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Once your return is filed, TurboTax has no control over the processing or the timing when the IRS releases your refund.    The IRS Where's My Refund site will not take into account the 5 days early, but if you signed up for the 5 Day Early product, you should receive your refund deposited 5 days prior to the date indicated by the IRS, assuming all conditions are met.   For more information click on the link below 5 Days Early Option   If you don't get your deposit 5 days early, there is a few reasons why that might happen.   Your refund was offset or differed from their estimated refund amount, bringing the refund amount below the minimum threshold or above the maximum. What is a refund offset? Your bank wouldn't accept RTP (Real Time Payments) or Same Day ACH deposits, preventing Intuit from depositing your refund 5 days ahead of when the IRS would have deposited your refund. The IRS didn't give Intuit 5 or more days of notice in advance. This stopped Intuit from meeting the 5 days early expectations. If TurboTax is unable to deliver the refund 5 days early, your order will be canceled and you won't be charged the 5-Day Early fee. You will receive a follow-up email with a refund and timing update, and if any cancellation is applicable. 

Bonjour,  j'ai fait, de mon coté, beaucoup de simulations.   Une bonne nouvelle et une mauvaise.    La mauvaise nouvelle :    En recommençant au tout début, une nouvelle déclaration d'impôt avec le choix d'importer des informations de l'année 2024.  C'est la même situation qui se répète avec le nombre 2985$ qui n’a rien à foutre là.     La bonne nouvelle :  En recommençant à partir de zéro, sans importer les informations de 2024.  Alors tout est correct.

TurboTax does not get updates from the IRS.  TurboTax will always just show that your e-file was accepted.   TT never knows if the IRS approved of your refund or if the refund was issued to you.  Once you file your tax return, only the IRS is in control and only the IRS has any information.

There are a variety of reasons that'd cause you to need Schedule 1 on your tax return.  The following are some examples that'd require Schedule 1 to be attached:   If you had business income If you had other income such as: Gambling income Cancellation of debt Net operating loss Prize and awards If you're adjusting your income for: Educator expenses Retirement contributions HSA contributions Deducting your portion of Self-employment (SE) tax. These are just a few examples of why Schedule 1 would be needed.  Here's a link to the Form itself; Schedule 1, Additional Income and Adjustments to Income

Once the final depreciation update is released, you should be able to finalize your Home Office Deduction and file with Form 8829.    We anticipate the depreciation calculations within the software should be updated on or after February 13, 2026. Our tech team is working hard to release the updates before that date.    Sign up for email notification here.   @hsmom213 @dragonswng2

The Child Tax Credit is a Non-Refundable Credit.   This means that the credit is only paid on the total taxes owed (Line 24 of the 1040 Tax return). The credit is paid until your tax obligation is zero, and then it stops. The Child Tax credit is shown on line 19 of the 1040 tax return.   However, You may qualify for the Additional Child Tax Credit The Additional Child Tax Credit allows you to receive up to $1,700 of the $2,200 CTC per child as a refund for 2025. This is not limited by the amount you owe in taxes. This is posted to line 28 of the 1040 Tax return. This credit is refundable and can reduce your taxes to below zero.

The IRS does not use the same verbiage that is shown by TurboTax.   FROM THE IRS WHERE’S MY REFUND SITE: https://www.irs.gov/wheres-my-refund How it works Where's My Refund shows your refund status: Return Received – We received your return and are processing it. Refund Approved – We approved your refund and are preparing to issue it by the date shown. Refund Sent – We sent the refund to your bank or to you in the mail. It may take 5 days for it to show in your bank account or several weeks for your check to arrive in the mail.  

This is now fixed but you will need to follow these steps to generate the form and/or fix your rejection:   Sign in to your TurboTax Online account and select Fix my return. Select Federal from the left menu, then Deductions & Credits. Scroll down to Charitable Donations and select Revisit next to Donations to Charity in 2025. You must review each non-cash donation entry. For any donation or group of similar items over $500, ensure you have provided: The organization's name and address. A description of the property. The date you acquired it and how (e.g., purchase, gift). Your cost or basis and the Fair Market Value (FMV). Once you provide these details, TurboTax will automatically generate Form 8283.   If the form still does not appear in your Tax Summary: Go to Tax Tools > Tools > Delete a form. Check if there is a "ghost" Form 8283 or Charitable Contribution Worksheet that is blank. Delete it. Go back to the Donations section and re-enter the details for the specific high-value items. This forces the software to re-trigger the form creation. Once corrected, proceed to the File section to resubmit your federal return.

The 1099-Q is  only an informational document. The numbers on it are not required to be entered onto your (or your student's) tax return. The interview is complicated (even back when it was workig) and it's easy to make mistakes. Avoid it if you can and you probably can.  You can just not report the 1099-Q, at all, if your student-beneficiary has sufficient educational expenses, including room & board (even if he lives at home) to cover the distribution. When the box 1 amount on form 1099-Q is fully covered by expenses, TurboTax will enter nothing about the 1099-Q on the actual tax forms. But, it will prepare a 1099-Q worksheet for your records (you don’t need it). You would still have to do the math to see if there were enough expenses left over for you to claim the tuition credit. You also cannot count expenses that were paid by tax free scholarships. References: On form 1099-Q, instructions to the recipient reads: "Nontaxable distributions from CESAs and QTPs are not required to be reported on your income tax return. You must determine the taxability of any distribution."  IRS Pub 970 states: “Generally, distributions are tax free if they aren't more than the beneficiary's AQEE for the year. Don't report tax-free distributions (including qualifying rollovers) on your tax return”. "IRS Publication 970, Tax Benefits for Education states: If the entire 1099-Q went to qualified expenses, room and board, tuition, etc; then, you do not need to enter the form." 

The tax refund or the taxes owed on a federal and state tax return are shown on the web page when you sign onto your 2025 account.   To access your current year online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the User ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/