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@VolvoGirl wrote:  So don't I simply take my AGI x .0725?     Most of your AGI is used to pay for things that are NOT subject to Sales Tax.  The IRS isn't going to give you a sales tax deduction for things that you don't pay sales tax.   You don't pay sales tax on your mortgage/rent, real estate tax, income tax, charitable contributions, etc.  State laws vary, but often some food, clothing, and many other things are not subject to sales tax.

And....to be clear......TurboTax never processes the payment you make to the IRS.   Only the IRS receives and processes your payment.   TT only passes your information along to the IRS.   It is up to the IRS to process your payment.  TurboTax never knows whether your payment has been received or processed by the IRS, and will always show that you have a "tax due" amount in your online account.   You have to watch your own credit or bank account, which is your only proof that you paid the IRS.

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.

You were supposed to enter the amount you ACTUALLY paid by April 15, 2025 -- not the amount you will "eventually" pay.     When you requested your extension you were supposed to pay your estimated tax due.  Did you enter the payment you made into your tax return?    Go to Federal>Deductions and Credits>Estimates and Other Taxes Paid>Other Income Taxes   

No.   An e-file that was rejected was not transmitted to the IRS.  The IRS did not get the direct debit information you entered on your return, if that is how you were trying to pay your tax due.   If you have decided to mail your return instead of fixing it to e-file, then you need to pay the IRS by either mailing a check or money order with the 1040V voucher, or by paying on the IRS payment site.   https://www.irs.gov/payments     https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-payments/help/how-can-i-pay-my-federal-taxes/00/26212  

Very diplomatic of you to say the process was not awesome 🙂  Unacceptable IMHO.  It should be fixed by now.  Sorry to hear of your inconveniences.   When I do my annual withdrawal now, instead of taking the entire $150 or so and apply it completely to my NYS withholding, I keep $1 for me. In that way I don't have that empty box. Very silly.

The payer is not permitted to obfuscate it's TIN on a Form 1099-R.  Perhaps the obfuscated TIN is your own SSN, which should be obfuscated, and you need to look elsewhere on the form for the payer's TIN (it's the EIN of the entity that issued the Form 1099-R).  If the payer's TIN is truly obfuscated, you should contact the payer to obtain a properly prepared Form 1099-R.   If the Form 1099-R includes any tax withholding, entering a payer TIN other than the correct one might cause the IRS to question the validity of the tax withholding being reported.

They didn't need to go to any further trouble just to keep TT alive on Win 10 for a year, for what would be a very small % of their user base and "low average revenue per return" users they don't care about.  They are also cleaning house of Desktop basic edition, ItsDeductible and dropping Mac OS 13 (as usual annually for unsupported MacOS version).  Desktop is a really a legacy business which is only 1% of their revenue and declining 5% annually.  Upgrade or don't, use Turbo or don't, Intuit frankly doesn't mind and will do fine either way, they are focused on growing the other 99% / $20bil of revenue.

I too am a longtime user of TurboTax and ItsDeductible.  Its extremely disappointing it is being discontinued.  It can't be that costly to provide and maintain.  I will now go find another tax software that actually works and provides the features I need.