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There is no online Premier.   You can use online Deluxe or online Premium.   With online TurboTax you do not have direct access to forms.   Forms mode is a feature of desktop download software only.  With online you can preview your Form 1040 and Schedules 1,2 or 3, and later you can pay your fees in order to print or preview your other forms and schedules.   You cannot make any direct entries to forms using online TT.     PREVIEW 1040 https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/preview-turbotax-online-return-filing/L77WCkvnu_US_en_US?uid=m681fkhr  

have seen this suggestion a lot and have also seen where accountants have responded that this is a terrible idea. so there are 2 schools of thought here but i would advise against giving the irs a reason to audit you in the future if you don't have to. of course that relies on TT fixing the flaw which so far on the desktop side hasn't happened.

@ncbowdoin What you see on the TurboTax website for the status of a federal tax refund is an estimate only.  Based on IRS averages of 21 days for issuing a federal tax refund from the time the federal tax return was received.   Only the IRS controls when and if a tax refund is Approved and Issued.  That is why the IRS website for the status of a federal return is only authority - https://www.irs.gov/refunds

The Form 1040X is scheduled to be available on February 26.   The date is subject to change, so check on 2-26  to see if it is ready.   Before that, do not change anything at all on your return.   Did you claim a qualified dependent?   Am I Head of Household?   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-filing-status/qualify-head-household-2021/L0NxUtVc2_US_en_US?uid=m5x19jkx https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-filing-status/qualifying-person-head-household/L2TmgztNs_US_en_US   If you qualify as Head of Household, when you enter your marital status (single or married filing separately) into MyInfo, and then enter your qualifying dependent, TurboTax will offer HOH as your filing status.  

I had to completely start over and go through the whole process of choosing the TurboTax product.  Then, the first data I entered was for form F.  Previously I had entered some K1 royalty data first.  Not sure if that had been creating some sort of odd glitch?

totally agree with your concerns. and i hate the online version - only used it the last 2 years because i got it for free from my benefits program at work. you can't access forms which makes it so much harder to fill out. the only way i could seem to get TT to pay attention to me was to complain on social media. so i just started adding a comment to every TT ad i saw on FB, and that prompted them to respond. it took weeks and a lot of "the check is in the mail" responses from them but they did finally fix it. i can't imagine why fixing the desktop version is that much harder. guessing this is the last year with TT for me after 20+ years and almost no issues.