when will turbo ttax update the 2025 Estimated Tax to include the $46,700 sr deduct that is available to Seniors over 65 filing married filing j jjointly

[Katie-P · Accepted solution]

TurboTax's Tax Calculator is still pointed to the 2024 tax year, since taxpayers are still filing their 2024 taxes. It usually gets updated after the October 15th deadline. I recommend checking it in mid-November 2025. 

The reason why it don't get released sooner is because tax legislation can and does occur. For example, with the One Big Beautiful Bill, there are certain tax implications for the 2025 tax year, as you've mentioned in your question - where seniors age 65 or older with a valid social security number could get an additional deduction of $6k on their 2025 taxes. This bill was passed in July 2025. If a 2025 calculator had been published prior to that time, that calculator would have yielded incorrect results. So waiting until further in the year helps to give a more reliable result based on updated tax laws.

I hope this answer helps! Keep the questions coming!

[Al2531]

Updating the turbo tax calculator for estimated tax 2025 in November 2025 does not address my need to file 3rd quarter 9/15/25 estimated taxes. I would like to be able to submit the quarter taxes with the full $46,700 senior deduction. Currently the 2024 Turbo tax desktop on the Estimated Tax worksheet for 2025 populates the Standard Senior deduction as $33,200. Can I manually in put the $13,500 (13,500+233,200=46500) in the "Other Deductions" as a workaround to force Turbo tax desktop to calculate my 3rd and future 4h quarter estimated taxes? I have tried this as a workaround and I believe Turbo is projecting the calculations correctly. Please confirm if my workaround strategy is correct.

[Katie-P]

Let me check on that; I'll get back to you shortly.

[Katie-P · Accepted solution]

Yes, you can manually put in an amount in the "other deductions" section in TurboTax Desktop, and it will update your estimated tax payments. Just note that it will change all four of the estimates, not just September and January. So you'll need to do some math to correctly reduce September and January.

Note that I've assumed that you're paying in estimates based on your 2025 estimated taxable income, not 2024.