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Did you use the desktop download software or did you use online software?   If you used desktop download software the tax return is on your own hard 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?uid=m6gufxei     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/data-systems/find-tax-data-file- mac/L4VNGm33S_US_en_US?uid=m6guhab0       If you used online software:     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 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.   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    

@wttm2003    Also, was $0 reported on line 6b of your "already-filed" form 1040, and the IRS is complaining now that it was underreported, and should be a positive amount?   If so, that appears to have been an issue for a number of folks who either skipped a question during the entry of their SSA-1099, about living in certain foreign countries during 2024......or answered Yes when they should have said No. ____________ IF that is your situation...exactly what date did you file?

Your reply applies to the desktop version of the software.  I was using the online T2 program and there are apparently both "issues" as well as "growing pains" that will need to be addressed......   Bruce Cavenaile Keremeos, B.C.  

@marburgert , are you not taking advantage  of  Foreign Earned Income Exclusion -- therefore no US income?  Or you saying that your Schedule -C income is resulting in SECA taxes on Schedule-SE ?   Since there is a "Totalization Agreement" between the US-SSA and Germany , you need to pay  SECA equivalent to only one country.  See this from US-SSA -->  Totalization Agreement with Germany | International Programs | SSA.   Is there more I can do for you ?

@ProudNDeed   Are you having trouble with the Desktop program installed on your computer?  Did you end up using the Online version?     You don't have to pay for the program again, unless you bought the Desktop program and then used the Online version.  You can't apply the Desktop purchase to the Online version.  If you did use the Online version you need to pay for Online and you can get a refund for the Desktop program.   I had trouble with my Desktop program and downloaded it again.  The Download has all the updates to now.  When you log into your online Account and go to Products & Billing all your years are listed. If you click on Licenses and Downloads you can download it again, even get the download for the other operating system Windows or Mac.  Your tax data is in a separate file ending in .tax2024 and wasn't affected when I  downloaded the program again and reinstalled it.  

@JP1121 , let me back up    Let me try an example: Say your total Social Security payment shown on SSA-1099 is  US$20,000. You enter this amount into TurboTax  under Social Security income. Turbo computes your taxable portion of this income is say  US$ 15,000.  This amount is included in your AGI. Now when you need to exclude this taxable income  ( because this can only be taxed by your tax-home country, Japan ), you enter  under other income  ( I think it is line 8 z  of Schedule-1  ) as the portion of SSA income  that is taxable i.e. US$15,000.  This will result in US not taxing your Social Security Income. What you are achieving here is to exclude the taxable portion of the SSA income   Does this make sense ? Is there more I can do for you ?

Thank you. This was incredibly non-intuitive, and I appreciate your advice. Worked easily once I was able to get back to the 2024 tax return   I have been using Turbo Tax for years and always keep these Electronic Filing instructions, not for the instructions but for the Federal Tax Return summary which is very summary.    I remember this being an issue last year as well. I eventually got it but it required another awkward workaround. I hope Turbo Tax realizes how many people want that form and makes this easier going forward.

".....IRS refused to accept it..." You received an email that we cannot see that tells you why your tax return was rejected.   Some rejected returns can be fixed and re-filed.  Some have “un-fixable” reasons for the rejection and have to be mailed instead.    What is the rejection code or rejection message?     If it was rejected for AGI—-your 2023 AGI might not be in the IRS system if you filed late.   Try using zero instead.   If filing with zero is rejected then file again but select the option that you did not file last year.  The IRS does not see that question and it will allow you to e-file with no AGI question.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/agi/help/where-do-i-correct-my-agi-in-turbotax-online/00/26311   If that does not work and you still cannot e-file, then print, sign, and mail your tax return.  

This is a weekend.   Call during business hours Monday - Friday.  Or post your question here in the user forum.  We can help with most issues except for billing issues.     Phone support is not provided with the Free Edition.  If you are using a paid version of the software or if you purchased PLUS you can get phone support when customer support is there.  Otherwise, post your question here and someone will try to help.   To call TurboTax customer support https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/contact-turbotax/L2y9ZKpQB_US_en_US?uid=m5s9l2vh  

@ibhoppin    Were the fees supposed to come out of your refund? If the IRS is taking too long to send your refund they will ask you to pay the fees, see step 3 under What happens if the IRS reduces my refund...... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/payments/help/what-if-my-federal-refund-isn-t-enough-to-cover-my-turbotax-fees/00/26313 If you don't pay they will automatically debit your bank account. Then when the IRS does send your refund they won't take the fees out again. See How do you justify debiting my account? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/charges-and-fees/help/why-was-my-bank-account-auto-debited-for-turbotax-fees/00/26102

"I simply dont see how to input the 3320 into turbo tax. Can someone please help."   If you used Turbotax in 2023, it should carry over.  If you are using Turbotax for the first time in 2024, I have not tested exactly where this is, but I would start in the IRA deduction section.  You need to report that you contributed $1500 for 2024.  If the program detects that you are ineligible, it will ask if you want to timely remove the contributions or pay the penalty, and you will tell the program that you will remove the contributions.  At some point in that interview, you should be asked if you have any prior excess contributions.  That's where you report the $3320.  If you can't find it, call customer support and ask. 

You don't say what kind of account, but this sounds like probably a Roth IRA.  Let's do the 2 transactions separately.  (And nitpick--the earnings are just earnings, not capital gains.)   On your 2023 return, you show excess contribution of $3320 and paid 6% tax.  Since that excess was still in the account on December 31, 2024, you must report that excess and pay another 6% penalty.  Then you made a regular withdrawal of $3320 in April 2025.  That will be reported on your 2025 tax return.  Assuming this is a Roth IRA, and you have more than $3320 of contributions as basis in the account, the withdrawal won't be taxable, but it must be reported to clear the ongoing penalty.   Then, for the excess 2024 contribution of $1500 that was timely removed before April 15, 2025 along with attributed earnings of $162, that must be reported on your 2024 return.   Go to the 1099-R section and create a substitute 1099-R for the withdrawal.  Put the total amount in box 1, the taxable earnings in box 2a, and use codes P and J in box 7.  Those are the codes for earnings withdrawn in 2025 that are taxable in 2024.   In January 2026 you should get two 1099-Rs.  Report the one for the $3320 withdrawal on your tax return but you don't need to report the one for the $1668 withdrawal because that was taxable in 2024.   **Also note, the situation described could also apply to a health savings account (HSA).  In that case the tax consequences and reporting rules are different.  Please clarify if that is the case. 

If you don't officially do a 1031 exchange, then this is barter, and barter is taxable according to all the normal rules as if it was money.  Suppose you bought lot A 10 years ago for $50,000 and it is now worth $100,000.  You trade it for lot B which also has a present market value of $100,000.  You have bartered away lot A for $100,000 and you must realize that and report it as a taxable capital gain ($100,000 sales price minus $50,000 basis = $50,000 capital gain).  Then your basis in the new lot would be $100,000 (the amount reported as proceeds in the barter sale of lot A equals the barter cost of lot B.)

Once a tax return has been Accepted by the IRS or a State, TurboTax receives no further information concerning the tax return or the status of any tax refund.   If accepted by the state use this TurboTax support FAQ to check the state tax refund status - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/track-state-refund/L3jgO8PGs_...   Contact an agent in your state department of revenue for information concerning your tax return - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/state-taxes/contact-state-department-revenue/L9qVToi02_US_en_US?uid=mc6d6yoo