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To check on regular tax refund status via automated phone, call 800-829-1954.   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.      

MY STATE REFUND WAS LESS THAN I EXPECTED The state will send you a letter explaining the change.  TurboTax does not get any feedback from your state after your return is accepted, so no one at TT knows why your state refund was less.   Did you owe back taxes, child support, or student loans?  Traffic fines, etc.?     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/state-taxes/contact-state-department-revenue/L9qVToi02_US_en_US?uid=m6e06um0

To resolve this issue, you can try these things:   Log Out Completely: Before doing anything else, click Sign Out in the TurboTax menu. Clear Cache and Cookies: This removes old, "corrupted" data that might be confusing the website. Use an Incognito (Private) Window: This is the most effective "quick fix" because it launches the browser without any saved history or extensions (like AdBlockers) that often interfere with tax forms. Check Pop-up Blockers: TurboTax often opens forms (like the 1099 PDF) or payment windows in a separate pop-up. Look at the right side of your address bar for a small icon with a "red X"—click it and select "Always allow pop-ups from Intuit." Restart the Browser: Close all open windows of your browser entirely and then reopen it.    

"I wish it were true that you could itemize for Maryland but not Federal, but marylandcomptroller article=KB0010023  says Under current Maryland law, if you take the standard deduction the federal level, you cannot itemize at the Maryland level."   That's correct.  I didn't say otherwise.  You have been permitted to take the standard deduction for Maryland if you itemized federal, so I'm not sure why TurboTax would have previously forced you to itemize Maryland taxes whenever you itemized federal.  I was able to create such a scenario with 2020 TurboTax, but only if I forced federal to be itemized even though the federal standard deduction was lower.  In that case I think TurboTax should have chosen to use the Maryland standard deduction.  With 2020 TurboTax I was not able to find a scenario where the Maryland standard deduction was was higher if I allowed TurboTax to choose on its own to itemize federal.  Still, I can't imagine a scenario where it would made sense to force federal to itemize unless the Maryland itemized deductions would be higher than the standard deduction, so prior to 2025 I can't think of a reason that it would make sense to take the Maryland standard deduction when itemizing federal (except possibly in the case of Married Filing Separately; I didn't investigate that).

You watch your mail and open all mail even if it looks like junk mail.   Sometimes for reasons of its own, the IRS decides to mail you a check instead of making direct deposit.   Only the IRS can explain why.   The IRS does not share any information about that with TurboTax.

Yes, you will need to review the K-1 forms you imported and manually correct anything that is incorrect.  If in the future you are not filing MFJ, you only need to import your Schedule K-1 and not your spouse's.     Where do I enter a Schedule K-1 that I received?

You will need to do a couple of extra steps to get the prior depreciation worksheet to print when using TurboTax Online:   Sign in to your prior-year return Click Amend the return (this allows you to access the Print Center) Click Print Center on the left side of the screen Select Print, save, or preview the return and choose to Include Government and TurboTax Worksheets   This choice should include the depreciation report that shows the details of everything being depreciated on your return.     Additionally, if you have not started the 2025 return, you can try to download the 2024 tax data file to import it into your 2025 TurboTax program.  Then, you will not need to recreate all of the depreciation entries.   While logged in to the 2024 tax return, go to Tax Home.  Scroll to Tax Returns and Documents.  Then click download .tax file.   This file can then be imported into your 2025 TurboTax desktop program to give you a head start.   @tax6666 

If I understand correctly:   You received a 1099-R Your state tax due was $7,534 You had $22,200 as state tax withheld in Box 14 of the 1099R Please check all State withholdings posted to your return. @fcmatta 

Yes, you should amend your 2025 Federal tax return to document the removal of the excess contribution, even though you incurred a loss and the withdrawal was made before the April 15 deadline.    You do not need to wait until you receive the 1099-R from Fidelity in 2027, instead, you should enter a substitute 1099-R on your 2025 amendment using the actual amount you received ($985). Because you will have already reported this on your 2025 amendment, you will not need to report anything regarding this withdrawal on your 2026 return. Keep the  1099-R you receive in 2027 for your records.

