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Here's how to transfer a *.tax2024 data file from your computer into 2025 Online TurboTax:   If you already started an Online return, log in and open your return interview. Go to left menu column, and click on TAX TOOLS, then TOOLS. In the Tools window choose the link Transfer last year's TurboTax return from your computer. Follow the prompts and consent to upload your *.tax2024 data file into Online TurboTax. During the process it will ask you for consent to clear the started 2025 online return.

First review the information that you entered in the Personal Info section to make sure that you indicated that you worked in another state.   Launch TurboTax and select Personal Info A summary screen will pop up Select Revisit by Other state income Make sure that you select Yes, I made money in states other than North Dakota and enter that you made money in TZ. After you complete your federal tax return and you move to the State Taxes sections, you will only see a  resident ND state return since TX doesn't have a state income tax. TurboTax will guide you through preparing the state return.    Review the TurboTax article Multiple States - Figuring What's Owed When You Live and Work in More Than One State for additional information.  

@rathnakumar85  I assume you physically mailed it  yourself.  TurboTax does not mail it for you.  Did you use a method that has tracking?   Normally you should see a mailed paper return show up in the IRS "Where's My Refund" tool between 4-6 weeks after you mailed it. https://www.irs.gov/refunds   Be sure you are using the tool correctly.  When using that tool, be sure to enter the correct tax year, the filing status, your SSN, and the Federal refund amount shown on your 2025 Form 1040, Line 35a.   How long it takes the IRS to process a paper return is unpredictable.  I would say one is lucky if it finishes processing in 6-8 weeks, but for many people it can take longer than that.    The IRS website only says "6 or more weeks."

Here's how to start investigating:   First, if you efiled, be sure your efiled return was accepted.   If using Online TurboTax, you can check at the Tax Home page.   If that showed your return was accepted, you can track your Federal refund at the IRS "Where's My Refund" tool: https://www.irs.gov/refunds If you filed a paper return by mail, it can take up to 4 weeks just to show up in that tool.   The FAQ below tells how to check on a state refund.   When you scroll down further there, you will see a link for your state.   FAQ:  How do I track my state refund? https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/track-state-refund/L3jgO8PGs_...

Try closing TurboTax, clearing your cache and deleting your cookies. Review the TurboTax Help article How to clear your cache and How do I delete cookies? for specific instructions for your browser. Also, reboot your computer.

It’s too late to file prior-year tax returns on TurboTax Online.  You will have to purchase TurboTax Desktop and install it on your computer to prepare your 2024 tax return.  You should prepare 2024 before you prepare your 2025 tax return.   For more information, review the TurboTax Help article How do I file a prior year tax return? and How Do I File Returns for Back Taxes?   To prepare your prior-year taxes, here's the link to get started File your 2024 tax return.

If your tax return was rejected because of  a missing IP PIN (Identity Protection PIN) which is a 6-digit number that the IRS provides to taxpayers to validate their identity, you will need to enter the 6-digit number on the return.   Refer to the following TurboTax Help articles What's an IP PIN? Do I need one? and How do I get my 6-digit IP PIN?    

Asking where?   What screen is it?   Are you still preparing the return, or did you already efile and received a rejection notice?   Please clarify what kind of PIN.   Is it a 6-digit IP PIN (Identity Protection PIN) provided by the IRS, or a 5-digit "signature ID" PIN (also known as a "Self-select PIN") used to sign the return (on a screen with today's date and one's birth date)?   And are you filing as "married filing jointly?"

It is not part of the standard deduction.  It is separate.  I'll tell you how to see it below.   For seniors age 65 and older and meet the other qualifications for the new Enhanced Senior Deduction, TurboTax automatically fills out Schedule 1-A in the background and then enters the amount of the deduction on the Form 1040, Line 13b.  It is not part of the standard deduction--it is a completely separate deduction on its own line.   If you are "married filing jointly" and both qualify, then you both get the new deduction.  If you are "married filing separately", however, you are not eligible.   Single filers, HOH filers, and qualifying surviving spouse, if they otherwise qualify, are eligible.   You appear to be using Online TurboTax--at least that is what a tag shows underneath your question above.  If you are still preparing your online return, and want to verify that you received that new senior deduction, here's how you can preview the Form 1040 and confirm you are getting the enhanced senior deduction.   If you already printed out a copy of your return, you can view the Form 1040, Line 13b and Schedule 1-A where it was calculated.  If still preparing your return, here's how to preview it:   With your return open go to the left column menu, and click on TAX TOOLS, then subtab TOOLS. In the Tools window choose "View Tax Summary." On that Tax Summary screen you should see that you are getting "Additional Deductions (Schedule 1-A)." Then, while still on that Tax Summary screen,  you can further verify it by going over to the left column menu and under Federal clicking on "Preview my 1040."  That opens up the Form 1040 Worksheet.    Scroll down to Line 13b, and the figure there includes the enhanced senior deduction from the Schedule 1-A. And while you are there, you should see your standard (or itemized) deduction on Line 12e.

No one but the state tax agency will know what all they are doing with your state return.  Some states process returns fairly quickly, while other states may take weeks, especially if they need any extra processing.   You may have to phone them and ask.  But before doing that, here are some things to check:   First, double-check to be sure your state return was successfully filed.   If you efiled, be sure your efiled state return was accepted.  If you used Online TurboTax, you can check by looking at the Tax Home in your Online account.   Or did you choose to file by mail instead?  TurboTax does not mail it for you.  If you chose that method, you have to print, sign, date, and mail it.   The FAQ below tells how to check on a state refund.   When you scroll down further there, you will see a link for your state.   FAQ:  How do I track my state refund? https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/track-state-refund/L3jgO8PGs_...

If you are in Online TurboTax, that version allows only 1 Federal return per online account per year.  In the Online products, a second return would require a second account and second fee (if applicable).   It is the desktop version that can handle multiple Federal returns with up to 5 free Federal efiles.  If it's a product with state software, then it can prepare multiple state returns (of that same state).   There is a $25 state efile fee (except no state efile fee for NY state).   There is no state efile fee if one chooses to print and mail the state returns.     If you want to buy the desktop software directly from TurboTax, here's where: https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/cd-download/

Thanks, I missed some of those "less" items like the "less box #12". I'm now very close, just off by $8.01. I'm not sure where that's coming from. Are there any other special less boxes, or other areas that could reduce the subtraction in OR-ASC BOX B2?     Side note: I really wish they had a breakout to show how BOX B2 is being added. Seems like a critical thing for Oregon filers.