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Emily - The same thing happened to me, but the update they promised for 1/26/26 wasn't actually updated until the following day (perhaps because Intuit's headquarters is in California), but then on 1/27/26 the Wisconsin return was finally accepted. I suspect your update might actually be completed by the new date they have given you or perhaps the following day. Try filing your Wisconsin return then. Intuit's attention to this problem has been quite unimpressive. Too bad because it used to be a pretty good product. Regards, Mike O'Brien

@ cuong_bui  By the way, the link "Add a State" does not say "Add a State return."  It only says "Add a State" and is on the Tax Home page and is used when the interview has been closed by TurboTax.   If you don't see it immediately on the Tax Home page, you may have to scroll down to "Your Tax Returns & Documents."

where to go to do 1040X    Are you wanting to amend your income tax return?  Please clarify.   In TurboTax Online, report an IRS form 1099-INT and accrued interest as follows:   At the screen Now, let's review your 1099-INT, enter interest information.  Click Continue. At the screen Do any of these uncommon situations apply, select I need to adjust the interest on my form.  Click Continue. At the screen Tell us about your interest adjustment, enter amount and select My accrued interest is included in this 1099-INT. If your return has been transmitted and rejected by the IRS, you can correct your tax return and re-transmit.    If your return has been transmitted and accepted by the IRS, you will have to amend your Federal 1040 tax return.   If you used TurboTax Online, log in to your account and select Amend a return that was filed and accepted.    See also this TurboTax Help. @XP666 

Yes, you can open and fund a Traditional or Roth IRA for the 2025 tax year in 2026. Contributions for the 2025 tax year can be made up until the tax filing deadline, which is April 15, 2026. You must specifically instruct your brokerage that the contribution is for the 2025 tax year. 

California-sourced income is based specifically on the days you physically worked in the state.   Thus, you should use the Day-Ratio Method to avoid a potential audit from the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB), which is notoriously strict about residency and sourcing.   The standard formula that California taxes nonresidents on income earned while physically present in the state is:   CA Sourced Income ($) = Total Annual Wages ($) X {Workdays in California / Total Workdays Everywhere)   Using your scenario... Workdays in CA: 18 Total Workdays Everywhere: approximately 240–260 days (excluding weekends, holidays, and vacation).  if you worked 250 days total in 2025, your percentage would be (18 / 250) = 7.2%  Thus, if your TAW is $50,000 X 7.2% = $3,600 CA Sourced Income   Open or continue your return. Within your California state return section, Mark yourself as a Nonresident.   When the program asks you how you want to allocate your income, Choose "Work Day Ratio" or "Manual Allocation." Enter the specific dollar amount calculated using the formula above. Since Texas has no state income tax, you don't need to worry about filing a TX return.   You will file Form 540NR (Nonresident or Part-Year Resident) for California. Note: If you had Intel Stock Options/RSUs vest while you were in Texas, but they were granted while you were in California, CA may claim a portion of that income as well.   Make sure to keep track of your final move date (since you moved for a job. You may be entitled to certain adjustments depending on your specific contract (i.e., whether you were reimbursed for your moving expenses or not).

You would report the W2  in the year you had constructive receipt of it (2025). Since it’s on a W-2, it's treated as wages, and you’ll claim the withholding shown on the W-2 as a credit to get your refund. Enter the W-2 exactly as issued. If the scholarship was qualified (tuition, fees, books) and shouldn’t be taxable, contact the school for a corrected form, since W-2 income is generally taxable.

To fix this, try running TurboTax as an Administrator, while saving it to your Desktop. Close your TurboTax program and right-click the TurboTax icon and select "Run as administrator". Please return to Community if you have any additional information or questions and we would be happy to help.  

no idea what FIA is and this public forum has no way to look up any tax payments you made.  direct deposit is when you are due a refund. you owe. You can pay through the iRS website or mail in 1040-V with payment. you will likely get a bill for penalties and interest since any balance due for 2024 was due 4/15/2025 

You must show that the QBI worksheet is for the Rental Real Estate activity.  To do so, follow the steps to fix the error when at the final review section of TurboTax.  Follow the steps and make the correct updates, then go to Final Review again and repeat the process if TurboTax asks to fix the error again until TurboTax no longer asks to fix the error.

On the Tabor Refund issue, I think you are getting caught up in the semantics.  You are correct that a refund of sales tax is not the same thing as income tax withheld from wages...however, it acts the same way in determining tax due.  Your $74 Tabor refund has the exact same effect on your tax due/refund as $74 withheld from wages.  Based on the methodology used to calculate required estimated tax payments, the Tabor refund should be included in the calculation.   It's just not explicitly stated on the tax form.  I would say that instead of an error, there is an omission, and it is in the wording of the CO tax form.     Lines 10, 11, and 12 are blank because there is not underpayment penalty.  If you were to add a significant amount of income with no corresponding CO tax withholding to your return, and you had a underpayment penalty, then you would see lines 10,11, &12 populated.     The program is working exactly the way it should in regards to CO 0204.  

Yup! However, it was not clear and the disconnect was that the value was used differently in Schedule A vs VA760CG. If TuboTax would have ignored the 4th payment with date in 2026 for both the forms, then it would have been consistent. But to ignore in one place and count for it in the other place is incorrect design. Also, they should not be putting the default dates in the Estimated tax. In addition, the field doesn't show the entire date

You can file prior-year returns using desktop software for the past three to four years, specifically for years 2022, 2023, and 2024 as of early 2026.    In general, the statute of limitations for filing a return to receive a refund is three years from the original due date of the return, or two years from the date the tax was paid, whichever is later.   For most, this means a 2022 return must generally be filed by April 15, 2026, to claim a refund and most 2021 returns are past the statute date for claiming a refund. This is by law. Because of this, do-it-yourself software providers like TurboTax don't continue to support years for which the statute is typically expired unless the original return was filed very late.   California has a 4-year statute instead of 3 years. However, commercial do-it-yourself software such as TurboTax only covers the current plus 3 prior years.   Tax return audits would generally only go back 7 years if there was something extending the statute, such as a substantial understatement of income or fraud, or if the return was filed several years late.   See this tax tips article and this one for more information.   @luisadelavoce   

@ Cynthia17902 wrote: I am trying to download 2024 turbotax file for 2025.  It is a desktop on MAC program. There's not enough detail to know what that means.   What do you mean by "download?"   Download from where?  Was the 2024 return prepared in Online TurboTax, and now you're using desktop software for 2025?    Or do you already have the *.tax2024 data file on the same computer as your 2025 TurboTax program?   If so, then please describe your issue.   Or do you already have the 2024 data file and are having trouble transferring it into the 2025 program for Mac?     In other words, we are just guessing until you explain your issue.