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Original poster in this thread apparently edited the post after receiving a reply.   The original question remarked that they were being charged $135 to prepare a tax return, but that they had had no 2024 income and were living on savings.   

If you had no income, why are you trying to prepare an income tax return?   Do you have a 1095A for marketplace health insurance?    What are you entering on a tax return if you had no income     Who has to file? http://www.irs.gov/uac/Do-I-Need-to-File-a-Tax-Return%3F

Thank you for your reply! I am the custodial parent, we are never married and live in separate households, only 1 very young child, and our court order allows for alternating tax years. At this point the other non-custodial parent has been the only one who has claimed our child and there had never been any issues until this tax year. I have a Tax Preparer so I’m assuming they automatically filed the Form 8332. But I filed my taxes before the other parent this year as Head of Household but did not claim our child as a dependent. I was told it wouldn’t affect the other parents taxes so I’m not sure if it actually did affect it or if there is another reason why they received an error.

Are you the custodial parent?  Do you have an agreement with the other parent to allow the other parent to claim them--due to divorce or that you live apart and share custody?  Did one of you sign a Form 8332?   If there is a signed 8332 then the custodial parent retains the right to file as Head of Household, get earned income credit and the childcare credit.  The non-custodial parent gets the child tax credit for children under the age of 17.  If the child is 17 or older the non-custodial parent gets the $500 credit for other dependents.   If you and the other parent have a signed agreement, you need to indicate in MY INFO that you have such an agreement.   As far as the IRS is concerned, the custodial parent is the one with whom the child spent the most nights during the tax year--at least 183 nights.         If you are a non-married couple who live together with your child, then only one of you can claim the child(ren) and the one not claiming the child does not enter anything at all on their tax return about the child.   The “sharing” of child-related credits you may have heard about is only possible between divorced or never married parents who live apart and share custody and who have a written agreement to share the credits.    The child’s SSN can only be entered on one tax return.   Any other return with the child’s SSN on it will be rejected.   If you are a family, then work out how to share the refund between yourselves.  

Thanks for posting your question and for all the great responses!  I had my audit defense accidentally cancelled and couldn't repurchase the product thru Turbotax again because it still said I had the support, and I came across this thread while trying to figure out how to purchase it again online.  Thanks for clarifying the annual versus long term support and that it was changed for 2023 and 2024!  I talked to Audit Defense and they confirmed that my 2023 audit defense had expired but everything before that was long term support.   I made sure to buy both 2023 and 2024 support!  It is definitely a better deal to get the product through Audit Defense for price and length of support.  You are correct, Turbotax doesn't really make that clear when you spend $60 on Audit Defense that it expires.  I'll just need to remember NOT to purchase it through Turbotax next year! Best regards, Joanne L

Hi @mmbodajlo  Are you using TurboTax Desktop or Online? For Online, go to your Tax Home and scroll down to "Your tax returns and documents". See this article for more and for Desktop: How do I view, download, or print a prior-year tax return?

Hi @user17605482386  Be sure you're in the account you used to file, use your email address to see your User Ids: I need help signing in to my Intuit Account Once you're in the correct account, be on the Tax Home tab. Scroll down to the bottom of Tax Home to find previous "Your tax returns and documents". From there you can navigate to the year you're looking for. 

Did you e-file your tax return and was it accepted? Only the IRS and your State control when and if a Federal or State tax refund is Approved and Issued.   You complete your tax return by finishing all 3 Steps in the File section. In Step 3, to e-file your tax return, you must click on the large button labeled "Transmit my returns now".   After completing the File section and e-filing your tax return you will receive two emails from TurboTax. The first email when your tax return was transmitted and the second email when the tax return has either been accepted or rejected.   Note - 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.  Only the taxpayer listed on the tax return can obtain the status of a tax refund or a tax return.   To check the status of an e-filed return, open up your desktop product or log into your TurboTax Online Account. You can find your status within the TurboTax product. If accepted by the IRS use the federal tax refund website to check the refund status - https://www.irs.gov/refunds 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_...   After the tax return has been Accepted by the IRS (meaning only that they received the return) it will be in the Processing mode until the tax refund has been Approved and then an Issue Date will be available on the IRS website.   Call the IRS: 1-800-829-1040 hours 7 AM - 7 PM local time Monday-Friday   Or you can contact your local IRS office.  See this IRS website for local IRS offices - http://www.irs.gov/uac/Contact-Your-Local-IRS-Office-1 or call 1-844-545-5640 to set up an appointment You may want to contact a Taxpayer Advocate in your area.  See this IRS website for Taxpayer Advocate - https://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov/ or call 1-877-777-4778