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NY State tax refunds can often take longer than federal refunds. You will typically receive your New York State refund within 3-4 weeks or more after your tax return is accepted.    Confirm in TurboTax that your state return was actually accepted, and not just submitted. To do this, log into your TurboTax account, go to your "Tax Home" screen, and look under "Your tax returns & documents" to check your  "program," status. If you used a TurboTax Desktop program you can click on "File" at the top of your TurboTax screen (in the black bar) and then click on "Check E-File Status".   The New York State Department of Revenue is the most accurate place to check  your refund status. You can use this link to check your  New York refund status.   If you still haven't received your refund after 6-8 weeks, you can contact the state directly to check your refund status anytime at 1-518-457-5149 or contact the Department of Taxation and Finance. If you have any additional information to share or additional questions regarding this, please return to Community and we would be glad to help you.  

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. 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

If the IRA contributions summary page shows an "excess accumulation" penalty, it means TurboTax thinks your actual distribution was less than your required distribution. However, Since you did not contribute more than the limit and did not miss your RMD, we'll need to go back to your Form 1099-R entries to ensure TurboTax knows this so that you avoid any penalties.   First, delete the Form 1099-R and also delete any Form 5329:    On the left panel, click on the down arrow to open more options You may have to scroll down a little to view the Tools option below Click on Tools, then Delete a form (Usually the third option down) Scroll down to delete Form 1099-R and then delete Form 5329-T (and 5329-S, if applicable)   Now, click back on Income to return to input the Form 1099-R information again:   Go to Income on the left panel within your TurboTax account Scroll down to Retirement Plans and Social Security and click on the down arrow to the right Click Start to the right of IRA, 401(k), Pension Plan Withdrawals (1099-R) Click the Yes box when you see, "Did you get a 1099-R...?" Click the "Enter a different way" box Click the "Type it in myself" box Click on the box that pertains to your type of 1099-R (typically the first box), Continue Next, you will see, "Enter your 1099-R provider's info", complete that, then Continue Next, you will see "Enter your 1099-R details from _". Enter the information from the original Form 1099-R that you received Ensure the details from your Form 1099-R are correct checking for which Distribution Code(s) was used in Box 7, then Continue Continue through until you reach, "Let's get more information about your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD)", enter your RMD due by December 31 Next, you are asked, "How much of this distribution applied to your December 31 RMD?" (Only enter the RMD amount for this account, not your entire RMD amount) If you select "Some", you will need to enter the exact amount of this distribution that applied to your RMD  You will reach "Review your 1099-R summary", press Continue (not the pencil) and additional questions will generate for you to answer When you reach "Let's go over any required minimum distributions (RMD)", Continue (not the pencil) The above steps should resolve the incorrect penalty calculation.    Note: You can also tell TurboTax to use one of your accounts to satisfy all of your RMDs if one of your distributions was enough to cover your total RMD by following the above steps and then entering zero (o) as the RMD for your other Form 1099-R entries and answering "No" to, "Did you miss a RMD?".   If the $500 penalty persists, it might be due to an excess contribution penalty of 6% elsewhere, such as from a W-2 (Box 12), if applicable. 

I only have self employment income in USA.  I have a passive interest income from foreign country.  Schedule 1 line 15, 16, and 17 have self employment tax, SEP, and health insurance deductions.  I am taking a standard deduction.   All the adjustments to the income on line 15-17 are definitely tied to my US income and has no relation to foreign income/tax.  Turbotax adds total of line 15-17 to line 3b other deductions in form 1116.   This is where my question is.  Are those deductions non-specific to any income?  If I had W2 with pretax deductions for health insurance and 401K contribution, would they show up here?

I'm not sure if that screen is readable but I am urgently hoping to resolve this. To reiterate, where can I input the percentage of property used as a rental space? I am still unable to find this within the system. Alternatively, can I input the numbers manually and do my own calculation? For example, say the interest paid on the whole property is $50,000. 33% of the property was rented out for 150 days, which is 41% of the year. Therefore, I believe the amount of interest to be expensed on Schedule E would be $50,000 x 0.41 x 0.33 = $6826.50. Then, for the remaining interested to be reported on Schedule A would be $50,000 - $6826.50 = $43,173.50. Is this correct and if so, can I manually input these numbers in Turbo Tax to get around my issue?

probably both state and federal prior-year taxes. They're used to compute any penalty you might have for underpaying estimated taxes. You owe non-resident income taxes to NY because that's where you worked. You owe  MD resident state income taxes because you lived there. On the MD return, you can claim a tax credit for taxes paid to NY on income taxed by both states.  In TurboTax, it's best to do the non-resident states first. 

Great. So, we always intende to create the LLC which we have.  Being in "show business" has always been hit or miss, but setting the LLC up last year was to be able to incur higher start up expenses with the hopes of no flags.  I'm going to hold off all the start-up expenses - the props, costumes, web design, logo - until next year and utilized the $5K rule. What remains is:  Travel to the destination where the show was performed in 2025 (2500mi rt twice) Meals and food. 50% for sure based on the IRS.  Can I take this as legit expenses this year? Or, should I keep those for the "StartUp" for 2026 (in 2027)? I don't want to deal with depreciation, using the car for business, etc., just the travel based on miles. I'd be happy with those as the meals/food was about $890 (Was there  a month with housing provided), but still used the car (not even taking those miles, just the travel for auditions and travel for directing/production). And, yes, the meals meet the 50% requirements based on the Easy form Turbo Tax questions.  This has been most helpful and greatly appreciated. 

You can contact TurboTax Customer Support using this link: Turbo Tax Customer Support to inquire about a refund for your state tax return. You may be able to request a refund for your state tax return that you had to reinstall through the TurboTax website (within 60 days). See this link How do I request a refund for my TurboTax product?     Please return to Community if you have any additional information or questions and we would be happy to help.

Yes, you can claim overtime and tips on your 2025 tax return. It is an added feature when you post your W-2 information.   If the overtime is in box 14 and you used the category of Overtime, then the TurboTax program will calculate the overtime deduction for you and enter it on your Form 1040 Line 13b.  If you did this correctly, the Overtime box on the screen Let's check for other situations won't be shown.   To post the W-2, Tips and Overtime Log into TurboTax Click on Tax Home on the left sidebar. Select Wages & Income. Review/Edit or select W-2. Enter your Employer ID. The options for Snap a picture and Upload have step-by-step directions. You can also select [Type it Myself] at the bottom of the screen. Enter your employer's information. Post the information from the W-2. You may be prompted to double check certain information. A sample of your tax due or refund will be posted for the data you have entered so far. A Let's check for uncommon situations will come up. This is where you will post Tips and other uncommon situations. Continue through the interview if any of these apply. This will bring you back to the summary page.