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See this for updating your TurboTax account - https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/account-updates/help/how-do-i-update-my-turbotax-account-information/01/25927?search-action-id=619391868616&search-result-uid=25927

In order to report the sale of your house (not rental property), navigate to Federal > Income > Wages & Income  Summary > Less Common Income > Sale of Home (gain or loss) > Start or Revisit.  Continue through the interview to enter proceeds from the 1099-S and details about the home.    Here is some more information you may find helpful: Tax Aspects of Home Ownership: Selling a Home

There should be no self employment income or tax. Use the information below to enter your stipend.The stipend is not required to be reported as self employment income.    Keep the 1099-NEC or 1099-MISC in the tax file for your records and delete that form from his return (see the link below. If you're using TurboTax Online software and need to delete a form, click here. If you're using TurboTax Desktop software and need to delete a form, click here. Reporting: Taxable, non-W-2 stipends are usually reported on Form 1040, Schedule 1, Line 8r as "Scholarships and grants not reported on Form W-2".   To enter  scholarships, grants, stipends (With or without a 1099 or a 1098-T): Click on the Deductions & Credits  Scroll down to Education (if Education is not there, click on Check for more tax breaks). Select Expenses and Scholarships (Form 1098-T). On the Do you want to enter your higher education expenses? screen, select Yes. Continue with the onscreen interview until you get to the Add any other financial aid screen. Enter the amount of the stipend in the box Other scholarships, grants, or fellowships This will be show on Schedule 1, line 8r, then carried with any other entries to the 1040.

The same thing happened to me and I had the same reaction you did. I keep looking for an entry that went missing but I can’t find anything so I guess I just owe the money and the calculation was wrong about the refund. 

Please clarify with more details so that we can provide specific information for your situation. Do you have a message during the review of the federal return? What form did you use to enter self employment income? Do you have a 1099-MISC or 1099-NEC or neither? Once we know more about your situation we can help.

 The rules are different if you file married filing separately.   That is what you are actually seeing.  If you are receiving Social Security benefits, your SS is 85% taxable if you file MFS.   You need to file a federal return if half your Social Security plus your other income is   Single or Head of Household      $25,000 Married Filing Jointly                  $32,000 Married Filing Separately            $0   @RB287a

If you sold your primary personal residence and you lived in and owned the home for at least two years in the five year period on the date of sale, you do not have to report the sale if your gains are less then the exclusion amounts of $250,000 if filing Single or $500,000 if filing Married Filing Jointly (and both lived in the home for two years). Gain or Loss = Sales Price minus Sales Expenses minus Adjusted Basis (Purchase Price plus the cost of improvements prior to the sale) Selling cost can include escrow fees, legal fees, real estate agent commissions, advertising costs, and even home staging fees. If you had a gain greater then the exclusion amounts then you would have to report the sale. Also, if you received a Form 1099-S for the sale either with a gain or a loss, the sale has to be reported. You will need the online TurboTax Premium edition to report the sale if you are using the online editions. Make sure that you indicate that you want the sale of the home reported on your tax return.   Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business) Click on Wages and Income (Personal Income using Home and Business) Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown) Scroll down to Less Common Income On Sale of Home (gain or loss), click the start or update button

You can generate estimated payment vouchers yourself if you need to make estimated payments.  You will be asked to enter information about your expected income and withholdings for the year and TurboTax will do the calculations and print the vouchers.  There is also a similar procedure in each state tax return to generate state estimated payment vouchers.   Use the steps in the following TurboTax help article to get started:   How do I print estimated tax vouchers?  

As I review the information, there's an indication only 95% of the income from business was attributed to your home office which is used to determine the amount allowable for the home office deduction. Using the same numbers you used see the formula below. $3,500 x .95 = $3,325  The difference is $175. The home office is not allowed to reduce your income below zero (see note below). You also indicated the home office was used all 12 months. Regardless, the limitation is due to the home office and has always been the tax law.   Note: your home office deduction cannot reduce your net self-employment income below zero. The deduction is limited to the gross income derived from your business, meaning it can reduce your profit down to $0 and eliminate self-employment tax, but it cannot be used to create a loss. Can I take the home office deduction? Simplified Option for Home Office  (under this method you are not required to recapture depreciation in a future sale) @mdrzakow 

No one can call you from this community forum.   You complete your tax return by finishing all 3 Steps in the File section. In Step 3, to e-file your tax return, you must click on the large button labeled "Transmit my returns now".   After completing the File section and e-filing your tax return you will receive two emails from TurboTax. The first email when your tax return was transmitted and the second email when the tax return has either been accepted or rejected.   Did you do this?

