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Federal and state refunds come from completely separate entities.  There is no rule as to which one will come in first or how long it will be between their arrival in your account.   TurboTax gives you an estimated date for receiving your refund based on a 21 day average from your date of acceptance, but it can take longer.  “21 days”  is not a promise from TurboTax or the IRS.      First, check your e-file status to see if your return was accepted:  https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/efile-status-lookup/   Once your federal return has been accepted by the IRS, only the IRS has any control.  TurboTax does not receive any updates from the IRS. Your ONLY source of information about your refund now is the IRS.     You need your filing status, your Social Security number and the exact amount  (line 35a of your 2025 Form 1040) of your federal refund to track your Federal refund:    https://www.irs.gov/refunds   To track your state refund:     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/track-state-refund/L3jgO8PGs_US_en_US?uid=lt447ebr   If you chose to have your TurboTax fees deducted from your federal refund, that will take some extra time, while the third party bank handles the refund processing     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/refunds-take-longer-others/L14YlqFrH_US_en_US?uid=lexdr7zh . https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/irs-refund-taking-longer-21-days/L2vRAJbdU_US_en_US?uid=lexe7lst         If you are getting earned income credit on line 27 or additional child tax credit on line 28 You are subject to the delay required by the PATH act.  Do not expect your refund before early March   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/internal-revenue-service/federal-refunds-delayed-due-path-act/L5jnQJsBi_US_en_US   Note:  “Accepted” is not the same as “approved”.  TurboTax tells you the e-file was accepted if the IRS deems that there is enough information on the return for them to take it in for processing.   Only the IRS can approve of the refund, which is a later stage of processing.  If the IRS approves your refund they will provide a date for the refund to be issued.   FROM THE IRS WHERE’S MY REFUND SITE: https://www.irs.gov/wheres-my-refund How it works Where's My Refund shows your refund status: Return Received – We received your return and are processing it. Refund Approved – We approved your refund and are preparing to issue it by the date shown. Refund Sent – We sent the refund to your bank or to you in the mail. It may take 5 days for it to show in your bank account or several weeks for your check to arrive in the mail.    

You should not  be using a check stub to prepare a tax return.  You need your W-2.   The amounts on a paystub will not match the amounts on the W-2 issued by the employer and reported by the employer to the IRS. W-2's come from your employer, and they have until January 31 to issue it.  Some employers allow you to import the W-2 through the software, but for security reasons you still need information from the actual W-2 to import it. Some employers have payroll sites that will have your W-2. You might need to phone, text, drop in, email and/or snail mail an old employer to make sure they know where to send your W-2.     Every 2025 W-2 that you received must be reported on your 2025 tax return, even if they are for small amounts.  Remember that each one of those W-2’s has your Social Security number on it, and that income was reported to the IRS by the employer.  You do not want trouble with the IRS for under-reporting your income or have your refund delayed by having missing income.   ALL of your W-2’s must be entered on the SAME tax return.     Go to Federal>Wages & Income to enter a W-2. After you enter the first one, you click Add Another W-2.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-forms/get-copy-w-2/L8FTim9MO_US_en_US?uid=m68ee4os   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/import-enter-w-2/L55HzdeDr_US_en_US?uid=m68efe36   And….SAVE YOUR OWN W-2!  TURBOTAX DOES NOT SAVE IT FOR YOU.  TurboTax will not have a copy of it in your account and will not have an image even if you snapped a photo or imported it.  It is up to you to save it for your own records as stated on the back of the W-2.            https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/income/help/what-if-it-s-february-but-i-still-don-t-have-my-w-2/00/25998  

I did that and answered all the questions presented. Form 1310 on the Federal taxes was filled in as expected. The IN Schedule 7 was not filled in with the name. I ultimately printed the return, filled in the missing information and submitted the return through the mail. I checked before replying here with the latest updates and no change in IN Schedule 7. 

@xmasbaby0, I owe you an apology here. I read elsewhere on the internet -- Can I E-file my Amended Federal Return (Form 1040X)? -- that one of the cases in which e-filing 1040X is not permitted is the case where the refund amount on the amended return is $0. (Which means, I think, that the amended return is identical to the original from the perspective of amount of tax owed or refund needed.) Since that describes my situation, my experience doesn't speak to whether or not desktop TT currently supports e-filing 1040-X.

TurboTax doesn't have any information regarding your refund once it's filed. Some reasons why your refund is lower than the amount on your tax return:   If a taxpayer and/or spouse owe money to Az Department of Revenue (ADOR) or another agency, the amount may be deducted from an expected refund If a taxpayer and/or spouse owes money to the State of Arizona, a political subdivision, or a court., AZ has a Debt Offset program which is a State liability setoff program by which refunds may be used to satisfy debts that the taxpayer owes to any of these agencies. If you haven't received a notice from ADOR yet, you can call to find out more information at 602) 255-3381.   Refer to the AZ Department of Revenue website: Outstanding Liabilities and Refund Offsets for additional information.

The most logical way to do it is to split the income and expenses on the property between each owner based on their ownership percentage, but it all depends on the agreement between you and the other owners.  Is this a rental property or a property that you and/or any of the other owners live in?   If it's a rental property, here's a link that gives instructions on how to enter the activity in TurboTax: Where do I enter income and expenses from a rental property?

Thank you @AmyC for your response.   It’s unfortunate because I was in and out of these returns so many times over the last couple months, I just can’t believe it *finally* corrected itself, the final time I opened it, but *after* I had already efiled. Beyond frustrating.  Ok, I shall await my refund and then amend only my AZ return as this exclusion has nothing to do w/my Federal return.  Very happy to see that I can efile the amended return.   Thanks so much for your assistance!