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  If you have a 6 digit PIN issued to you by the IRS you need to enter it in order to e-file.  Go to Federal>Other Tax Situations>Other Return Info>Identity Protection PIN and enter the six-digit PIN.

If you can share what item is causing a Review Error, we'll try to help.  Usually the review pops up with an entry you need to make or review, which you can do right there.  We can't see your tax return in this forum.   @angeladavis4898   

Pensions are included in the income and subtracted out when applicable. MI does have a newly expanded deduction for retirement and pension benefits for individuals born prior to Jan 1, 1967. Form 4884 is used.   Please review the criteria below and your form 4884 to locate the issue. Let us know if you need additional help.   Here are the rules for Qualifying Retirement and Pension Benefits: The following pensions are automatically deducted from your Michigan taxable income: - Railroad retirement benefits - U.S. Armed Forces or Michigan National Guard Pensions from these government agencies are eligible for a pension deduction: - State of Michigan - Michigan and local governments - Federal civil service   Pensions from private sources are eligible for a pension deduction if they fall into one of these categories: - Benefits from a pension plan that defines eligibility for retirement and sets contributions and benefit amounts in advance. - Retirement benefits from qualified self-employment plans. - Distributions from a 401(k) or 403(b) plan attributable to your employer's contributions or attributable to your contributions to the extent your contributions result in matching contributions by your employer. - IRA distributions you receive after you turn 59-1/2 or because you've elected to receive your benefits as part of a series of substantially equal payments before you turned 59-1/2. - Benefits from a retirement annuity policy, if you've elected to receive income for life, if you're age 65 or older. Benefits from an annuity when you've elected to receive the income for a specific number of years do not qualify under this definition. - Benefits from any of the above plans if you're the surviving spouse of a person who would have qualified.   These retirement income benefits do not qualify for a pension deduction from your Michigan taxable income: - Amounts you receive from a deferred compensation plan that lets employees set the amount to be put aside and does not set retirement age or requirements for years of service. These plans include, but are not limited to, plans under Sections 401(k), 403(b) and 457 of the Internal Revenue Code. - Amounts you receive before you could retire under the plan's provisions, including amounts you received because you left your job or withdrew from the plan or because the employer discontinued the plan. - Amounts you receive as an early retirement incentive, unless the incentive is from a pension trust.

If you used online TurboTax to prepare your returns they are stored online for seven years.  If you used the desktop download the returns are stored on your own hard drive; they are not stored online.       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.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/find-last-year-tax-data-file-tax-file-computer/L0XJvPaJr_US_en_US   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/data-systems/find-tax-data-file-mac/L4VNGm33S_US_en_US?uid=m6guhab0   You can get a free transcript from the IRS or for a fee of $30, an actual copy of your tax return. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf       SAVE YOUR TAX RETURNS ! EVERY year before mid-October you should save a copy of your tax return as a pdf and print a copy of it for your records.  That way you will not be searching online frantically when you need it for a lender, FAFSA forms, your next tax return, etc.    https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m6guj526   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m78eb8pc In order to transfer a past year return to the new return you need the tax file   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-turbotax-online-return-tax-data-file/L4xwOG3LF_US_en_US?uid=m6guk3xl   NOTE:  TurboTax and the IRS save returns for seven years.  Returns older than seven years are purged.  

Please enter the trade-in value the dealer gave you for the old car.    Additionally, if the new car is also used for business, the cost would include the trade-in value of the older car.    Example, you purchased a new vehicle for 25,000 cash (or loan) and a trade-in value of 7,000 for the older car.  The sale price for the older car is 7,000. The cost for the newer vehicle is 32,000. 

I had same issue, and found this discussion.  OS: Mac The steps I took to overcome the problem. (I don't know if this is a fix or was a coincidental sequence of actions) 1. Quit the Turbotax 2025 app.  I had to "Force Quit". 2. Launched the Turbotax 2024 app to open last year's tax return. The intent was to find if the file was saved with a password.   The App proceeded to update its software. 3. After the Turbotax 2024 Software update, I successfully opened the 2024 Tax file return. There was no prompt for a password.  I then proceeded to close the tax return file without saving and quit the Turbotax 2024 app. 4. I restarted the Turbotax 2025 app and I was successful in 'importing' last year's tax return file.  

YES!  They said the rejected state return was due to updates involving not taxing qualified pension and an update was released 2/13/2026.  Well, I made sure TT was updated, reviewed the return and resubmitted,  for free fortunately, but then shortly after received another rejection email.  They need to FIX THIS NOW.  

I solved this problem by closing the program and restarting it. Then the screen appeared allowing me to input prior year's returns. The response was not helpful and suggests that my question was not understood. Intuit should be ashamed at the poor technical support system it offers.

Is there a de minimus rule that would waive small amounts of rewards or crypto conversions from being reportable?    For example, I have less than $5 in rewards and what appears to be less than $5 converting from a stablecoin to a crypto currency.