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If you want to check the debit date you specified, look on the filing instructions for your return.  It will tell you the debit date the IRS or State will deduct the payment.  If you did not print them out you can view them using the following steps:    If you filed using TurboTax Online, the Electronic Filing Instructions page will give that info.   Here's how to view the PDF copy: Sign in to TurboTax and open your return. On the Tax Home screen, scroll to Your tax returns & documents and select Add a State (don't worry, you're not actually adding a state, this just gets you into the right area) to access your tax forms and worksheets. In the menu, select Tax Tools, then Print Center. On the TurboTax Print Center screen, select Print, save or preview this year’s return. On the next TurboTax Print Center screen, select 2025 Federal return and Include government and TurboTax worksheets, then select View or print forms. The information will be on the first page, Electronic Filing Instructions, for your 2025 Federal Tax Return, next to Balance Due/Refund. TurboTax CD/Download  Go into Forms Mode by clicking on the Forms icon in the top right of the blue bar.   In the Forms in My Return list on the left, click Filing Inst.  [It's usually toward the bottom of the list.]  The form will appear on the right side of the screen. You can view the form on the screen or you can print a copy by clicking the Print box at the bottom of the screen. To return to the interview, click on the Step-By-Step icon in the top right of the blue bar.

@FCarv , if you entered the country in Jan 2023 with J-1, then 2025 would be your first year of Resident for Tax purposes ( counting days and meet SPT).  Thus for 2026, if you leave the country by end of May, you may  still be  Resident  for tax purposes.   So yes , absent you coming back  during the  year 2026, you are dual status ---- resident  till exit date and NRA thereafter.  Your are taxed by the USA on world income till exit date   ( form 1040 )   and thereafter on US sourced /connected income ONLY and on form 1040-NR. But yes, this does mean itemized deduction. You generally cannot be a resident for tax purposes once your  "legal stay" expires ( end of visa ). What are you trying to achieve ?   Use standard deduction in exchange for  US tax on foreign earnings and claim FTC ?

I've had an opportunity to review your token information and I have a few observations.   In the personal income section, under Other Common Income, TurboTax is showing a state tax refund of $200 from 2024 withholdings of $2727.  If those were your 2024 withholdings, they cannot be claimed as a tax payment you made on state taxes for 2025.  Go to this section in TurboTax and make the following corrections:   Click Update on State and Local Tax Refunds on Form 1099-G in the Other Common Income section On the Summary of state and local tax refunds page click the pencil icon at the right of your state refund The information on Tell us about the refund you received in 2025 would have been carried over by TurboTax from your 2024 return and should be correct. You can check your prior year state return to verify this information.  The payments and withholdings would be on line 26 of Virginia Form 760 and the refund amount would be on line 36.  If these are not correct, make any edits necessary and then click Continue Click Done on the Summary of state and local tax refunds page On the Let's check for uncommon situations page you should click None of these apply because the $2,727 that you claimed as a payment for 2025 state taxes was actually 2024 state withholdings paid in 2024. For How much of your 2024 state taxes did you pay in 2025?, that entry needs to be 0 and not $2,727.  You could click the trashcan at the right to delete the entry, then click Done. On the Let's get some details from your 2024 federal tax return, those selections are based on imported data from your 2024 return in TurboTax.  Verify the information on this screen and the next screen and you will get presented with a screen that states your state refund is not taxable.  Click Continue. This is going to cause the amount of your Federal refund to go down, but this will get your state tax deduction to be reported correctly on Schedule A.

This is a known issue for California Form 568 that we don't expect to be fixed before the filing deadline. The work-around is to uncheck the Final box on Line H. This will allow the form to show the LLC Fee on Line 3 to match the payment you already made, for zero payment due.   You will need to file a final Form 568 next year with zero activity and no fee due.

