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Are you referring tax refund seizure because your student loans are in default? If so, there is no paperwork to send to the Department of Education that will stop the IRS from seizing the federal tax refund for a debt payment.   Check your offset status: Call the Treasury Offset Program (TOP) Call Center at 1-800-304-3107 to confirm if your name is on the list for tax refund seizure. Contact the Default Resolution Group: Reach out to the U.S. Department of Education's Default Resolution Group at1-800-621-3115 or manage your options online at myeddebt.ed.gov     Primary Options to Prevent or Reverse an Offset   Loan Rehabilitation: You can enter into a loan rehabilitation agreement by making nine on-time, reasonable, and affordable monthly payments over a period of 10 months. Your loan is considered out of default after the ninth payment is made. You may be able to stop the offset after the fifth payment if you coordinate with your loan holder, but this isn't guaranteed. Direct Loan Consolidation: You can combine your defaulted federal student loans into a new Direct Consolidation Loan. This can get your loans out of default faster (usually within a few months), making future tax refunds safe, provided the process is complete before you file your tax return. Pay the Debt in Full: If financially feasible, paying the entire debt owed immediately clears the default status. Dispute the Debt: If you believe you don't owe the debt, have already paid it, or the loan is not enforceable (e.g., due to forgery or school misconduct), you can dispute the offset by submitting a "Request for Review" form included with your Notice of Intent to Offset. You typically have 65 days to do this after the notice is sent. Claim Hardship: You can request a financial hardship refund if the offset would cause severe financial strain (e.g., risk of eviction, utility shut-off). You must provide documentation proving your essential expenses, income, and dependents. File as an Injured Spouse: If you filed a joint tax return with a spouse who has defaulted loans, you can file IRS Form 8379, Injured Spouse Allocation, to recover your portion of the refund.

Huh?   Do you have delinquent student loans?   TurboTax never knows about orders for offsets to your tax refund.   https://www.irs.gov/uac/tax-refund-offsets-pay-unpaid-debts  IRS Treasury Offset Program Call Center at 1-800-304-3107  https://www.irs.gov/uac/tax-refund-offsets-pay-unpaid-debts   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/refunds/help/what-is-a-refund-offset/00/26301   Reduced Refund      https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc203      NOTE: You can contact the IRS Treasury Offset Program Call Center at 1-800-304-3107 to ask if they have an offset for you on file. TurboTax would not have that information.   https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/tax-payments/who-can-garnish-an-income-tax-refund/L7cPPzDyc  

@bish999 I cannot answer on behalf of the US team, as we don't have much insight. If you have any inquiries regarding their  products and system requirements, feel free to reach out to them directly— TurboTax US Community You can also contact them at 800-446-8848.

Going forward, if you believe the "extra" tax you are having withheld from your Social Security benefits and from your other retirement income is causing the long processing delays, have you considered changing the amounts you are having withheld?  If you are having tax withheld just to get a refund later, all you are doing is giving the government an interest free loan.   If you want to file by mail, that is a choice you can make when you use TurboTax.  When you mail a tax return, you need to include copies of any W-2's or 1099's that show tax withheld.     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.  

I checked your profile and discovered that last year you used TurboTax Live Full Service Basic 2024 and were only charged for that. I don't see any transactions from this year.  Make sure you're not on a TurboTax US website.  I am sending you a direct message to request additional information so that I can look into this further for you.   Thank you for choosing TurboTax.

Like I said, it took 9 months to get my return this year.  I finally got it by contacting my Congressman who went to t he TAS people for help.  Three times I've e-filed, the IRS requests backup documents, so I end up mailing anyway.  We have extra taxes deducted from our SSA and retirement income, which triggers the red flags.

To access your current or prior year online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the User ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/ Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and on the section Your tax returns & documents.  Click on the Year and Click on Download/print return (PDF)   If you used the desktop CD/Download editions installed on your computer, the only copy of your tax data file and any PDF's will be on the computer where the return was created.  TurboTax does not store online any returns completed using the desktop editions.

Not sure why you want to file by mail instead of e-filing.   Your TurboTax fees are the same whether you e-file it or mail the returns in envelopes.   It  takes the IRS longer to process mailed returns although nine months seems pretty long.  Did your return go under review or did you have to verify your identity?