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Paying your fee does not file your tax return.  You must go all the way through the FILE section to click a big orange button that says "Transmit my returns now." Did you e-file?  Did you click a big orange button that said “Transmit my returns now?”     When you e-file your federal return you will receive two emails from TurboTax.  The first one will say that your return was submitted.  The second email will tell you if your federal return was accepted or rejected.  If you e-filed a state return, there will be a third email to tell you if the state accepted or rejected your state return.   First, check your e-file status to see if your return was accepted:  https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/efile-status-lookup/ If the IRS accepted it, what does it say here?   https://www.irs.gov/refunds            Or does your account say “Ready to Mail?” Or “Rejected?” Or “Printed?”  

If the only entry on your W-2 is in Box 12 (there's a blank or a $0 in Box 1) and you don’t want to use the income to qualify for Earned Income Credit or Additional Child Tax Credit, you don’t need to enter the W-2 at all.   When your W-2 has zeroes in all of the boxes except Box 12a, with code ll, that amount is your Medicaid Waiver Payments that are excluded from your income. To determine if you want to include this income on your tax return for your Earned Income Tax Credit, when you get to that section, you can elect to add the income or exclude it.  Try both ways to determine which way gives you the greater EIC.   Follow the steps below to enter your W-2   Open TurboTax Select Federal Taxes Select Wages & Income Select Work on W-2 Enter your W-2, at the Let's check for uncommon situations; check the box next to Nontaxable Medicaid waiver payments Continue following the prompts. Review the TurboTax Help article How do I enter my tax-exempt Medicaid waiver payments from IHSS in TurboTax? for navigation instructions.    

If it is not postmarked by midnight tonight on 4-15-2025  the refund will be forfeited.  2021 cannot be e-filed.   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    

The extension gives you until October 15, 2025 to file your taxes without getting a failure to file penalty.  You don't get extra time to pay your taxes so you must pay any taxes that you may have that are due by April 15, 2025 so you won't be assessed the failure to pay penalty.   Refer to the TurboTax Help article How do I file an IRS tax extension?.  If you need to file a state extension, review the article How do I file an extension for my personal state taxes?