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@crystalemspaeth  (a) unless you have "significant" connection to CA , and generally have been away from the state for more than six months, you are a non-resident.  If you have no income from CA, then why are you filing CA return? (b) Do you have home, family etc. in CA ? (c) generally,  your earned income while working abroad ( and  foreign tax-home ) is foreign source income.  This should be eligible for FTC or FEIE ( Foreign Earned Income Exclusion).  You are still liable for  SECA  ( FICA & Medicare at 15.3%).  Please tell more about the situation including  which country, your employer ( local / subsidiary of US entity / US govt.  etc. ),  for how long, when did you leave US etc. etc. 

You received a message from Marketing.  Marketing does not really know if your W-2 is available now.  They just want your business.   TurboTax does not have your W-2.   W-2’s come from employers.  There is not a federal or national website that provides W-2’s.   If your employer is partnered with TurboTax to allow the W-2 data to be imported into the software you can do that---but you need the actual W-2 so that you can enter the EIN and the amount from box 1 to import the other data from the W-2---which just saves you the little bit of keying in of the other information.   W-2's come from your employer, and they have until January 31 to issue it.  Some employers allow you to import the W-2 through the software, but for security reasons you still need information from the actual W-2 to import it. Some employers have payroll sites that will have your W-2. You might need to phone, text, drop in, email and/or snail mail an old employer to make sure they know where to send your W-2.     Every 2025 W-2 that you received must be reported on your 2025 tax return, even if they are for small amounts.  Remember that each one of those W-2’s has your Social Security number on it, and that income was reported to the IRS by the employer.  You do not want trouble with the IRS for under-reporting your income or have your refund delayed by having missing income.   ALL of your W-2’s must be entered on the SAME tax return.     Go to Federal>Wages & Income to enter a W-2. After you enter the first one, you click Add Another W-2.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-forms/get-copy-w-2/L8FTim9MO_US_en_US?uid=m68ee4os   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/import-enter-w-2/L55HzdeDr_US_en_US?uid=m68efe36

If you prepared a 2020 state return back then....in 2021.....you can print it and mail it in now.   You will not get a refund since 2020 refunds have been forfeited.   If you did not prepare a site return for 2020 yet, you will not be able to use TurboTax to do that.  Software for 2020 is no longer available.    You can prepare it on paper forms from the state and mail it in.   You will need information from the 2020 federal return that you filed.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/state-taxes/contact-state-department-revenue/L9qVToi02_US_en_US?uid=m6e06um0         You have to access your own account and/or  print it for yourself using exactly the same account and user ID that you used when you prepared the return.    https://myturbotax.intuit.com/   Start a 2025 return online and enter some personal information  so that the menu on the left opens up and lets you access your past year returns.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-access-my-prior-year-return/01/27010     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m5y4ch1y   Many people have multiple TT accounts and forget how to access them.  Log out of the account you are in now.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/many-intuit-accounts-turbotax/L9aVfKS1Z_US_en_US?uid=ll5g6zcx Account Recovery     Or did you use the desktop version of TurboTax?  If so, the files are on your own hard drive or any backup device you used like a flash drive.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/find-last-year-tax-data-file-tax-file-computer/L0XJvPaJr_US_en_US   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/data-systems/find-tax-data-file-mac/L4VNGm33S_US_en_US?uid=m6guhab0   You can get a free transcript from the IRS or for a fee of $30, an actual copy of your tax return. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf       SAVE YOUR TAX RETURNS ! EVERY year before mid-October you should save a copy of your tax return as a pdf and print a copy of it for your records.  That way you will not be searching online frantically when you need it for a lender, FAFSA forms, your next tax return, etc.    https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m6guj526   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m78eb8pc In order to transfer a past year return to the new return you need the tax file   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-turbotax-online-return-tax-data-file/L4xwOG3LF_US_en_US?uid=m6guk3xl   NOTE:  TurboTax and the IRS save returns for seven years.  Returns older than seven years are purged.    

The $6,000 Enhanced Deduction for Seniors is reported on IRS Schedule 1-A Part V lines 31 through 37.  The total of IRS Schedule 1-A may be found on line 13b of the IRS form 1040.   In TurboTax Online, you may print or view your full tax returns prior to filing after you have paid for the software.   View the entries down the left side of the screen at Tax Tools. Select Print Center. Select Print, save or preview this year's return.  In TurboTax Desktop, select FORMS in the upper right hand corner of the screen.   @knapphome2003   

No, that is not what it means.    Only the IRS controls when your refund will be approved and issued.   The "average" is 21 days but it can take longer----and .....if you are getting additional child tax credit or earned income credit, the PATH act means your refund is held by the IRS for a longer time---til late February.   Five days early means that TurboTax will pay your refund up to five days ahead of the date that the IRS finally says that the IRS will pay your refund.   So for example if the IRS refund site says your refund will be issued on ..say.....February 27....you could get it between Feb 22 and Feb 26----"up to"  five days earlier than the IRS's date.

Does it make a difference if the tax-free/taxable financial aid is a pell grant when determining if its student self support? Or are pell grants considered scholarships whether it’s taxable or tax-free? Therefore a tax-free or taxable scholarship/pell grant/off campus scholarship is not considered as her providing her own support?  In addition, I was reading some of your responses to others and I want to make sure I understand correctly. The majority of her total expenses for the year would’ve been covered by scholarship/pell grant. We do provide her a home/food/insurance etc when she’s home from college but what we pay I don’t think equals the amount of scholarship/pell she receives. Yet, we can still claim her as a dependent because the majority of her expenses are paid from taxable and tax-free scholarship/pell grant?

Column B of Form 1095-A asks you to enter the second lowest cost Silver plan (SLCSP) premium amounts. To find the second lowest cost Silver plan premium amounts for you, you would normally use this tool at Healthcare.gov. The software won't accept zeroes in Column B. However, it's come to my attention that the 2025 amounts for Column B are not yet shown in the tool at Healthcare.gov.    I'd suggest contacting your insurance carrier directly or looking in your Marketplace account to see if the amounts appear there. The current figures should be available in the Healthcare.gov tool by February 1st. If you file your return with incorrect/obsolete amounts, it could result in your return being rejected.   For more information on Form 1095-A, please see this TurboTax tips article.