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It is not recommended to delete a form directly. Instead, we recommend to go over your state return from the beginning and double check your entries and answers. If everything is correct and it is still populating that form, follow the instructions using the links below to delete that specific form   To delete a Form from your return, please follow the instructions on the links below   How to Delete a Form on TurboTax Online   How to Delete a Form on TurboTax Desktop  

Thank you for sending your diagnostic file.  Our tech team is looking into it, we will reach out when we have more information.  @selby14    @freshtech See this link to contact customer service:   How do I contact TurboTax?   [Edited 02/03/26 | 2:22 PM PST]    

If you are age 65 or older and meet the requirement, the additional deduction is automatically added on your federal tax return.   Standard deductions for 2025 Single - $15.750 add $2,000 if age 65 or older Married Filing Separately - $15,750 add $1,600 if age 65 or older Married Filing Jointly - $31,500 add $1,600 for each spouse age 65 or older Head of Household - $23,625 add $2,000 if age 65 or older   New Bonus Standard Deduction (OBBB): An additional $6,000 deduction for taxpayers 65 and older. This is per eligible individual, meaning a married couple both over 65 could get $12,000. Important: This bonus deduction is temporary, lasting from 2025 through 2028. Income limitations: It phases out for taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income over $75,000 for single filers and $150,000 for joint filers. The amount is calculated on Schedule 1-A, Part V, with that amount flowing to Form 1040 Line 13b Look at your Form 1040 - You can view your Form 1040 plus Schedules 1, 2 and 3 at any time using the online editions. Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen. Click on Tools. Click on View Tax Summary. Click on Preview my 1040 on the left side of the screen.

Do you not see the option?  When you get to the screen that says, "Get your federal refund faster" and it gives the option of Fast deposit to Credit Karma or a bank account, select "No thanks". The next screen is "How would you like to receive your federal refund?" If you are eligible for the Refund Advance, you will see this as an option.   The Refund Advance is not available to everyone.    Here are a couple things to check: If you are using a TurboTax partner affiliate link to use the software, the Refund Advance will not be available. If you select the 5 Day Early Refund Delivery, you will not see the Refund Advance option, but you can return to the refund selection page and find all the options listed. See this resource for more information:  Offer details and disclosures for the Refund Advance  program   Refund Advance Eligibility Here are some of the eligibility requirements to qualify for a Refund Advance loan: You’re 18 or older Your expected federal refund amount is $500 or more You’re not a resident of North Carolina, Connecticut, or Illinois You’re e-filing your federal tax return with TurboTax Your physical address is listed on your tax return. Your address must be located in one of the eligible states and can’t be a PO box or prison address You’re not filing one of these tax forms: 1310, 4852, 4684, 4868, 1040SS, 1040PR, 1040X, 8888, or 8862 You aren’t filing on behalf of a deceased taxpayer You must report income on a Form W-2, 1099-R, or Sched C You must open or have an existing Credit Karma Money™ checking account

Converting interest and dividends to equal monthly amounts made little difference since those income streams are close to evenly distributed anyway. And no matter what I do with capital gains, either by entering it as received in each period or distributing it evenly still didn't match what TurboTax calculates for the periods. Everything matches right to the dollar in the 4th period because that is calculated by using the CG & QD Worksheet. So it is the way that Turbo is parsing the income in each period that is the problem.   It makes it even more aggravating that the instruction on line 14 says simply "Figure your tax on the amount on line 13". But it doesn't really mean that because the amounts are already there and it won't let you alter them. In nearly all other cases where Turbo has entered a number you can simply right click on the number and it will take you to its source. But here it just highlights it. There no way I have found to force it to show me how it did the calculation.   To make it further obscure, the amounts for Cap Gains and Qualified Dividends are shown in the table between lines 13 & 14, which further hides how the calculation in line 14 was performed. The implication is that you should use those as-is for each period (i.e., no smoothing), but that algorithm doesn't produce the result that Turbo displays in line 14. <sigh>

Some of our customers are experiencing issues when trying to file and pay with their refund.  We are investigating this issue.  However, if you would prefer to file now, you can do so by switching to pay your TurboTax fees with a credit card instead of using the pay with my refund option by following these steps.   Keep in mind that you must meet the following conditions in order to use the pay-with refund feature:   Your refund must be enough to cover your TurboTax fees. You must have an address in the United States. You must be e-filing. The name on the bank account must match the name on the tax return. Your refund must be directly deposited into a single account.  Click here for Can I pay with my refund?     You can also try logging out of the program, closing your browser and then logging back in and trying again.     You can also try clearing your cache and cookies. This often solves an issue.   For further instructions on how to clear cache and delete cookies, please see the links below:   Click here for How to clear your cache.   Click here for How do I delete cookies?   If you are using TurboTax Desktop, you can manually check for updates for  your TurboTax program by clicking on "Online" in the black bar near the top of your screen and selecting "Check for Updates."   Please return to Community if you have any additional information or questions and we would be happy to help.

