@kungac
1) Yes, you correct them down in the lower area
2) No, the checkbox IS for confirming the amount you might have paid the state after 12/31/2024.
......i.e. That $$ amount is supposed to represent a 2024 4th Qtr state estimate paid in January of 2025....for 2024 state taxes. This $$ amount is used as part of...added to... your potential Federal deduction for state taxes paid during 2025.
An early version of the tax software put the total 2024 state estimates in that box I'm referring to in #2 above.
During the interview, that payment comes up for a user to confirm and change for those who started their tax file before the software correction occurred. Starting a new tax file now, brings over the correct number, but TTX software folks apparently couldn't figure a way to get it automatically corrected for those who started their files really early. The bug was fixed in a Jan 6-7 overnight updates...so those starting tax files after that date didn't encounter the problem.
But, I don't know what happened to your #1 problem....didn't see it in Nov & Dec as part of the #2 bug
(i.e., yet another reason to never start taxes until February...but then, we can thank all those folks to do the beta testing in December and January)
____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*
