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@lyndoncorrea asked:  "Why did I just pay $130?"   No one can see your fees in this community forum.  Here are a couple of possibilities.    Did you use Deluxe Edition for a Federal and State return?  If so, Deluxe is currently $69 for a Federal return and $59 for a state return, plus possible sales tax.   Or did you use the Premium edition for a Federal return fee of $129?

This is a public Internet forum.   You should not post any personal info in the user community.  You can edit your question above to remove personal info by clicking the tiny blue 3-dot icon just to the right of your question.   Here's how to edit your email address.   There are 2 possible places you have an email address.   An email address can be used for a User ID, and an email address can be in your profile to be used for notification purposes.  They don't have to be the same.   In any case, here's how to edit either or both of those, depending on your needs:     Log in, and in the left menu column scroll way down to Intuit Account. Then once in the account settings choose tab Sign In & Security. You can change the notifications email address there.  If you do, also be sure to verify it while you are in the settings.   If you need/want to edit your User ID, you can do that while you are in account settings.  

Online TurboTax saves your return after every screen.  You can come and go.   To exit, you can go to the left menu column and scroll way down to Sign Out.    That's the best way to leave, but even if you were to close the browser, your return information should be saved.

If that date was provided by TurboTax, that is an estimate based on common processing times at the IRS for most returns.  Some returns are processed quicker, some take longer.     What do you currently see at the IRS "Where's My Refund" tool? https://www.irs.gov/refunds

@ laloifidellaisaako  says:  "You guys are not helping."   This is mainly a user community forum, and it's the middle of the night.   It appears this is your only posting in the forum.  If you want to ask a question here, then go ahead and do so.  If someone is familiar with it, you will likely get some comments at some point.   There are more people in the forum during the day, less so at night.

The key to this is (6), which I figured out after wasting lots of time: select *only the year 2025* for the income. Which does not make sense, since I had the same income in 2024 and I will also have it in future years. But if you select more than one year, you will NOT get the question ""Did the Vanguard Security Lending involve an intent to earn money?", and you end up in the self-employment rabbit hole with no way out.    This clearly is a bug in TT, or at least very misleading, and a big time waster. It should be fixed.        

 If your 2023 return was prepared with Online TurboTax, do you find the 2023 PDF in your online account? If so, what happens when you choose to view/print/download the PDF? What/where is the roadblock?     If you can't find a 2023 online return, we can tell you how to look for multiple accounts.

If the above didn't work for you, here's a tool that should get you directly to the estimated tax payments made for 2025, if that's the topic you are hunting for.    With the return open, go to the left menu column and click on TAX TOOLS, then the subtab TOOLS. In the Tools Center choose the blue button Topic Search. In the topic search line enter the phrase estimated tax payments without quotes. Make the selection in the list (it may already be highlighted), and either double-click it or click the GO button. Next screen is Estimates and Other Income Taxes Paid. Use the subtopic Estimated Tax Payments. Choose the appropriate category and tax year you are reporting (Federal, state, local) and click START or Revisit. NOTE:  Before filing, make sure your Federal estimated tax payments correctly show on the Form 1040, Line 26, and that any state estimated tax payments (if applicable) show up on your state return.

What are you wanting to enter in that category?  Are you wanting to enter estimated tax payments you made toward 2025?  You didn't specifically say, but  I'll go assume that is what you are asking about.    I'll provide you 2 different methods to get to the right place to enter estimated tax payments you made toward 2025.   If this first one doesn't work for you, then see the second one that I will post in a comment to follow this one.   Here's why you may not be seeing it under Deductions & Credits, since you may have to take an additional step to see the full list of deductions.   See if this works:   When you click in the left column tab for Deductions & Credits, then subtab Deductions & Credits Summary, it may take you to a page called "Your Tax Breaks".   That shows the "Tax Breaks", i.e., deductions, that someone has already worked on this year or that TurboTax is expecting from what was entered last year.   Lower on that same screen should be a button or link for "Add more tax breaks" or "Show more tax breaks" or similar wording.   When clicked, then the screen should expand, and all the deduction topics are displayed including "Estimates and Other Taxes Paid."  Then that topic can be expanded further to get the subtopic Estimated Tax Payments (if that's what you need to enter.)   If you didn't find it that way, see my shortcut navigation in my next comment.

@ brucebaines28  This is a public Internet forum.  You should not post any personal information here.  You can edit your posting above to remove the info.  To do that, click the tiny blue 3-dot icon just to the right of your question title.   You wrote:  "I have my PIN number," and you provided the 6 digits.   However, you didn't say what type of PIN, so we have to guess a bit.  Is it an IP PIN (Identity Protection PIN) provided by the IRS to certain victims of identity theft, or to users who opted into that program?   If that is your situation, and if you are referring to an IP PIN, then here's a route to enter the IP PIN:   With your return open go to the left menu column and click on TAX TOOLS, then TOOLS. In the Tools window choose TOPIC SEARCH. In the search line enter IP PIN without quotes. In the results list select IP PIN  (it may already be highlighted),and either double-click on it, or click GO. The next screen should ask:  "Were you assigned an Identity Protection PIN?" Continue that interview.

How long has it been since you filed?   Did you efile?  If so, was the efile accepted for processing (in Online TurboTax you can check at the Tax Home.)   While most filers who efiled and chose direct deposit receive their refund within 21 days, that is just the most common scenario.  A significant number of returns take longer for the IRS to process.   "Accepted" is an efile term.  That term is not used by the IRS at the "Where's My Refund" tool.   If the efile was accepted for processing, what message do you currently see at the IRS "Where's My Refund" tool?   Occasionally they will leave a message if more information is required. https://www.irs.gov/refunds   The IRS normally uses 3 stages: Return received and is being processed. Refund approved. Refund sent and an expected deposit date.

@rod_syverson  asked:  "Where do I list my retirement income from form 1099-R?"   It's in the Retirement Income section.   Here's a shortcut to get to the 1099-R entry topic.   With your return open go to the left column menu and click on TAX TOOLS, then subtab TOOLS. In the Tools window choose the blue button TOPIC SEARCH. In the search line enter 1099-R without quotes. In the results list select 1099-R (may already be highlighted) and either double-click it, or click on GO. Next screen should ask:  "Did you get a 1099-R in 2025?"   If so, click Yes. Continue answering the screens in that topic.