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You can find the date that you scheduled to have your state tax payment drafted from your bank by reviewing (downloading or printing) a copy of your tax return.   The date you chose to have your state tax payment drafted will be on the "Electronic Filing Instructions For Your [State Name]  Tax Return". The scheduled date will be in the top section of the form as: "Date of Withdrawal".

I deleted the imported form 1099-R and re-entered it and went through all the questions.  That all looks good but there is still nothing populating on lines 6, 7 or 12 of the Form 8606 yet on page 2 of the Form 8606 line 15a the figure is correct which is subtracting line 12 from line 7??  I am so confused.  The calculations are all correct.  Should I file the return with lines 6 & 7 being blank since everything else is correct?  I'm not sure what other option I have?

A workaround is to go to the 1095A section, add the form, and then delete it. This refreshes the form and often removes the PTC error for form 8962. To find it go to Deductions > 1095A > Add/Edit. Select Yes, then Done. Then on the Deductions > 1095A line, delete using the icon. 

Where exactly are you seeing the word "pending?"   That's a word used for the efile status soon after filing.   What is displayed with the IRS "Where's my refund" tool?  https://www.irs.gov/refunds  Normally it has 3 stages: Return received and is processing Refund approved Refund sent and an expected deposit date

To add the points paid  from line 6 of your 1098 in TurboTax Online:   Go To "Deductions & Credits"  Select "Mortgage Interest and Refinancing (Form 1098)" Click on Add/Edit  On "Your 1098 summary"  click the drop down arrow next to "COMPLETE" for your mortgage company  Click on Edit, then Continue through until you get to the page "Did you pay points in 2025 when you took out the loan" Mark the appropriate statement.  Continue Indicate "Points are reported on our 1098" and then enter the amount of points in box 6. If the program does not give you these options, then delete the imported Form 1098 and enter it manually.

@rotorhead29 wrote: I printed my return and attempted to e-file. The system stopped the transmission and sent a message to apply an update to complete the filing.  The document completed being printed and now I cannot find the paid for and completed federal and state returns to file them.  I am using a Mac and the file in Finder is a new return with no data.  Please advise or provide a number to a human.   I assume you are using desktop software for Mac, since you mentioned it asking for an update.  Did you successfully apply the update?  I would close and relaunch TurboTax after that update.  Maybe you did.   The data file ends in *.tax2025 so search your entire computer for any file with that extension.  Or you can search for the extension *.tax and also check the trash basket/recycle bin   (yes, that can happen.)  If you use any cloud storage or external storage device, also check those possibilities.  A couple of users in the Windows version said theirs ended up in OneDrive without them knowing about it.   Otherwise, wait and see if anyone using a Mac responds here.   Or if you end up needing to phone TurboTax Support, here's how:   TurboTax Support Hours 5AM-9PM Pacific, 7 days/week https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/contact/

I AGREE.  This was a really deceptive business practice.  I clicked first on the DIY version, but the default is apparently "assisted" so unless you can find another place to click for DIY (I couldn't), we get charged extra.  My complaint in the "How did we do" survey went unanswered.  Intuit should refund the difference.  

That message does pop up before payment. But when called, your reps said it would be resolved by March 5. And it's not. So, it's still a lie and we still paid for a product we aren't getting.   You can quit blameshifting now. Even if people missed that warning, the 5th was given as a hard date to several callers.