Very sorry for your loss.   Use the same account you have been using for your past year returns for your 2025 return.  For the year that your spouse died, you can still file a joint return.  That way, you will get the married filing jointly standard deduction of $31,500 (+ $1600 for each spouse 65 or older) which will lower the amount of income you are taxed on.   In My Info, you will need to indicate that your spouse died. When his name is in My Info,  there is a screen early in the interview that asks "Do any of these apply to [name] ?’” where you will do that, and then a drop down will appear where you can enter the date he passed. If you have qualifying dependent children you will be able to file as a qualifying surviving spouse  (QSS) for the next two years after this tax return.  Post back if you need further help.     https://accountants.intuit.com/support/en-us/help-article/tax-filing-status/claiming-qualified-surviving-spouse-filing-status/L7al83jU1_US_en_US       When you prepare a 2026 return next year, you will need a new account and user ID, because it is too difficult to remove the embedded spouse information when you change from filing a joint return to filing as Single.  

Sorry--you cannot use TurboTax for 2021.   And if you need to file 2022, get it accomplished by April 15, 2026 or you will forfeit the refund. Each tax year has to be filed separately using the forms for the specific tax year.  They cannot be combined in any way--do not even put them in the same envelope when you mail them.  Software for past years is available back to 2022.  Any earlier years can only be prepared on paper forms by hand--and those refunds have been forfeited now.   The current online program can only be used for a 2025 return--no other year.  And if you did not file a timely 2024 return you will have trouble e-filing 2025.  When it asks for your 2024 AGI try using zero.  If zero does not work then you have to print, sign and mail 2025.       TurboTax has software for 2022 onward.   Software is no longer available from TurboTax for earlier years, nor would it be supported even if you find it on eBay, etc.  Updates are not available.   It is also too late to receive a tax refund for a tax year earlier than 2022---those refunds have been forfeited.   BUT if you owe tax due you still have to pay with penalties and interest.   There might be othe software providers that have software for those years, but you will not receive refunds for the returns even if the forms show a refund.     It might be better for you to seek local paid tax help in a situation when you are several years behind in filing your tax returns.  Do you even have all of the documents you will need to enter and show your income—like your W-2’s and any 1099’s?     You cannot change the tax year.   The current online program is for 2025 only.   Only a 2025 return can be prepared online and only a 2025 return can be e-filed.   Online preparation and e-filing for 2022, 2023, and  2024 is permanently closed. Note:  The desktop software you need to prepare the prior year return must be installed/downloaded to a full PC or Mac.  It cannot be used on a mobile device.   To file a return for a prior tax year  If you need to prepare a return for 2022, 2023, or 2024  you can purchase and download desktop software to do it, then print, sign,  and mail the return(s) https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/past-years-products/ You may also want to explore purchasing the software from various retailers such as Amazon, Costco, Best Buy, Walmart, Sam’s, etc.   Remember to prepare your state return as well—if you live in a state that has a state income tax.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/state-taxes/contact-state-department-revenue/L9qVToi02_US_en_US?uid=m6e06um0     https://www.irs.gov/refunds   Refunds for tax years 2021 or earlier have been forfeited and will not be paid to you even if shown on the tax return form.  But if you owe tax due, you will still have to pay, and you will be billed later for the interest and penalties owed.  TurboTax will not calculate the penalties or  interest.   That will be done by the IRS/state after they receive your return with your payment of the tax due as shown on the tax form(s).       When you mail a tax return, you need to attach any documents showing tax withheld, such as your W-2’s or any 1099’s.  Use a mailing service that will track it, such as UPS or certified mail so you will know the IRS/state received the return.   Federal and state returns must be in separate envelopes and they are mailed to different addresses.  Read the mailing instructions that print with your tax return carefully so you mail them to the right addresses.