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I understand you guys have a set of responses to use in response to our posts. But this isn't helpful whatsoever.  After 15 years of doing my taxes through Turbo Tax, I am well aware of how the process works.  That wasn't what my question was.  My concern is I am getting the run around from Cross River Bank, Turbo Tax, and Credit Karma on where my money is. Everyone is blaming the other, but nobody is actually answering my questions.  Over 5 hours of sitting on hold, between the multiple calls to each entity, and I still am no closer to knowing where my refund actually is. Cross River Bank says they submitted the funds to the Turbo Tax router account on 2/18. Turbo Tax says they submitted the funds to my Credit Karma spend account on 2/18. Credit Karma says they haven't received anything.  I've never had my refunds go through Cross River Bank, I don't even have record of requesting "5 Days Early" aside from just sending the funds to Credit Karma, and I have never had an issue like this before. I have always loved filing with Turbo Tax, but this will be my last year using your system to file my taxes. 

Yes correct, but my total loans are great than 1M.   This is the test case that I posted below that causes the bug.  I would be curious to see if you can reproduce   Test 2: Loan1: $700K open balance, secured by primary home, loan originated 1/1/2022, ending balance $675K, mark as REFI from loan originating 9/1/2009, all funds used to payoff prior loan Loan2: $700K open balance, secured by secondary home, loan originated 1/1/2021, ending balance $675K     thank you

Sorry for your loss. Assuming he was the sole owner. The first question is whether he had suspended Passive Activity Losses because IRC 469(g)(2) specifies that some may be immediately deductible, while the rest is permanently lost.   I doubt TurboTax can handle this  IRC section 469(g)(2) addresses the disposition of a passive activity by death. If a passive activity is transferred by reason of the taxpayer’s death, then the suspended PALs can be deducted on the decedent’s final Form 1040 “to the extent such losses are greater than the excess (if any) of (i) the basis of such property in the hands of the transferee (You), over (ii) the adjusted basis of such property immediately before the death of the taxpayer(your husband).” As such, these “freed-up” PALs can offset other income (e.g., interest, dividends, earned income) on the decedent’s final Form 1040. Any losses not in excess of this step-up in basis “shall not be allowed as a deduction for any taxable year.” To illustrate this rule, assume at the time of the taxpayer’s death, a passive investment has a basis of $50,000, a fair market value of $75,000, and PALs of $30,000. Under IRC section 1014, by virtue of being included in the taxpayer’s estate, the investment’s basis is stepped-up to $75,000. Because the $30,000 of PALs exceeds the $25,000 basis step-up by $5,000, that $5,000 can be taken as an ordinary loss on the taxpayer’s final Form 1040. The remaining $25,000 of PALs is lost forever.   His share of income and expenses until his date of death need to be reported as well as depreciation for depreciation, you need to check the box converted to personal use and his date of death       Your basis becomes the Fair value of the property on the date of his death. It probably needs to be split between land and building. You also have to report your share of income and deductions.     if you live in a community property state, the rules for basis and step-up would be different. This is also the case if you were a joint owner with him. 

Yes, you will be able to e-file your 2025 amendment through your TurboTax account once your son's amended return indicating that someone else can claim him has been fully processed.   Refer to the TurboTax articles: Amending Your Income Tax Return and How to Correct Federal Tax Returns for additional information.   You can check the status of your amended tax return at Where’s My Amended Return?

I don't think anyone can guarantee anything about someone else's computer system.  There are too many variables.    It can also depend on where your tax data files are located.   In Windows the default folder for the data files is the Documents\TurboTax folder.  The files in that folder are not "supposed" to be affected by uninstalling, but it pays to exhibit caution. If you stored them somewhere else, you might have to be even more careful.      Regardless, I would definitely make copies and back up all your *.taxYYYY data files (including multiple years if present) and also any return PDFs you made and store them somewhere such as an external drive or thumb drive--just in case.   You should be backing them up somewhere anyway.   I back up my tax data file frequently while working on my return since I have seen some anecdotes in this forum about tax data files going missing for other reasons.

Your tax return is in a separate data file ending in .tax2025 and should be in your Documents in a Turbo Tax folder.   Look around and make sure you have that file.  You should copy it to a flash drive for backup. 

If you are referring to checking on your Washington State Families Tax Credit, you can check your Washington State Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) online at Where is my Washington Working Families Tax Credit refund?

@ANTMAN0905  This is an old thread that has had no activity since 2022.   If your question is about a deposit posting to your account on a Saturday, it is possible but will depend on the practices of your own bank and what they do over the weekends.        FROM THE IRS WHERE’S MY REFUND SITE: https://www.irs.gov/wheres-my-refund How it works Where's My Refund shows your refund status: Return Received – We received your return and are processing it. Refund Approved – We approved your refund and are preparing to issue it by the date shown. Refund Sent – We sent the refund to your bank or to you in the mail. It may take 5 days for it to show in your bank account or several weeks for your check to arrive in the mail.