  Several  states do not have a state income tax.  So these states will not show up in certain drop down lists.   Leave boxes 15, 16, and 17 blank when you enter a W-2 for these states.   Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming

Agree, shameful that they are not monitoring this discussion. Mine was for $4 in lottery winnings. I just finished filling a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. I wish you good luck with your filing.

If you are age 65 or older and meet the requirement, the additional deduction is automatically added on your federal tax return.   Standard deductions for 2025 Single - $15.750 add $2,000 if age 65 or older Married Filing Separately - $15,750 add $1,600 if age 65 or older Married Filing Jointly - $31,500 add $1,600 for each spouse age 65 or older Head of Household - $23,625 add $2,000 if age 65 or older   New Bonus Standard Deduction (OBBB): An additional $6,000 deduction for taxpayers 65 and older. This is per eligible individual, meaning a married couple both over 65 could get $12,000. Important: This bonus deduction is temporary, lasting from 2025 through 2028. Income limitations: It phases out for taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income over $75,000 for single filers and $150,000 for joint filers. The amount is calculated on Schedule 1-A, Part V, with that amount flowing to Form 1040 Line 13b Look at your Form 1040 - You can view your Form 1040 plus Schedules 1, 2 and 3 at any time using the online editions. Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen. Click on Tools. Click on View Tax Summary. Click on Preview my 1040 on the left side of the screen.

@phoj69 wrote: But does it not itemize it on your taxes?  I'm not sure what you are referring to by "it"? What are you using?   The various products should allow you to enter one donation at a time and provide a FMV for that donation.   It should be noted that the verdict is out as to whether you will be able to import your donations into TurboTax.

Form 4562 is only ready for Schedule C and F. The Schedule E area is currently being updated.    The software should be updated after 02/11/26, but our tech team is working hard to have those updates before that date.

It depends on what they mean by cumulative.    If they mean that is the premium, yes, enter that total amount as deductible overtime.  If they mean that was the total overtime, base AND premium, no, you would need to determine the premium portion.  Do you know how many hours of overtime you worked?  Try to determine if they are reporting the overtime premium, the total base and premium or ask your employer if you are not sure.    Example, if you earn 20/hour, your overtime would be paid at 30/hour if you're paid time and one half for overtime.  If you worked 10 hours overtime, you might say you earned 300 in overtime, but you earned only 100 of DEDUCTABLE overtime.    So you need to determine if you earned 40,815 in overtime and 13,605 is the premium portion, or that you earned only 13,605 in overtime and the premium is only 4,535.    @zdbrosseau  

The TurboTax Free online edition is for very simple tax returns that do not require any other form or schedule other than the Form 1040.  If your tax data requires entry on any other form or schedule then you must upgrade to the Deluxe edition or higher.   If you have not paid for the online edition you are using, have not filed your tax return or registered the Free edition, then you can clear your return and start over with a lower priced edition. Click on Switch Products on the lower left side of the program screen while working on the 2025 online tax return. Click on Clear & Start Over   Go to this TurboTax website for the Free online edition - https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/online/free-edition.jsp   Please Note - TurboTax Online: Important Details about Filing Form 1040 Returns with Limited Credits A Form 1040 return with limited credits is one that's filed using IRS Form 1040 only (with the exception of the specific covered situations described below). Roughly 37% of taxpayers are eligible. If you have a Form 1040 return and are claiming limited credits only, you can file for free yourself with TurboTax Free Edition or TurboTax Live Assisted Basic (if available), or you can file with TurboTax Full Service at the listed price. Situations covered (assuming no added tax complexity): W-2 income Interest or dividends (1099-INT/1099-DIV) that don’t require filing a Schedule B IRS standard deduction Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Child Tax Credit (CTC) Student loan interest deduction Situations not covered: Itemized deductions claimed on Schedule A Unemployment income reported on a 1099-G Business or 1099-NEC income Stock sales (including crypto investments) Rental property income Credits, deductions and income reported on other forms or schedules