New workflow with a major bug preventing entry of General & Other Deduction expenses in TurboTax Business 2025.

[mikeontt]

Unfortunately, there is a bug in TurboTax Business 2025 (downloaded 12/26/2025).  This bug prevents entries of expenses.  I do not see a work-around. This is a bad bug the prevents basic inputs to complete your taxes. It is hard to understand how this bug was not caught prior to the software release.

Prior to TurboTax Business 2025, for a rental property you entered General Expenses, which had pre-define categories, and then Other Rental Expenses where you manually listed other expenses. Now this “other expenses” section (also call "Other Deductions" in 2025), gives another list of pre-defined categories with no way to enter manually or to see last year’s manually expenses and update them.

Attempted, but failed work -around: I can open the "Schedule A Form 8825" and click Line 30 “Other” to manually added expenses.  However, the expenses added in Line 30 "Other", do NOT add into the total!  Also, there is no way to see the 2024 expenses via this form.

I have a good, more detailed write-up with screenshots, but I can not enter them in this format.  If an Intuit person has an email or secure upload link I can use I would be happy to send it.

[mikeontt]

Here is more accurate description of 2024 workflow vs 2025 (more accurate than the initial post).

Prior to TurboTax Business 2025, for a rental property, you entered General Expenses, which had pre-define categories, and then “other expenses” where you manually listed other expenses. This “other expenses” list used to be within General Expense, but it is no longer there in 2025.   In 2025, “other expenses” seems to be new section (like General Expense) called "Other Deductions".  This new "Other Deductions" section gives another list of pre-defined categories, but still no way to manually enter expenses or to see last year’s expenses and update them.

[bedrockproperties]

I agree 100%.  I cannot believe that there are not more complaints about this problem from other users of  TTaxBusiness.  Actually, this happened late in 2025 during an update.  I had started doing my rental tax return early in December and the categories similar to the 2024 software were still present and I could customize them.  Then an update came through and change that part.  In fact, some of my expenses were lost and it even affected my Balance Sheet.  Now, since I don't have any control over the customization of the categories in General Expenses, I have to put my expenses in categories that do not match to my expenses.  I worry that if/when Intuit fixes this problem, they are going to mess up my Balance Sheet once again!

[user17720491649]

Has a fix been released?  I just need to be able to make 2 entries on Sched K Deductions - real estate taxes and legal and have them flow through on each K-1 on line 13 as Other Deductions.  Any ideas?

[DaveF1006]

To clarify, has your issue been resolved? 

[bedrockproperties]

I updated the software yesterday and the problem is still there.

[mikeontt]

BedRockProperties reply is most current.  I updated the software about 2 weeks ago and found the same problem.  Spent a good amount of time on the phone, but not resolution.  Any help would be great.  Business taxes are due 3/15.

[PatriciaV]

We'll share your feedback with our tech team. In the meantime, you may be able to use one of the following options:

You have the option to enter your rental expenses under Other Deductions >> All other deductions not included in categories above. This option does not provide a description on the Form 8825 Worksheet, however. If you need to include Schedule A (Form 8825), you may need to add that form manually (Open Form above forms list).

Your other option is to enter your expenses manually on the 8825 Worksheet using Forms mode (F6 or the icon in the header). Legal fees are found on Line 9 and Real estate taxes on Line 10. Your entries to this worksheet flow to Form 8825. Again, you may need to manually add Schedule A to accompany Form 8825.

[edited 3/5/2026 | 11:17 am PT]

@bedrockproperties

@mikeontt

@user17720491649

[mikeontt]

Hi Patricia,

Thanks for your message.  FYI, "Your other option is to enter your expenses manually on the 8825 Worksheet using Forms mode" does not work.  I tried this early on, it appears but the resutntig value does NOT add up (appear) in the associated forms.
Unfortunately I was not able to send my write up with screenshots to anyone, even after multiple calls to TurboTax help/Advantage; if they had sent a link to upload a PDF, etc.  it could have helped the tech team back in December.  This bug is too late to fix now.  I will likely get another software package to do 2025 taxes.  Really hard to understand how such this common and required function, entering rental property expenses, was not tested before the product was released.  Also really frustrating trying to get the information to the "tech team" for 3 months.  Sounds like you have finally been able to get the info to them.. Maybe it will be fixed for 2026.

R/ Mike

[bedrockproperties]

With all due respect for the TTaxBusiness developers, I don't understand why fixing this issue is such a monumental problem that, as stated, it won't make it to this year's software release.  We know that this was working in early/mid December.  Why is it so hard to go back to that version of the software and compare and see what went wrong and fix it.  I have 30+ years of software engineering background and have an idea how Version Control works so I don't understand why Intuit can't provide a quick fix!

[PatriciaV]

We are unable to reproduce this experience in TurboTax Business, as expenses entered on the 8825 Worksheet are totaled and flow to Form 8825. It would be helpful to have a TurboTax ".tax2025" file that is experiencing this issue. You can send us a “diagnostic” file that has your “numbers” but not your personal information. If you would like to do this, here are the instructions: 

1. Open your return and go to Online in the top menu, then choose "Send Tax File to Agent."
2. You will see a message explaining what the diagnostic copy is.  Click okay through this screen and then you will get a Token number.
3. Reply to this thread with a screenshot of your Token number (this avoids Community filters for numbers with a dash) and tag (@) the Expert requesting the token from you.
4. Please include any States that are part of your return - this is VERY important.

We will attempt to determine the cause of your experience and possibly provide you with a resolution.

@mikeontt 

@bedrockproperties 

[mikeontt]

Hi Patricia,

I am happy to send  a Word or PDF file with screenshots of the errors and issues when I encountered them.  I do not have a *.tax2025 file with these errors displayed at this point.  Also, I do not want to send my actual tax file from a data privacy point-of-view.  

R/

Mike

[PatriciaV]

Unfortunately, the only process we have to research your experience is using a diagnostic copy of your tax return. If the workflow issue is not appearing on your current tax return, are you now able to pass the final review to e-file?

@mikeontt 

[mikeontt]

Hi Patricia,

The file does not have the issue displayed because it was not working so I did not use it. 

For one LLC I put all the expenses that are normally itemized in schedule A Form 8825 into one lump sum under "All other deductions not included in categories above".  Not ideal, but it allowed me to file and will probably (hopefully) not be an issue with IRS.  For context, this LLC sold a property last year, so the years of depreciation and improvements in TurboTax were more important than usual this year (I did not want to try to move this info to another software this year).  For the second LLC, I filed an extension and am evaluating how to handling it.

R/

Mike

PS: This should be changed "only process we have to research your experience is using a diagnostic copy of your tax return".

[jduncan4408]

Same problem.  No where to add other expenses.   Unbelievable.  Unacceptable.  Fix now or will get a refund for 100% of the software cost, then use a manual work around if possible.  This is total garbage. Intuit has become a joke.