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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?  

Go to Hawaii Department of Taxation's Tax Refund Status site and if needed, contact the Hawaii Department of Taxation.  State refunds typically take up to 3 weeks for e-filed returns and up to 4 weeks for mailed returns, though processing times vary by state, so you are well over the expected wait time.      

If you filed with TurboTax Online, you can download your return by following the following steps:   Open or continue your return. Select Continue or Start on Tax Home to enter your return. Select Tax Tools from the menu. Select Print Center, choose Print, save, or preview this year's return, and follow the instructions. If you haven't yet paid your TurboTax Online fee (or registered, if you're using a free version), you'll need to do so before you can save the PDF. How do I get a PDF of my return?

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) Or - When you sign onto your online account and land on the Tax Home web page, scroll down and click on Add a state.  This will take you back to the 2025 online tax return. Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen.  Then click on Print Center.  Then click on Print, save or preview this year's return.  Choose the option Include government and TurboTax worksheets   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

Let's get you to the Roth questions, which are tucked away in the "Deductions & Credits" section.   Click Federal on the left-hand menu. Go to the Deductions & Credits tab. Scroll down to Retirement and Investments and click "Show More." Click Start (or Revisit) next to Traditional and Roth IRA Contributions. Walk through the screens. It will eventually ask about your 2025 Roth IRA balance (to see if you have an "excess contribution" penalty) and your basis (the "at risk" or "prior year contributions" question).  

If you're using TurboTax Online, rental assets for depreciation are entered under Rental Expenses for the category "Assets."   See also: How do I handle capital improvements and depreciation for my rental?

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.