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If the year is blank, it often indicates the form was added incorrectly or there is a glitch with the browser. Using a different browser or clearing your cache may also solve the issue.    Steps to Fix "Amended" State Error: Delete the Amendment Form (Most Reliable): Click on Tax Tools in the left menu. Select Tools. Choose Delete a form. Search for any forms related to the amendment (e.g., Form 1040-X, state-specific amend forms like IT-201-X) and delete them.   "Un-amend" in the State Section: Go back into the State return section. Look for the screen asking "Let's Amend Your State Taxes". Ensure you answer "No" to amending the return if you are filing for the first time.   Clear & Start Over: If you haven't paid or filed, you can use the "Clear & Start Over" option in the Tax Tools menu to reset the return.     

Thanks.   Are you 100% sure ? I thought it was incorrect to file as Single if actually Married. Perhaps there are some special/edge cases where the credits/deductions are different between Single HoH vs Married HoH ?     @DawnC Any thoughts ? Thanks.

Thank you Max,   To ensure I follow correctly.  My S Corp is paid only in shares of publicly traded stock from the company (my customer) that is paying for my branding and services.  These are actually RSU (Restricted Stock Units) that vest and are immediately tradable.  Since the S Corp does not have any cash income, I transfer all the shares to my personal account and allocate the appropriate value to wages, and the balance is taken as a distribution.  I then take expenses as non-reimbursed business expenses.   Is this the appropriate and legal way to handle this situation?

Liquidating distributions, sometimes called liquidating dividends, are distributions you receive during a partial or complete liquidation of a corporation. These distributions are, at least in part, one form of a return of capital. They may be paid in one or more installments.   If you have not received all of your contributions back from this investment, you can leave out the amount in Line 9. Keep track of each amount and continue to reduce your cost basis until zero, then all of these type of distributions will be taxable.

There is probably a typo when you entered state income on one of your forms.  Go back and review your entries for the state income. Click on Federal on the left side of the online program screen Click on Wages & Income Review the sections where you entered state income

Things should work properly, but I am going to say that since Form MI-1040CR is being filed with your MI-1040, I would not be concerned that the zip code for the MI-1040CR is not correct. I would go ahead and file. 

Since you are entering cryptocurrency sales, did you select Digital Assets on the screen titled "OK, let's start with one investment type"?  You'll get asked if you received a 1099-DA from your digital wallet provider (this is a new form - for 2025, the custodian of your digital asset is not required to provide cost basis information on this form, so be sure to enter in what you paid for the crypto, so that you don't get taxed on money you have already paid tax on).  Once you enter your cryptocurrency sales (or mining or staking rewards) in, you may get prompted in Smart Review to enter a property description - type in the name of the digital asset (Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc.), and also whether it is digital asset - to which you would answer Yes.

It depends. If your employer pays for your housing during a 60-day trip, it usually doesn't count as income to you. You don't have to report it.   If your employer pays the hotel/apartment directly, this is considered a non-taxable business expense for the company.  If you pay and they reimburse you, you do not need to report this. just as long as you provide them with receipts.  The only exception is if your employer gives you a flat "housing allowance" (e.g., $2,000/month) and doesn't require you to prove how you spent it, that cash becomes taxable wages and should be included in your total income.    

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.

TurboTax can only give you an estimate for when the federal tax refund will arrive, based on the IRS 21 day average for issuing a tax refund after receiving the tax return.   Only the IRS and your State control when and if a Federal or State tax refund is Approved and Issued.   Once a tax return has been Accepted by the IRS or a State, TurboTax receives no further information concerning the tax return or the status of any tax refund.   If accepted by the IRS use the federal tax refund website to check the refund status - https://www.irs.gov/refunds If accepted by the state use this TurboTax support FAQ to check the state tax refund status - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/track-state-refund/L3jgO8PGs_...   After the tax return has been Accepted by the IRS (meaning only that they received the return) it will be in the Processing mode until the tax refund has been Approved and then an Issue Date will be available on the IRS website.

If the income is entered under IRS form 1099-NEC, and you choose Self employment income, a self-employment activity on Schedule C will be established.     You would add the income to the self-employment activity and report the relocation expenses.  One will offset the other and no self-employment activity will be reported.     You may also have to upgrade to another version of TurboTax.   Establish the self-employment activity by following these steps:   Down the left side of the screen, click on Federal. Down the left side of the screen, click on Wages and Income. Scroll down to Self-employment.  Click to the right. Click on Start / Edit/Add to the right of Self-employment income and expenses. You will go through several screens that create your self-employment activity and add income and expense. Hobby income will report the income on Schedule 1 line 8z and IRS form 1040 line 8.     No self-employment income or expense is reported.   I recommend reporting the income by following these steps:   Select Federal from the left side menu. Click on Wages & Income. Scroll down to Less Common Income.  Click the down arrow to the right. Click Start / Revisit to the right of Miscellaneous income…. Click Start / Revisit to the right of Other reportable income. At the screen Any other taxable income? select Yes. Select Add and enter the income and description of the income. The income will be reported on Schedule 1 line 8z and IRS form 1040 line 8.