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For the 2025 tax year, there is a new, temporary senior tax deduction of up to $6,000 per eligible senior, in addition to an existing extra standard deduction for age. It is important to note this is a deduction (reduces taxable income), not a tax credit (reduces tax owed dollar-for-dollar).    The deduction is calculated on Schedule 1-A and the result flows to the Form 1040 Line 13b.   Schedule 1-A is estimated to be finalized for the TurboTax editions on 01/14/2026. Go to this website for the forms and schedules availability in TurboTax - https://form-status.app.intuit.com/tax-forms-availability/formsavailability?albRedirect=true&product=Turbotax_online&bu=cg

If you are asking about 2024. Maybe never. E-filing and online preparation are close. 2024 will need to be printed and mailed. If you're asking about 2025 returns, probably not until sometime after e-filing opens. As of 1/7/2026, the IRS has not announced a date. Also, not all forms, schedules, and worksheets have been finalized. if you are affected, Turbotax will block e-filing, but you should be able to check a box to be notified when those items are ready. 

You will not be prompted to submit tax forms for tax year 2024 if you are using the TurboTax 2025 online or desktop editions.   The TurboTax online editions are only for tax year 2025 and cannot be changed.   To complete and file a 2024 tax return, started with the online editions, you will need to download the 2024 tax data file.  Then you will need to purchase, download and install on a personal computer, Windows or Mac, one of the 2024 desktop editions.  Once installed you need to open the 2024 tax data file you downloaded by clicking on File and then on Open Tax Return.   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 .tax file   To complete and file a 2024 tax return using TurboTax you would need to purchase, download and install on a personal computer one of the 2024 desktop editions from this website - https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/past-years-products/   A 2024 tax return can only be printed and mailed, it cannot be e-filed using TurboTax.

No rush! Usually, IRS e-filing doesn't open until the last week of January. I have seen some websites warn that due to the programming changes and testing to reflect the last tax bill, e-filing may not open until mid-February. Turbotax may accept them before then, but generally, they will just sit on Turbotax computers until then.  I've heard that each year the IRS allows a few returns through to check the accuracy of its programming. 

Here are links to the Desktop and Online versions. For the Desktop progam you can use any version. All the Desktop programs have the same forms. You do get more help in the higher versions. The Desktop program can do unlimited returns and efile 5 federal for free. You get 1 free state program download but then each state efile is $20 or $25 or you can print and mail state for free. For Online versions you may have to upgrade to enter certain income. Online has separate fees for federal and state, so you can skip state.   You don't have to pay until you efile or want to print. So the price may change until you pay. Desktop Premier https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/cd-download/premier.jsp Online Premium (was Premier & the Self Employed version combined) https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/online/premium

No error number just a box titled "Looks like we've run into an error"  and a box for comments with a send button. I have been using TT for many years and this is the first time I have run into this problem.

Don't place too much reliance e in that tax tool. Those are tentative dates for unfinalized forms. For example, my state return has been pushed back from a December date to January 6th, then the 7th, and now the 8th. 

Probably because it is too early to file 2025.  Turbo Tax hasn't opened efile yet and the IRS won't start processing refunds until late January.  And you won't get the advance until the IRS starts accepting returns.  

No physical signature or dating of an e-filed return is possible.  Your prior year adjusted gross income serves that purpose. Generally, the IRS opens e-filing during the last week of January. Sometimes, Turbotax may accept the return earlier, but all it does is sit on their computers until the IRS actually opens e-filing.  Some websites have warned that due to the last tax bill, e-filing may not open until mid-February.