scholarship, and not the $16K shown in box 5 of the 1098-T, then use  the original calculation of $1691 as the taxable amount of the 529 distribution, rather than  $1186.    

I have spent days trying to educate myself enough to answer this question. It was after entering a 1099-R in which I moved money from an IRA into a Roth IRA. The question asking if I had any already taxed money in my IRA is a very confusing question as I didn’t even know that was possible. The question is worded in a very unlike TurboTax simple everyday language and more like professional tax preparer language. And my next complaint is that even when you say no to this question, you cannot bypass the next question wanting your IRA balance. It’s none of turbo tax’s business! I’m not RMD age and had dig through on-line statements for this value, as I didn’t think it was needed for my tax filing. 

Yes, you can confirm the last digits of the account that you used for your TurboTax  refund deposit. You can review your tax return using the steps listed below to find your tax return. You can find the deposit information on your Filing Instructions for your Form 1040, in the first section of the form labeled Balance Due/Refund. Your account number and routing number are listed there.   If you are using TurboTax Online you can: Go to  "Tax Tools" found under Tax Home in the left panel of your TurboTax screen; and then Click on "Print Center" Select return type (1040) Select Print, save or preview this year's return, then  Select to include federal/state returns and worksheets.   If your return has already been filed:  Click on Add a State (you won't actually add one) to re-enter the return and access the Print Center If you are using TurboTax Desktop, you can: Switch to Forms Mode by clicking the "Forms" icon in the top right of your TurboTax screen. In the left panel, scroll down and  Click on Filing Inst page 1 and 2.   If you have additional information or questions regarding this, please return to Community and we would be glad to help.