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As long as you meet the qualifications for this deduction, it is automatically applied to your tax return. You don't need to take any additional steps. You can see the information for the Senior Deduction reflected on Schedule 1A, Part V, Line 37 Qualifications: -Age: You must be 65 or older by the end of the tax year (e.g., born before Jan 2, 1961, for 2025 returns). -Income Limits: Your Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) must be below certain thresholds (e.g., $175k single, $250k joint for 2025), with deductions phasing out above those levels. Benefit: Up to $6,000 (single) or $12,000 (joint) Additional standard deduction to reduce taxable income.  For more information, see Deductions for Seniors.  

Federal and state refunds come from completely separate entities.  There is no rule as to which one will come in first or how long it will be between their arrival in your account.   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.        

Once your return is filed, TurboTax has no control over the processing or the timing when the IRS releases your refund.    The IRS Where's My Refund site gives a date range of when you can expect to receive your refund. Most refunds are deposited within the allotted timeframe.    You can contact the IRS and/or state to get additional information on the status of refunds. 

You are correct; you should not select that option. Since you and your wife moved in together and were cohabiting on December 31, 2025, you were not living in separate provinces. You should indicate that you lived together and your province of residence. Province of Residence: Your province of residence is where you lived on Dec 31, 2025.   Your province or territory of residence Thank you for choosing TurboTax.  

@eltigre    Did you figure out what to do yet?   It usually depends on whether you have a real non-zero value in box 2a of that 1099-R  (or CSA-1099-R, or RRB-1099-R) or not.   IF you have a value in box 2a, then you may have answered "No" to a follow-up question about the taxable amount, where you should have answered "Yes".

Federal and state refunds come from completely separate entities.  There is no rule as to which one will come in first or how long it will be between their arrival in your account.   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.        

I cannot access my 2024 tax return saved on my computer. When I click on the file to open it, Turbotax tries to activate 2024 Turbotax and wants my license code which I cannot find. I am able to open 2023 and previous years' returns.

If you don't need Tax Expert's assistance, you are not required to use its products or services. Make sure you begin your return in the correct version, and when it offers to upgrade, choose "No Thanks" and proceed.    https://turbotax.intuit.ca/tax/software/online   Thank you for choosing TurboTax

TurboTax does not support Form 7220, Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship (PWA) Verification and Corrections, but this form does not seem to apply in this situation.    To be eligible for the residential clean energy credit, your central air conditioner must meet certain efficiency requirements. Per the Energy Star website, the air conditioner must meet SEER2 ≥ 17.0 and EER2 ≥12.0 to be eligible for the credit.   See this TurboTax article for more information on the residential clean energy credit.    

It depends. While the instructions say to take your adjusted gross income and subtract your standard or itemized deductions, there is a catch. If you have qualified dividends or capital gains (taxed at the lower 0%, 15%, or 20% rates), the IRS requires you to "adjust" those amounts before they go on Line 18.   This is because the Foreign Tax Credit (FTC) limit is based on your tax rate. Since dividends are taxed at a lower rate than your ordinary income, the IRS doesn't let you count the full amount of those dividends.   As a result, if you have entries on Form 1040, Line 3a (Qualified Dividends) or Schedule D, TurboTax is running the Foreign Tax Credit Worksheet to adjust your dividends to reflect the lower US tax rate for computation of the foreign tax credit.   The Adjustment: You must multiply your qualified dividends/capital gains by a specific fraction (usually 0.4054 or 0.5405 depending on the current tax year's brackets) before adding them to the total. The Result: This makes your Line 18 figure smaller than your taxable income on Form 1040, Line 15.