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If your W-2 lacks Box 14, you may still claim the 2025 tax-free overtime deduction in TurboTax. Your employer may have reported your qualified overtime on some other document.    After entering your W-2, select Overtime at the screen Let's check for other situations.    You will be prompted to manually enter your overtime premium, based on your year-end pay stub.     Here is an example of qualified overtime.  If the employee’s regular rate of pay is $20 per hour and the employee worked one hour of overtime, the employee’s overtime pay would be $30 ($20 x 1.5).  The employee’s qualified overtime would be $10 ($30 overtime pay less $20 regular pay).    See also this TurboTax Help.    

latest estimate is 2/13.   Per Intuit - "There were some changes in the Special Depreciation Allowance by the OBBB that have not been completely coded in yet."   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/rental-property-depreciation-not-available-as-of-2-1-2025/00/3750305   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/will-depreciation-and-amortization-be-ready-soon/00/3740421

You received an email that we cannot see that tells you why your tax return was rejected.   Some rejected returns can be fixed and re-filed.  Some have “un-fixable” reasons for the rejection and have to be mailed instead.    What is the rejection code or rejection message?     If it was rejected for AGI—-your 2024 AGI might not be in the IRS system if you filed late.   Try using zero instead.   If filing with zero is rejected then file again but select the option that you did not file last year.  The IRS does not see that question and it will allow you to e-file with no AGI question.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/agi/help/where-do-i-correct-my-agi-in-turbotax-online/00/26311   If that does not work and you still cannot e-file, then print, sign, and mail your tax return.

You cannot change or add anything on the return that you just e-filed, nor can you stop it.  It is too late, just like when you put an envelope in a US mailbox on the corner.  The IRS does not allow you to take it back.   If you left out a W-2, a 1099G, or a dependent, or a 1099 etc…DO NOT change your return while it is “pending.”  The changes will go nowhere.   Now you have to wait until the IRS either rejects or accepts your return.  If your return is rejected, you will be able to go into your account and make the necessary changes to your tax return and re-submit your return.     If the IRS accepts your return, however, then you have to wait longer until it has been fully processed and you have received your refund.  THEN you can prepare an amended tax return and e-file or mail  it in. You have to be able to work from that return exactly the way it was when it was e-filed originally.  You will need to use a form called a 1040X.     Meanwhile, DO NOT go in and start changing anything on your return in the system, or you will make a mess for yourself.  Sit tight and wait until you see what the IRS does with the return you just e-filed   The Form 1040X you need becomes available in late February,  But wait until your return has been processed.    

While TurboTax Home and Business was updated to correct the issue in January, neither Home and Business nor Quick Employer Forms support W-2 corrections.    The QEF FAQ recommends using SSA Business Services Online (SSA-BSO) for corrections. As a paper filer you cannot submit these forms to the agency electronically. Instead, you may use SSA-BSO to fill in the forms W-2c and W-3c, then print and mail them to employees and the agency. Confirm this treatment with SSA-BSO customer service before creating an account. Relevant guidance from the IRS and SSA for filing your Forms W-2c and W-3c: From the IRS instructions for Forms W-2 and W-3, the rules for paper filers: "If the original Form W-2 was permitted to be filed on paper and you filed on paper, then you must file on paper any Form W-2c correcting that form." From SSA - Helpful Hints to Forms W-2c/W-3c Filing: File Forms W-2c (Corrected Wage and Tax Statement) and W-3c (Transmittal of Corrected Wage and Tax Statement) as soon as possible after you discover an error. Also, provide a Form W-2c to the employee as soon as possible.          To correct a Form W-2 you have already submitted, file a Form W-2c with a separate Form W-3c for each year needing correction. File a Form W-3c whenever you file a Form W-2c, even if you are only filing a Form W-2c to correct an employee's name or Social Security number (SSN).             Follow the General Instructions for Forms W-2c/W-3c

To enter estimated tax payments made, follow this path in TurboTax Online:   Federal>Deductions & Credits>Estimates and Other Income Taxes Paid>Estimated Tax Payments   From this area in TurboTax, you can enter 2025 federal, state and local estimated tax payments and 2024 state and local estimated taxes paid in 2025.

To enter the interest paid on a new vehicle loan, navigate to the Car Loan Interest screen in TurboTax.     Federal > Deductions & Credits > Add more deductions > Cars and Other Things You Own > Car Loan Interest    To qualify for the car loan interest deduction, your vehicle must meet all of these requirements:   You purchased it in 2025.   It isn't leased. It’s a brand new vehicle, not used. Its final assembly was in the U.S.  You are asked to check this requirement by entering your VIN and model year into the VIN decoder provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It's a car, van, SUV, motorcycle, or pickup truck that weighs less than 14,000 pounds. It was purchased for personal use. The interest wasn't paid to a family member or a business you own.  Your loan must be secured by the vehicle. You can also see the help article below for more information on this new deduction.  Vehicle Loan Interest Deduction