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TurboTax gives you an estimated date for receiving your refund based on a 21 day average from your date of acceptance, but it can take longer.  “21 days”  is not a promise from TurboTax or the IRS.      First, check your e-file status to see if your return was accepted:  https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/efile-status-lookup/   Once your federal return has been accepted by the IRS, only the IRS has any control.  TurboTax does not receive any updates from the IRS. Your ONLY source of information about your refund now is the IRS.     You need your filing status, your Social Security number and the exact amount  (line 35a of your 2025 Form 1040) of your federal refund to track your Federal refund:    https://www.irs.gov/refunds   To track your state refund:     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/track-state-refund/L3jgO8PGs_US_en_US?uid=lt447ebr   If you chose to have your TurboTax fees deducted from your federal refund, that will take some extra time, while the third party bank handles the refund processing     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/refunds-take-longer-others/L14YlqFrH_US_en_US?uid=lexdr7zh . https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/irs-refund-taking-longer-21-days/L2vRAJbdU_US_en_US?uid=lexe7lst         If you are getting earned income credit on line 27 or additional child tax credit on line 28 You are subject to the delay required by the PATH act.  Do not expect your refund before early March   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/internal-revenue-service/federal-refunds-delayed-due-path-act/L5jnQJsBi_US_en_US   Note:  “Accepted” is not the same as “approved”.  TurboTax tells you the e-file was accepted if the IRS deems that there is enough information on the return for them to take it in for processing.   Only the IRS can approve of the refund, which is a later stage of processing.  If the IRS approves your refund they will provide a date for the refund to be issued.   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.  

Where are you looking for it?   It is automatic based on your age. It is not part of your Standard Deduction. The new Senior Deduction is separate and in addition to the Standard Deduction or your Itemized Deductions on 1040 line 12e. The 6,000/12,000 senior deduction will be calculated on 1040 Schedule 1-A page 2 Part V Enhanced Deduction for Seniors which goes to 1040 line 13b with any other sch 1-A amounts. Turbo Tax automatically includes it if you qualify. For Single the deduction starts to phase out at 75,000 and maxes out at 175,000 For Joint the deductions starts to phase out at 150,000 and maxes out at 250,000 If you are married you have to file a Joint return 
For Online version You can preview the 1040 or print the whole return https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/accessing/help/how-do-i-preview-my-turbotax-online-return-before-filing/00/26160 What do you have on 1040 or 1040SR line 13b? See the 1040 ….    

Phone support is not provided with the Free Edition.  If you are using a paid version of the software or if you purchased PLUS you can get phone support when customer support is there.  Otherwise, post your question here and someone will try to help.   To call TurboTax customer support https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/contact-turbotax/L2y9ZKpQB_US_en_US?uid=m5s9l2vh     If you are using Live Assist,  you can arrange for the Live help you are paying the extra fee for with your questions from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Pacific time. https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/product-setup/connect-tax-expert-turbotax-live/L73wOZD5D_US_en_US?uid=m8zw1pbb

Bonjour, finalment je réussi à envoyer ma déclaration provinciale, il faut aller sur l'annexe G, dans la partie Édition faire effacer le formulaire courant et après fermer les formulaires inutiles et le formulaire de gains capitale va disparaitre tout de suite enregistrer la déclaration et aller sur imponet pour envoyer

I'm having a slightly different issue. Schedule d is including Capital gains distribution in both line 8A and line 13 in schedule d. The distribution is shown properly on the 1099 div and there is neither a cap asset sale form or 8949 it. I tried dowloading again and overriding the numbers in schdelue d(won't allow it). It's a fairly large number so I need to fix it. Any suggestions?

Do you have a penalty on 1040 line 38?  It's not for filing or paying late.  It doesn't have to do with last year's tax return or not paying estimates for this year.  The penalty is an "estimated" amount.    It's a penalty if you owe too much or for not paying in enough withholding during the year or not paying in evenly.  Even if you are getting a refund you can still owe a penalty.  It's very common and normal and expected for the IRS or state to bill you for more or send you a refund.   You might be able to eliminate it or at least reduce it.  You can go to Federal Taxes tab or Personal tab, under Other Tax Situations and select Start by the Underpayment Penalties. You will answer a series of questions that may reduce or eliminate the penalty. Or you can elect to have the IRS figure the penalty for you.  It's form 2210.   It's under Federal or Personal (for Home & Business Desktop) Other Tax Situations Additional Tax Payments Underpayment Penalties - Click the Start or update button

I called TurboTax and got a representative after waiting on the phone for 30 minutes.  The rep indicated this is indeed a software issue on their side and asked me to wait until this weekend before trying it again.   He said he has been on the phone with another client for over two hours and tried many different ways.  He said Turbotax is having issues with ML and Fidelity and that their team is working on it.   I did only select ML but not BoA accounts.  I even tried one account at a time.  It just would not connect.  Each time I tried ML would send me an email telling me I granted access to Turbo Tax so that part means they managed to ping ML and even sign in. It's just kind of frustrating that I've been using TurboTax for the last decade and never had a problem with ML.  In fact I changed from using Taxcut to TurboTax I can't remember how long ago exactly because TurboTax was able to download from ML.

If you transferred the IRA to your own, you can add the inherited basis to your existing basis by indicating in TurboTax that you made nondeductible contributions (even if $0) to trigger Form 8606.   If you keep it as an 'Inherited IRA' you cannot use TurboTax to track the basis. You must file a 8606 outside of TurboTax, then enter only the taxable amount in the TurboTax. You can't merge the deceased's basis with your basis in this case.    If you received a 1099-R for a distribution from a deceased spouse's IRA, there may be a basis reported in Box 5.  If not, is there a different amount in Box 1 and Box 2a?  If so, the basis may be already calculated for you by the plan administrator.  If either of these apply, TurboTax will not ask about basis. If you enter a 1099-R where Box 2a is equal to Box 1, TurboTax will assume the whole thing is taxable unless you check the box during the interview that says "I have a basis in my IRA."   If you are dealing with a significant basis from a spouse, look for their last filed Form 8606. Line 14 of their final 8606 is the "magic number" you need to carry over to your records.   Here's more detailed info on Form 8606.   @pkdm53a