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Not sure what you thought the $40 was for----always--always--always---look at your fees before you e-file so you know what you are dealing with.   The $40 "refund processing fee" is the fee that is charged when you make the choice to have all of your TurboTax software fees deducted from your federal refund instead of paying upfront using a credit or debit card before you file.   When you make that choice, your refund goes from the IRS to a third party bank; that bank  takes your TT fees out of the refund, keeps $40 for itself, and sends you the rest of the refund.    You had to agree to it---it is important to read every screen carefully to see what you are agreeing to.   Santa Barbara Tax Products Group, LLC  (SBTPG) is the bank that handles the Refund Processing Service when you choose to have your TurboTax fees deducted from your refund. This option also has an additional charge from the bank that processes the transaction.  You can contact them SBTPG, toll-free, at 1-877-908-7228 or go to their secure website www.sbtpg.com    What is Refund Processing Service?   How can I see my TurboTax  fees?    https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/intuit-account-billing/review-fees-turbotax-online/L1XnIzgzg_US_en_US?uid=m682vq7k      

Had similar occur.  All was fine and my return was ready to file, now comes a new update and it eliminated the responses to 21a and 21b and said to fix the error I should change the address in 21c to blank.  Going through again my 30% credit for hybrid hot water heat pump tank was eliminated.  Appears there is a bug in whoever updated this form.  Will need to delay filing because of this bug and a potential $2000 error.  Please review and repair this update error.

The $40 was only the service charge to have the regular TurboTax fees deducted from your refund.  So you must have been in a paid version, not the Free Edition.  172.20-40 = 132.20 for fees.      How to review your fees https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/charges-and-fees/help/how-do-i-review-my-fees-in-turbotax-online/00/26353

Follow these instructions from the FAQ Where do I enter my estimated tax payments?: If you made estimated or quarterly tax payments in 2025 toward your federal, state, or local taxes, enter them in the Estimates and Other Income Taxes Paid section. Navigate to the estimated tax payments section: TurboTax Online/Mobile: Go to estimated tax payments (< click here) under Deductions & Credits. TurboTax Desktop: Go to the Federal Taxes, then Deductions & Credits. Select Estimates and Other Taxes Paid. Select Start or Revisit next to the type of estimated tax payment you'd like to enter under Estimated Tax Payments. Enter the amount of estimated tax you paid at each of the quarterly due dates. If you paid 2025 estimated taxes in 2025, you'll enter just one amount for each state or locality.

Turbo tax just did me so dirty, when I was done with my taxes and paying for the services I made sure I selected the $40 charge, make sure no other services were selected and entered my payment info, I hit pay and ... They charged me $172.20, I made sure nothing was selected but the $40 charge, I never added "max" or any other services I'm so pissed off, if turbo tax won't let me talk to a person and cancel the charge I'm going to my bank first thing in the morning to block the payment, turbo tax is so dirty

Yes.  If you know you are not required to file income tax returns for states where you worked due to the government program, then answering that you did not have income from other states in the Personal Info (or My Info) section of your return will prevent TurboTax from considering that you may need to file other state returns uless your W-2 shows income from other states.

  MY DEPENDENT SAID HE COULD NOT BE CLAIMED   Your dependent made a very common mistake often made by teenagers and students who are filing their first tax returns.  In MY INFO they should have said that they can be claimed as someone else’s dependent—-but they answered incorrectly and now your e-file is being rejected.   Your dependent will have to amend their return to change the way they answered that question in MY INFO.   They cannot amend until their return has been fully processed.   But you do not have to wait for them to amend.  Waiting will not help you at all.   You can file your return by mail, since mailed returns are not rejected.   It will take longer for the IRS to process your mailed return and delay your refund.   OR….Get an IP PIN to e-file.     GET IP pin in order to e-file if your dependent’s SSN was claimed on another return   https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-takes-steps-to-help-prevent-refund-delays-by-accepting-duplicate-dependent-returns-with-an-ip-pin-for-2025-filing-season-taxpayers-encouraged-to-sign-up-soon-for-ip-pin-online-account     https://www.irs.gov/identity-theft-fraud-scams/get-an-identity-protection-pin

@user17720701181 wrote: My schedule E shows a loss and it should be allowed, based on my income, as I'm above the passive activity loss limitation phaseout threshold. However, line 1b on form 8582 is blank and my schedule E loss is showing as fully deductible, which is incorrect. Is anyone else having this issue? Any advice is appreciated.   Can you clarify?   Do you mean your income is BELOW the limits, so you are allowed the loss (up to $25,000)?   Or did you mean your income is too high, so you should not be allowed any loss?   Is your loss over $25,000, and that is why you think the Schedule E allowable loss is wrong?   Did you indicate you are a Real Estate Professional?   Did you indicate that you "Materially Participate"? Did you indicate that you "Actively Participate"?  

You just need to make sure that this amount is included in your current year K-1 activity as a deduction when reviewing your TT detail. This is a current year "deduction", however, there are many unanswered questions; are you a material participant, passive, do you have basis, etc.