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Federal>Deductions and Credits>Charitable Donations>Donations to Charity   Charity donations are an itemized deduction that go on Schedule A.   Unless you have enough itemized deductions like mortgage interest, property tax , etc. to exceed your standard deduction, charity donations will have no effect on your federal refund or tax due.   2025 STANDARD DEDUCTION AMOUNTS SINGLE $15,750  (65 or older/legally blind + $2000) MARRIED FILING SEPARATELY $15,750  (65 or older/legally blind +1600) MARRIED FILING JOINTLY $31,500  (65 or older/legally blind + $1600) HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD $23,625 (65 or older/legally blind + $2000)  

How your state refund will come depends on what you selected when you e-filed.  You can check your selected method in the "File" section of TurboTax, or by reviewing your return in the TurboTax Print Center.   You can verify how you will get your refund by viewing your tax return Open your return if it's not already open. In the left 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 screen, select 2025 returns and Include Government and TurboTax Worksheets (optional), then select View or Print Forms. The information will be on the first page, Electronic Filing Instructions for your 2025 Tax Return next to Balance Due/Refund."  

Column C is the advance tax credit you didn't get, so that makes perfect sense.     And this is why fudging numbers on forms to get a desired result because Turbotax doesn't have basic logic in it concerns me.  It's VERY simple logic.... Did you receive an APTC ?  Did you receive HRA funds ?  Then reconcile.  Easy.     If HRA = True, then PTC has to be 0, even if you received APTC, you now owe that money back.    If HRA = False, then calculate PTC normally.    

To avoid having to send in the 1099-B or equivalent, the trades must be covered with no adjustments and entered so they appear on lines 1A and 8A on Schedule D. If you enter multiple trades as single line items on Form 8949, even if covered without adjustments, the IRS wants the details. You must enter code M to signify multiple transactions on a single line. TurboTax will generate Form 8453, which must be mailed with the 1099-B or equivalent.      What if you don't send in the 8453/1099-B when you use the 8949 entry method?  Don't know. I suppose you might get a request from the IRS. However, that raises another question as to whether an incomplete return was submitted.   

Did anyone get their money yet? If so, did you receive a notice from the IRS to update direct deposit info or did they send you a check? I called the IRS yesterday but they said the money has not been credited to my account yet. This Friday is the 14day mark and next Friday is the 21day mark. The rep said to call back after the 21days to provide the trace number for further research. Hoping to have some sort of progress on this before the 21day 

@VolvoGirl and @ThomasM125 , Please see both parts. Please feel free to ask for any clarification. I appreciate your help. Part 1: I verified the AGI in the form 1040 (in the forms mode) after loading the .2024tax file that I saved after filing and it was correct (same as what I filed witt). However, I also noticed another thing and I think this could be related to the issue of inflated income in column A.  In the forms mode I also see that: There is a red exclamation mark next to Form 1040-X When I open the form, it highlights the spouse SSN field in yellow (see the screenshot below): However: In that field my spouse's SSN is already entered correctly Filing status is also Married Filing Jointly I also verified the Personal Info section (in the easy step's mode) and that also has the correct SSN But an interesting error message appeared when I started the smart check process. Please see this screenshot:   I am not sure if this is error is also stemming from some other source as for the additional income. For additional context: My spouse got their SSN in early 2025 and we e-filed our 2024 Tax return with their SSN around Sep/Oct'25. For our 2023 return we used their ITIN which was e-filed in 2024 (Before April deadline).   Part 2: You asked for Diagnostic tax file you need that for which one: From the original .2024tax file, the one that used to file and without hitting the ammend button? Or, of the one after hitting the ammend?  

Did you try just keying in the information by hand?   You are not required to enter a drivers license or state ID in order to e-file your federal return; some states are very picky --so if your state will not let you e-file without a valid state ID or DL you will have to mail your state return.