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If you're using TurboTax Online, you may have prepared your 2023 return under a different account.  If you think that might apply, here's how to How to View My TurboTax Accounts.   In the desktop software the Tax History is still available in Forms Mode in the list of forms. If you can see your Tax History, but 2023 is missing, did you transfer your 2023 return into 2024? You could open your 2023 return in TurboTax and verify that it's correct.  Make sure it's the same one you transferred to 2024.   If you open 2023 and there's no info (or wrong info), and you saved your tax file to a cloud-type storage last year, then downloaded it to use this year, it can become corrupted.   In that case, look for a .tax2023 backup copy, which may be on your computer.  If you find a 2023 file with correct info, you can 'start a new return' and transfer in that file.  However, you'll need to re-enter all the 2024 info.     If you're done with your 2024 return and about to file, you may want to sacrifice having your 2023 value on the 5-year report (or save the report from a correct 2023 return for your records).       @jjocarbone 

Keep in mind as you are viewing this, your capital gains tax rate is 15% but you are taxed more for the rest of your ordinary income. You can view this on a Schedule D Tax Worksheet.   Your Capital Gains in reported on Line 29 and your capital gains tax is reported on line 31. This tax is computed at 15% of your capital gains income for the year. The rest of your income is reported on Line 21 and the tax on that income is reported in Box 44. This is taxed at your ordinary income rate.    Your total tax liability is then totaled  on line 45 and then recorded on Line 16 of the 1040.    

If you have a 6 digit PIN issued to you by the IRS you need to enter it in order to e-file.  Go to Federal>Other Tax Situations>Other Return Info>Identity Protection PIN and enter the six-digit PIN.  You will be able to access the 2023 return you started by using the exact same account and user ID that you used when you started it.   But you can no longer use online software for any further changes.       Start a 2024  return online and enter some personal information  so that the menu on the left opens up and lets you access your past year returns.   Online tax preparation and e-filing for 2023 returns is now permanently closed.    Now it is too late to use online software or to e-file. If you have any changes/corrections at all to make to your 2023 return, you now have to complete it using desktop software, which you must download to a full PC or Mac  (not to a mobile device).Then you need to print, sign and mail it.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/printers-printing/finish-prior-year-return-started-turbotax-online/L9Oe4M90A_US_en_US?uid=m68tffpe   If you already paid for your online software you can ask customer support for a download of the desktop software.   They are available from 5 a.m. to 9p.m. Pacific time daily   https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899263-what-is-the-turbotax-phone-number     If you are getting a refund, there is no penalty for filing late.  If you owe tax due, then file and pay the amount due as shown on the Form 1040, but expect a bill later from the IRS for the penalty and interest you will owe.  Only the IRS will calculate this—TurboTax will not calculate it.     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.  

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We would be interested to see a screenshot or a link to the information you have that says the first state e-file is free.    That would also be a good thing to discuss with customer support.     No one in the user forum can resolve a billing issue.  If you have a question about your TurboTax fees or billing, make sure you use the word “billing” in your request for help.  Do not use the word “refund.”   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/contact-turbotax/L2y9ZKpQB_US_en_US?uid=m5s9l2vh  

To transfer info from your 2023 TurboTax for Mac return: Open TurboTax for Mac 2024 and choose File New Tax Return. Select Begin and choose Use a tax return that's on my computer. Select your 2023 return from the list and select Continue. If you don't see your return, select Find your tax return. If your 2023 return is on another computer, here's how to move it to your present computer. Select Continue to review the transferred information. We'll also give you opportunities to review, edit, or delete transferred information later on. Be aware that once you've gone past the Transfer screens, you can't go back to revisit them. If you need to re-do your transfer, go back to step 1 to start over with a new return.   Transferring from TurboTax for Windows On your PC, find last year's tax file and copy it to a removable device like a thumb drive or flash drive. On your Mac, copy the tax file from the device to your desktop. Open TurboTax for Mac and choose File New Tax Return. Select Begin. TurboTax will search for 2022 tax return files on your computer and should find it. If it doesn't, select Find your tax return. Wait for TurboTax to finish transferring the information over. Transferring from a non-TurboTax PDF If you have the PDF soft copy of a 2023 return created in non-TurboTax software, you might be able to transfer from the PDF. Here is a Video Link as well.

You do not add a 1095A by snapping a photo.  Key it in by hand.   ENTER 1095A  TT FAQ https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/insurance-medical-benefits/enter-1095/L6CLFzhri_US_en_US?uid=m62itugr

No one at TT knows if the IRS is sending you the 2021 stimulus $.    The IRS has identified some people who filed 2021 returns and appear to be eligible but who did not use the recovery rebate credit on line 30 of their 2021 return.  The IRS is sending out that money during January to those folks.  We do not know who they are and cannot find out.  If anyone could claim you as a dependent in 2021, you will not be eligible.   Look at your online account with the IRS to see if they send you $1400 in 2021. https://www.irs.gov/payments/your-online-account         TurboTax does not know who will receive the stimulus checks that the IRS is sending.   The IRS has identified some people who were eligible for the 3rd EIP payment who did not receive it and did not use the recovery rebate credit on their 2021 tax returns, so the IRS is sending out those payments.   You should check your online account with the IRS---many people received the 3rd stimulus before they filed their 2021 return, so they did not need to use the credit on their tax return.   Look at your online account with the IRS to see if they sent you $1400 in 2021. https://www.irs.gov/payments/your-online-account   If you could be claimed as someone else's dependent in 2021, you are not eligible for the payment.   If you were eligible and do not receive a payment soon from the IRS, the other way to get the payment is to amend your 2021 return to use the recovery rebate credit before April 15, 2025.   If you did not file a 2021 return at all, then prepare one and mail it in.   2021   https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040gi.pdf     Here is the IRS 2021 Form 1040 https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040--2021.pdf or if you want bigger type use 1040SR for Seniors, https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s--2021.pdf   And 2021 Instructions https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040gi--2021.pdf 2021 Tax and EIC Tables https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040tt--2021.pdf Sch 1 : https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s1--2021.pdf Sch 2 : https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s2--2021.pdf Sch 3 : https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s3--2021.pdf       I worked periodic jobs to survive,and didn't claim ,Had planned to using 1099   It sounds like you have had some self-employment income.  If you had even $400 of self-employment income in 2024, you are required to file a tax return and pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare.   Even if you were paid cash and did not receive a 1099NEC, the income can be entered on your 2024 return. If you have self-employment income for which you will pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare,  you will need to use online Premium software or any version of the desktop software download so that you can prepare a Schedule C for your business expenses.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/self-employed/help/how-do-i-report-income-from-self-employment/00/26653   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/self-employed/help/what-is-the-self-employment-tax/00/25922   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/enter-self-employment-business-expenses-like-home/L1k6HJY4A_US_en_US?uid=m6jrthmp   https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/small-business-taxes/the-home-office-deduction/L1RZyYxzv   https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/calculators/self-employed/   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/business-taxes/discussion/self-employed-don-t-miss-these-tax-moves/00/3400413 https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/enter-schedule-c/L5Fz3j5us_US_en_US?uid=m6a6gknk     To enter your self-employment income not reported on a 1099-NEC: Type “Schedule C” in the Search box Select the “Jump to” link. Answer the general questions about your business (or select Edit at the work summary screen). At the Let’s get income for… screen, select Additional Income. When in your account, select the Take Me to My Return button on the main screen.