Use of a QBI loss carryover can never reduce your taxes. The QBI is a deduction (line 13 of form 1040) to arrive at taxable income. Use of the carryover reduces the QBI deduction resulting in higher taxable income and hence higher income taxes.
the $35K QBI loss carryforward is reduced by the $5K of current QBI income. so your QBI deduction would be zero. You have a QBI loss carryover for 2025 of about $30K. the QBI tax laws (IRC 199A) expire at the end of 2025. Noone knows at this point whether the law will be renewed or if it isn't do you still have to keep track of it in case in some future year the law is renewed.
there should be no QBI deduction on schedule 1. don't have a clue as to what you have done or are doing.
business income/loss - schedule C is reported on line 3 of schedule 1
schedule E business income/loss is reported on line 5 of that schedule
the QBI deduction, if any, is not reported on these forms or schedules. The info is supposed to flow to form 8995/8995-A where the QBI deduction is computed.
