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Most payment errors are caused because of your address not matching the credit card address, issues with your browser, or credit card authorization issues.  To fix this:   Make sure the address on your return matches the address on the credit card. Clear your cache and cookies. Try a different Web Browser. If you are using TurboTax Desktop make sure all updates have been run on your program. You can do this by clicking on "Online" in the black bar across the top of your TurboTax screen. And then select "Check for Updates". If these do not work, select a different payment method.  

@DianeW777    Thanks Diane.  I actually hadn't realized you adjusted the total gain.  You assume correctly that my new numbers (based on a more solid and accurate FMV when I placed the car into service) changed the numbers slightly to end with a 1,750 gain.   After posting the recent screen shots, I realized that the current issue is that there are TWO asset sales coming up when I get into the state return.  See this screen shot:   It appears to me based on my best guess that the "Honda Civic" listed may have got added to the federal back before I switched it to converted to personal use as you instructed earlier in this thread.   I had originally been trying to enter the sale info and then went back and selected the converted to personal use selection.  Then I went to the less common business section that you instructed and I entered the sale (2021 Honda Civic EX listed in the above screenshot).  This would explain when the numbers were filled in on this entry and I was just to confirm them during the state return process.  Then for the entry of Honda Civic, the number boxes were empty and I didn't know what to do with them and left them blank.   I now see that there are two entries for the same car.  I cannot find anywhere or any way to fix this (by deleting the "Honda Civic" entry).  Does my guess as to what is going on make sense?  I'm thinking I am going to have to delete the entire return and start ALL OVER???  :(     I assume it is possible to delete the entire return and start over?  I don't know how else to fix what looks like a double entry.

If you are sure that you have satisfied all RMD requirements, Indicate that The entire distribution was an RMD then on the following page, to the question What is the RMD for your account? enter the amount of the distribution from the pension.   By doing this, you are telling TurboTax that all RMDs are satisfied and TurboTax will not calculate any penalty. The information you entered in TurboTax is to enable TurboTax to calculate any penalty where applicable, and is not reported to the IRS.

Your abswer is to my other question.  This question is about the ncorrect answer regarding attaching my federal return only if there is retirement income.   Regarding your answer, “File by mail” is an option only on the federal page, not on the state page.  If you choose e-file for federal, the next page only allows e-file state or “do not e-file… I’ll do it later.”   Going back around after e-filing federal, you get the same screens.  It is not intuitive to choose “file by mail” on the first page under File a Return, because in big blue letters it says “We Recommend E-filing Your Federal Return.”  Why would I think to choose “File by mail” on this page?   I did try “File by mail” & Continue, which allows you to print state & choose to not print federal, but as I said, it is counterintuitive.   Someone should address the issue of the incorrect answer I’m reporting in my question.

Thank you for the assistance.  But the question on Turbotax asks for (1) payments & withholding, and (2) amount of refund.  Where do each of them come from on the 2024 NY return?  And (3) is it possible that some of the numbers are NOT on the 2024 return but can be found only elsewhere?  (4) Also, a TT error message says that the Total NY 2024 payments and withholding must exceed the individual payments (estimated, extension, payment with return).  Why am I getting that message when TT pre-filled that field with info from my 2024 return?  And finally (5)  I did not get a 1099-G from NY but found it online but it is quite different from the prefilled number, and perhaps coincidentally the same $400 as the Inflation Refund from NYS which I understand is not taxable.  Thank you so much in advance for trying to clarify this.  (Hopefully TT will make far more clear, with better instructions, next year.)

The same thing is happening to me. I do a back-door Roth. Every year before April 15 I contribute the max amount (for me at 57 it's $8000) to a Traditional IRA for the previous tax year. Then, usually around May I convert the entire amount to a Roth IRA. So for 2025, I had a 1099-R showing the $8000 distribution from my Traditional IRA. I input that and then tell Turbo Tax I converted the whole $8000 to my Roth IRA. In Feb 2026, I contributed another $8000 to the Traditional IRA for the 2025 tax year. When I tell Turbo Tax that I completed my 2025 contribution between Jan 1, 2026 and April 15, 2026, I tax refund goes down about $2000 and it shows all $8000 of my 2025 IRA distribution as being taxable. If I put $0 of my 2025 Trad IRA contribution occurred between Jan 1, 2026 and April 15, 2026, the $8000 distribution isn't taxed and my refund goes up $2000. This seems like a glitch. Turbo Tax really sucks overall at the whole Roth back-door thing!!

You can't change the amount you want refunded on your original return by amending.  If you need to amend your return, wait until the IRS accepts the original return and you have received your refund.  Once you have received your refund you can amend your return.  The IRS will calculate your underpayment penalty based on the information they have.  What they calculate may be different than what was on line 38 - "Estimated tax penalty..." of your original return.  If so, they will adjust your refund accordingly.   Unless you are filing Form 2210 to annualize your income or request a waiver there is no need to amend and file it. 

@kcarterco I assume you mean it is reported on line 8Z (not 3z) of schedule 1).   I also use Form 1116 in my tax return, so I added a form 1099-MISC to see how it impacted Form 1116.  It doesn't impact form 1116 in the manner you describe.   Line 3e of form 1116 increases by the exact amount of the dummy 1099-MISC I added.     have you tried deleting your 1099-MISC form and re-entering? I am using desktop deluxe version. 

catina: i have the same print quality issue that you responded to. HP has had me print out pages in Excel and they are fine but when i print out a return in Turbo Tax, it is too faint to see. I actually went back to 2024 Turbo Tax and those forms also come out faint. Any ideas how to "darken" the returns I print?

Après discussion avec la sympathique Diane, j'ai compris que je dois privilégié Chrome plutôt que Safari (j'ai un Mac) et ensuite de saisir les petits T5 / relevé 3, pour ensuite saisir les feuillets avec des montants plus élevés. Et vous savez quoi? Ça fonctionne!

If TurboTax is not allowing you to select Bonus Depreciation at all, be sure to check the following:   Business use must be 50% or more. If used less than 50%, Bonus Depreciation is not allowed and you will need to use Straight-Line Depreciation The "luxury auto" limit (Vehicles under 6,000 lbs, Bonus Depreciation is capped at $20,200)  Ensure the Date Placed in Service is 2025 If the original return opted out of Bonus Depreciation for 5-year property, you may not be able to change the election without IRS permission   Although you would prefer not to use Section 179, it does allow you to deduct up to 100% of the cost (up to specific limits). However, the S-Corp is required to have taxable income, since you cannot use Section 179 to create a loss, like you can if you elect to use Bonus Depreciation.