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@shytown104 No one can call you from the user forum.   But you might get calls from scammers and would-be identity thieves who will say they are calling from TurboTax.     This is a public web site that can be seen by anyone—including scammers and would-be identity thieves who would love to contact you and pretend to be from TurboTax.  Please remove the personal information you posted here ASAP by returning to your post and clicking the three little blue dots on the upper right to edit your post.   TurboTax only passes your payment information on to the IRS or state----IF you enter it and allow direct debit.   So you must have chosen to pay the state by direct debit.   Only a few states will even do that.   Most states want you to pay by check or money order or by payment on their own tax website.  

Q. How does a travel nurse file taxes if they did not reside in their home state? A. You may have a choice.  But, the most likely way is: you file an IL resident return and non-resident returns for the state(s) you worked in. IL will give you a credit, or partial credit for any tax paid to the other state(s).  When you worked in a state without an income tax (e.g. Texas or Florida), there will be no credit, since there was no TX/FL tax. In other words, having worked in a state without an income tax does not get you out of paying state tax on that income, to your home state.   If you were truly a non-resident of IL, for 2024, then you file a resident return for the state you lived and worked in. If more than one state, you file part year resident states for each state.  The fact that you refer to IL as your "home state" would appear to indicate that you are domiciled in IL.    According to the Illinois instructions:   An Illinois resident is an individual that is domiciled in Illinois for the entire tax year.  A Nonresident of Illinois is an individual that is not domiciled in Illinois at any time during the year.  A Part-Year Resident is an individual that moved into or out of Illinois during the year.    For tax purposes, being "domiciled" refers to the place you consider your true, fixed, and permanent home, which you intend to return to after any temporary absence. A person can have only one domicile at any given time, but may have multiple residences. Your domicile determines which state has the primary right to tax your income, regardless of where that income was earned.  While the terms are often used interchangeably, there is a key legal difference between domicile and residency.  Domicile: Is based on your intent to make a location your permanent home. Taxing authorities will use this to determine which state can tax your worldwide income. Residency: Refers to the physical place where you live at a given time. You can be a "statutory resident" of another state if you spend a significant amount of time there (often more than 183 days), which could also subject you to taxes in that state.  Working a travel assignment (under 12 months in one location) does not mean that you have moved your primary state of residence in the eyes of the IRS and state taxing authorities.  Instead, you’re just away from your home temporarily, which is the important distinction  in regard to maintaining a tax home.    References: https://www.americantraveler.com/state-tax-questions  http://www.thegypsynurse.com/tax-home/ https://www.trustedhealth.com/travel-nursing-guide/travel-nurse-tax-guide?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=dr_pmax_jobs_nursingv3&utm_term=&utm_content=-c-22926599732&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22930680871&gbraid=0AAAAADMQcirYPirfAvnA6lNdGYSWCdUR0&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9JLHBhC-ARIsAK4Phcr3d6pLVZF7Yco3K2AD_ZP1NXnfmRiHqrt02AJXgTwh7-_iSM5l6IUaAnnXEALw_wcB

if you have any sales items with adjustments (wash sales, AMD etc) you can split the 1099 up and enter those as "one by one" with the details; then input the remaining balance as a separate 1099 in Turbo at the sales summary level.   This will remove the need to mail the adjustment details to the IRS and you should get prompts to that effect (also on desktop you can go to Forms mode on the 1099-B worksheet there is a checkbox at the bottom whether mailing is required... not sure with Online but maybe the same is available if you export PDF with all forms and worksheets).

Q. Why am I being taxed on the 50,000? A. You, most likely,  entered something wrong.*    Scholarships that pay for qualified educational expenses (QEE - tuition, fees, books and other course materials) is tax free.  Scholarship amounts that exceed QEE is taxable income, on the student’s tax return. Room & board are not QEE. If box 5 of the 1098-T exceeds box 1, TurboTax (TT) will treat the difference as taxable income, unless you enter additional QEE at books and other expenses.   *One possibility is mismatched years.  A common problem is when the school posts a full years' scholarship in box 5 of the 1098-T but only the fall semester tuition in box 1. You have to make an adjustment when you enter the 1098-T.     

If your employer or payroll provider had your W-2 form available digitally for import purposes, then they may also have a digital version available for employees to access and download.   Many companies/payroll providers allow their employees to download their W-2 forms.   Ask your employer or payroll provider if so and where and how to download it.   Or you can ask them to print one for you.

I have been receiving the Form 1042-S for the last 8 years, but this is the first year that I have had a problem. There does not appear to be a way to bypass this invalid check.  The program will not allow a non-US address for the Form 1042-S even though the address matches the one on the 1040-SR. I have tried both using the check box to import my address from the 1040 and typing in the address but the program will not accept either one, nor does there appear anyway to acknowledge the error & override it.