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You must file Form IT-201-X if you need to correct an error on your original New York State Resident Income Tax Return (IT-201), report changes made by the IRS to your federal return, or claim a missed credit or deduction.  On the standard Form IT-201, Line 61 is found in the Voluntary Contributions section. If anything changed in your tax return which resulted in a change in your refund and you indicated that you wanted to make a Voluntary Contribution, you would be required to file an amended New York return to reflect the correct amount you are contributing.

After logging in your account and if the landing page appears locked after logging in, scroll to the bottom of the form and select "add a state".  This will also unlock your return for you to make any necessary changes.   If you have filed, you will need to amend your return but before you do, make sure your original return has been accepted by the IRS.

No one is able to call you back from this forum.  Please do not post a phone number.     To change your SSN, go back to the personal info section and select the pencil or edit next to your name.  Continue through until you get to the SSN section and make the corrections.    Also, you would not amend your return for an incorrect SSN, it should have been rejected, is this what you mean?

The IRS is no longer mailing checks, you will have to enter direct deposit information.    If TurboTax is not letting you continue, you can try the following: Go out of your program and go back in. Clear your cache and cookies. Try a different Web Browser. If you are using TurboTax Desktop make sure all updates have been run on your program. You can do this by clicking on "Online" in the black bar across the top of your TurboTax screen. And then select "Check for Updates".   Once you can get past the error, you can enter your direct deposit info by following these steps:   Go to File. Select Start or Revisit next to Step 2 Your refund info. Select Other refund options on the Get your refund up to 5 days early screen. Choose Direct deposit and Continue. Enter your bank account info and Continue.  

Follow these steps: On the left-hand sidebar, click Tax Tools > Tools. In the pop-up window, select Delete a Form. Look for any form titled 1099-R that is associated with your wife. Also, look for any Form 8915-F that might be labeled for the "Spouse." Click Delete next to those specific forms. Click Check my Taxes or Review again. This usually forces the program to realize she truly has no data to report.   A full or corrupted cache can cause problems in TurboTax, so sometimes you need to clear your cache (that is, remove these temporary files). For stuck information like that 1099-R for your wife, follow these steps: Follow these steps: Desktop version:  Delete the form Save your return while closing the program. Update the program Open Enter the information again. Online version: Delete the form/ worksheet- if possible, see How to Delete   Log out of your return and try one or more of the following: Don't use Internet Explorer. Clear cache and cookies, Sign in using a different browser. Sign in using a different device. Log back into your return.

To prepare a Form 1041 Trust Return you will need to purchase and install TurboTax Business on your personal computer. Or use TurboTax Small Business Online.   The individual 1040 TurboTax Online program does not include business/trust returns.

Your state of residence is where your true, fixed and permanent home is and where you intend to return.  Based on this Illinois Department of Revenue website, you would be considered a non-resident of Illinois:   "Nonresident – You are a full-year resident of a state other than Illinois. Example: Rob, who is from Missouri, attends college in Illinois (and pays nonresident tuition). Rob is a full-year nonresident, even though he lives in Illinois for nine months of the year while attending school."   In the My Info section of TurboTax, did you select California as your state of residence?  Even if your mailing address that you entered in TurboTax may be in Illinois, you can select your actual state of residence on the Your info page as California.  If you do that, your Illinois return will be a non-resident return and your California return will be a resident return.   When you do go to prepare your state tax returns, make sure to prepare the Illinois non-resident return first.  If you already started both state returns, you may want to delete them and start over so that the correct information gets carried through on them.  To delete state returns in TurboTax Online:   Click on State on the left side menu, then click Go to state return in the lower right corner Click the trashcan icon to the right of the state return, then click Delete on the pop-up to confirm deletion.  Repeat this for the 2nd state return. Click on +Add another State, select a state from the dropdown, then click Continue.  Repeat this for the 2nd state. In Turbo Tax Desktop:   Click the State Taxes tab, then Continue Click File in the black banner on the left and select Remove State Return from the dropdown Highlight a state return, then click Remove.  Repeat that for the 2nd state return. The states will still be present on the Your State Returns page, but all the previous data are cleared so that you can start over on them.

In TurboTax Online you will go to Deductions & Credits, then select the categories you need to enter your allowable deductions. There aren't really worksheets, however you can keep your detail with your tax return and enter totals in each deduction category.   If you are using TurboTax Desktop or TurboTax Online you can use the steps below: Search function in the upper right and type Schedule a. Click on the Jump to.. link This will bring you to the screen 'Tell us about any prescription and medication expenses'. Continue to follow the screen prompts for your specific entries

You may have more than one User ID. See this for how to view all of your TurboTax accounts - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/many-intuit-accounts-turbotax/L9aVfKS1Z_US_en_US?uid=ll5g6zcx   To access your current or prior year online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the User ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/ Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and on the section Your tax returns & documents.  Click on the Year and Click on Download/print return (PDF)   If you used the desktop CD/Download editions installed on your computer, the only copy of your tax data file and any PDF's will be on the computer where the return was created.  TurboTax does not store online any returns completed using the desktop editions.   Go to this IRS website for free transcripts of a federal tax return - https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript   For a fee of $30 you can get a complete federal tax return from the IRS by completing Form 4506 - http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

Beginning Inventory is reported on your prior year Schedule C Part III Cost of Goods Sold Line 42 (Inventory at the end of year).   Are you required to report inventory?  You aren't required to report inventory (Cost of Goods Sold) if your gross receipts were under $26 million over the last 3 years. Most small business owners prefer to expense materials and supplies as they are purchased to avoid the additional work required to account for inventory.   If not, and you had no ending inventory last year, you can skip it this year. Or zero out your inventory this year by reporting no purchases and zero ending inventory. 

You can verify that you scheduled the payment to the IRS by looking at the filing instructions/cover sheet of your printed tax return.  That page will give you any instructions for actions you need to take or confirm the choices you made for paying any balance due.   See the following TurboTax help article to learn more about the processing times for payments to the IRS:   When will my tax payment go through?