Thank you for your input.     Are you saying that I can't use standard mileage deduction and also take depreciation on my Honda 2014 which I use ~28% for business?  I was able to do both last year when I put the car in service.  

not seen it with the Online version but certainly with Desktop you get the following message after inputting a 1099-B that will trigger the mail-in requirement.  you can also see the status of this flag at the bottom of the Capital Asset Sales Entry Worksheet in Forms mode.  

What is the percentage depletion?  Also, why are the property tax fields and pmi fields in the expense section of schedule e if I can't claim them as expenses? To be clear there are no royalties coming from the oil/gas mineral lease.  It is just rent in case they ever drill. It our single family home.

@Nicki9    taxes are determined on lines 11-24.   the tax liability is on line 22.  your LLC will reduce this liability, but it can't go below zero.     Once tax is determines, the payments (lines 25-33) is how you pay for it .

If your foreign taxes were reported on a 1099 form, when you go through the foreign taxes section you will see a screen that says Where did you receive (type of income) From? On that screen there will be a column entitled Country where you can indicate what countries the income came from. On the next screen you can choose each country and enter the income belonging to it.    You see this option after you choose the credit option as opposed to the deduction. The next screen says Reporting Foreign Taxes Paid. That screen notifies you that you will be reporting taxes paid on various 1099 and K-1 forms.    

You still have the option to group the donated items for Form 8283.    Note that in the heading of Section A, the form states that you can list "an item (or a group of similar items) for which you claimed a deduction of $5,000 or less". It is not necessary to list each individual item on the form or in TurboTax. There is a box to check in the interview to indicate that you acquired the items over multiple dates. You are expected to have maintained records to support the totals reported on Form 8283.  The IRS rules have not changed. See the IRS Instructions for Form 8283 for more information.   If you donated, for example, several bags of clothing on a particular date, you can list "clothing" on Form 8283 and one total for all of the items. If you donated an assortment of household items, you can list "household items" with one total.   See also this TurboTax help article for information about the new fair market valuation (FMV) tool that helps you price your charitable donations if you’re itemizing your deductions. @Spike87  @filingisnofun 

@des779 First, if you just apply the formula from the link I provided, you'd get $32,000 - 92,000 + 73,000 = $13,000.  So that MIGHT be your basis. I say "MIGHT", because I don't know how long you've owned this, and one of the tax rules is that you're basis can never drop below $0.  So in the years you were getting tax free return-of-capital, and suspending losses, your basis was dropping.  And when it $0, the rules changed:  distributions were no longer tax free return-of-capital.  They had to be reported as capital gains.  And any suspended losses had to be deferred (and possibly lost) using Form 6198.  So if that describes your situation, you need more detailed advice that I can provide because you'd need to amend prior years, and your cumulative adjustments to basis would be different than what's shown on the K-1

I don't see state income tax withheld on the NJ W-2, only federal tax withheld which is slightly less than $25, which equals the amount on the payroll company's NY W-2. Looking back at my original post, I guess this is what the prior poster was referring to? Thought they meant a lump refund.

When TurboTax asks about crypto, it asks if you have any and then says something like: Yes if you sold, traded, bartered, or gifted (I think) any crypto, and No if you don’t own crypto.   I bought crypto in 2020 & have not touched it.   So, yes, I own some, but I did not sell, trade, barter, or gift any in 2025.   I cannot answer TurboTax’s question.

This was a easy-to-understand, concise answer.  Thank you!  I had an estate K-1 with $1,300 in 11b, explained as 'Excess Deductions, Real Estate Taxes'.  The amount does not impact my Federal Return, but does passthrough to my State (NJ) return.  It shows up as 'Total NJ Income Tax Withheld'.     Should I be concerned as it is not actually withheld from any W-2 or 1099 of mine, but passed on through the Estate's K-1?

Did you rent the property all year? If so, did you check that box? If not, did you also enter personal use days (this is uncommon)? If so, is the total of rental days and personal days less than or equal to 365?   Run Federal Review / Smart Check again and see if the software provides more information on the e-file error. In some cases, Smart Check will bring up an embedded window of the form in question, which helps you check where the issue actually lies.