This is still not working. When I mark “no” Did you install improvements or replacements for enabling property? The interview still takes me to “Improvements or replacements installed for enabling property and I have to select from the enabling property list and then the QMID code and then a cost you paid and total paid. I did not have any cost. Have to fill in something to finish the interview. When I finally get to where I can fix, the question “Did you install improvements… I can then mark no but I get other errors and cannot proceed

Quel message d'erreur recevez-vous? Faites-vous une déclaration conjointe? Avez-vous réussi à transmettre au fédéral?  Si on vous demande un courriel, vous devez en entrer un.   Tous les formulaires sont disponibles et fonctionnels dans TurboImpôt Bureau sauf l'annexe U - Cotisations RRQ.     Si vous avez un Relevé 1, ajouter 1.00 $ dans la case G 2 pour que le calcul du RRQ se fasse correctement.   Avisez-nous si ça fonctionne ou donnez-nous plus de détails.    Merci de choisir TurboImpôt

@Chantal Tremblay @Jean_1022 Dites-nous quel messages d'erreur vous recevez lorsque vous voulez transmettre. Avez-vous des revensu de travail autonome ou d'entreprise? Est-ce que vous utilisez le TP-80, si oui lequel E P ou C?    

For the sale of land acquired by government eminent domain when the land is part of your business property with a depreciated home but the land itself is not depreciated, you generally enter the information from Form 1099-S in the section for business property sales. Here is how you can enter it in TurboTax Online: 1. Go to the Federal Taxes section. 2. Select Wages & Income. 3. Scroll down to and start or update the section for Business Items. 4. Locate and open the option for Sale of Business Property. 5. Enter details about the sale, including the information from your 1099-S form. TurboTax will guide you through entering the sales price, adjusted basis (considering depreciation on the home portion), and calculating any gain or loss. The land is typically treated separately since it isn’t depreciated. The sale of the business portion of the land and depreciated home use Form 4797 for reporting.

Are you using Desktop or Online version?  I (and others) have posted the solution for Desktop - go to the student's People Worksheet and enter the expenses there, they will transfer to the Student worksheet and the proper expenses will be subtracted from the 1099-Q "income".  If you're using the Online version, I'm sorry - I think someone posted a few weeks ago that it was fixed, but maybe not.

If you stopped using the vehicle for business in this tax year but plan to use it again for business in the future, you should still check the box for "Stopped using this vehicle in [tax year]". TurboTax treats this as a temporary stop for the current year and will prompt you to enter the date you stopped. This helps TurboTax calculate your business use percentage correctly for the year you stopped using the vehicle. If you resume business use in a future year, you can enter that information then without affecting this year's return.   @DougTheComputerGuy 

The Qualified overtime deduction is for overtime pay that is required by the 1939 Fairs Labor Standards Act.  In addition, the employee must not be exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act.   FLSA Type N - Non-Exempt refers to being non-exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act, so the Qualified overtime deduction is available to you.   For tax years 2025 through 2028, individuals who receive qualified overtime compensation may deduct the pay that exceeds their regular rate of pay (generally, the “half” portion of “time-and-a-half” compensation) that is required by the Fair Labor Standards Act and reported on a Form W-2, Form 1099, or other specified statement furnished to the individual.    Maximum annual deduction is $12,500 ($25,000 for joint filers). Deduction phases out for taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income over $150,000 ($300,000 for joint filers). The deduction is available for both itemizing and non-itemizing taxpayers.   

@TurboTaxAniqua   I have the same issue. Please link my account. Thanks!    " This should not have happened. Don't worry - your data has been saved. Our TurboTax application has stopped working properly. It rarely happens; we're sorry it happened when you were using it. Maybe the puppy helps, but you're probably mad and we're already hard at work fixing it. "