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If you don't get your deposit 5 days early, there is a few reasons why that might happen.   Your refund was offset or differed from their estimated refund amount, bringing the refund amount below the minimum threshold or above the maximum. What is a refund offset? Your bank wouldn't accept RTP (Real Time Payments) or Same Day ACH deposits, preventing Intuit from depositing your refund 5 days ahead of when the IRS would have deposited your refund. The IRS didn't give Intuit 5 or more days of notice in advance. This stopped Intuit from meeting the 5 days early expectations. If TurboTax is unable to deliver the refund 5 days early, your order will be canceled and you won't be charged the 5-Day Early fee. You will receive a follow-up email with a refund and timing update, and if any cancellation is applicable.    Once your return is filed, TurboTax has no control over the processing or the timing when the IRS releases your refund.    For more information click on the link below 5 Days Early Option

This is still not fixed for 2025. I feel bad for people who don't have expectations and know their situations before filling in this form. I have a child, living at home full time student. The end. They should not be asking the 5200 income at all, but since they did, if yes - not eligible, if no - eligible. I know she is still eligible because of her living and school situation. the 5200 test is for OTHER 'dependents' living at your house, not children in school.   This is broken for the children side - please fix the software so people can get the children data correct.

The amended forms are not quite ready yet, but you can use this tool to see when they become available. It is possible that the IRS will catch your error and send you a letter telling you that they are adjusting your return so be sure to wait until your return is fully processed before amending.  If they process your return and you do not receive a letter telling you your return has been adjusted, then you will need to Amend Your Return .   A few notes amount amending You will have to use the same TurboTax account that you used for the original tax return.   The refund calculator will start new at $0.  The new number you see will be the number you now owe or the extra you will get back.  This number takes into consideration the amount of your refund or payment in the original return.  Select your product below and follow the instructions.  Amend TurboTax Online  Amend TurboTax CD/Download  

If  you are comparing GI benefits to scholarships (and, as @Vanessa A said, you really can't), that part of GI benefits that is designated for tuition would be comparable to a "restricted" scholarship. It must allocated to tuition. 

Thanks. As I suspected. In fact, the depreciation was increased in 2012 when the capital improvements were made by my wife's ex, but apparently the cost basis increase didn't carry through in Turbo Tax from then until now. We are paying for the Depreciation recapture, but unable to also take advantage of the cost basis increase. Darn!  Too complicated unfortunately to try to correct it seems, as it was partially done right, but just not carried through for some reason over the years.

I am afraid I had to click on each one.  Each worksheet needs to be completed and then the exclamation point goes away.  Then it can be saved.  If you don't finish all, your entries are not saved.  If the exclamation point persists, scroll to the top and click down one page at a time - sometimes turbotax or I have skipped a page that needs to be check marked.  I only had about 200, so not so bad.  Sorry I don't have any better advice.