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Did you start the 2024 return in TurboTax Online and missed the e-filing deadline?   If so, see How to Finish & File a Prior Year Return.      If you need to start your 2024 return, see 2024 Desktop

You rolled IRA money to what? Another IRA? Since this is a non-taxable event, why did you have federal income tax withheld?   Of course, if this was a traditional IRA converted to a Roth IRA, the entire distribution would be taxable - is this what you did? In this case federal tax withholding would be understandable.   You will probably be asked in the 1099-R interview, "Tell us is you moved the money through a rollover or a conversion". The last option, "I didn't roll over or convert this money", which means that you put it in an after-tax account or in your wallet.

Was your tax return accepted?     How do I check my e-file status?   If it was, you can check the IRS refund tracker to see the status.     Make sure you are entering the exact amount of your FEDERAL refund and choose tax year 2025.

> Buy less and you'll have fewer physical items to donate and less to be concerned about with respect to itemizing charitable contributions of items.    Guess you've never heard of children who outgrown their clothing, furniture, and toys... 

Once you enter the Q, the program should be matching it up against any other expenses to make it nontaxable. Not finding tuition, rollover, or student loan interest, it should correctly determine the taxable portion of the earnings. Check your Sch 1 line 8z for this other income.   Go to the Tax Tools on the left sidebar, select Tools, and then View Tax Summary.   If you can't get the Q to work with all the other possibilities, delete it and enter the taxable portion of the earnings directly under other income and label it from 1099-Q. Follow these steps to enter the income: go to the federal income section scroll to the bottom / show less common income Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A, 1099-C, Start Scroll to the bottom Other reportable income, Start Other taxable income? Select YES Description  - whatever you want to say, 1099-Q taxable earnings Amount, enter your amount Continue

To download your .tax2025 file for an unfiled return from TurboTax Online, you typically need to be "inside" the return to see the download options.    If you are on the "Tax Home" page and don't see the full side menu with Tax Tools, it is because the return is considered "closed".  Sign in to TurboTax Online. Scroll down to Your tax returns & documents and select 2025. Select Add a State (you won't actually add one; this just reopens the return). Once the return is open, look at the left-hand side menu. Select Tax Tools, then Tools. In the "Tools Center" pop-up, select Save your 2025 return to your computer. The file will download as taxReturn.tax2025 from Expert MaryK4

You can use the Social Security  lump-sum action to reduce the amount of your taxable social security, even possibly to zero. Legal fees are not deductible. What is a Lump-Sum Social Security Payment? The lump-sum election has always worked correctly in TurboTax. Have all tax returns available for each year included in the lump sum payment (shown on your SSA-1099).   This can be handled on your tax return for 2025. The Form SSA-1099 should show a total amount in box 5, and then the amount that is designated for each year in box 3. Worksheet 4 is included after Worksheet 2 is completed for each year.   Be sure to select "lump-sum" method of reporting in this situation which is all done on the tax return for the year of receipt of the benefits.  Enter the appropriate amounts for each year when you start that section of your return.   Continue to add each year for all years listed in box 3. There is no amendment required. Open your TurboTax Return > Search (upper right) > type ssa1099 > Click the Jump to.... Link or Click on See more > the click on social security benefits in the FAQ Select Yes you received benefits > Complete your SSA-1099 > Continue > Yes I received at least one lump sum payment for 2023 or earlier > Continue Type a year from your SSA-1099 > Enter the amount received for that year > Continue If you received a Form SSA-1099 for the earlier year enter the box 5 amount, if not enter zero or leave it blank > Continue Enter the filing status for the earlier year > Continue > Select whether you lived with a spouse in the earlier year > Continue > Enter the information from the earlier year return > Continue > Add another lump sum payment (another year from box 3) if applicable or Click Done Continue to follow the screens until you are back at the Income Summary page Also enter a zero if your Social Security benefits weren't taxable or there were none in the earlier year(s) (such as for a spouse). If you are using the TurboTax Desktop version review the Lump-Sum Social Security Worksheet in Forms.  You can also review 'Earlier Year Lump-Sum Worksheet' for each year.   Legal Fees: You are required to report the amount of the money used to pay the attorney even though it didn't actually come into you hands.  It is part of the award you received regardless of your payment for attorney fees.   Treatment of Payments to Attorneys - IRC 6041 and 6045 state that when a payor makes a payment to an attorney for an award of attorney's fees in a settlement awarding a payment that is includable in the plaintiff income, the payor must report the attorney's fees on separate information returns with the attorney and the plaintiff as payees. Therefore, Forms 1099-MISC and Forms W-2, as appropriate, must be filed and furnished with the plaintiff and the attorney as payee when attorney's fees are paid pursuant to a settlement agreement that provides for payments includable in the claimant's income, even though only one check may be issued for the attorney's fees. Click the link above for more information. Can I deduct legal fees on my taxes? Review the information here to see if you qualify for any deduction of those fees. Typically it's only if it's for business use. If the law suit settlement was not awarded in relationship to a business activity you had, then it must be reported as other income. Are legal settlements taxable? Where do I enter an award from a taxable legal settlement? @akboneau  [Edited: 04/16/2026 | 1:45 PM PST]