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Many Thanks! Will excluding form 1116 this year impact my ability for this (and prior years) passive carryovers to be carried forward for use in future returns? (In prior years,form 1116 has nonetheless been included for similar passive category foreign tax credit amounts of under $300.)

Adobe Creative Suite/Cloud subscription expenses, even if they do not meet the strict "Supplies" criteria, are "ordinary and necessary" business expenses and should be reported as operating expenses.    Enter this as Self-Employed in your (Schedule C),  Business Expenses Other Common Business Expenses Other Miscellaneous Expenses.

The TurboTax Free online edition supports entry of the SSA-1099    To enter Social Security benefits reported on form SSA-1099 Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business) Click on Wages and Income (Personal Income using Home and Business) Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown) Scroll down to Retirement Plans and Social Security On Social Security (SSA-1099, RRB-1099), click the start or update button

I don't think you can but avoid these refund gimmicks anyway - Pay With My Refund it costs an extra $40 and sends your refund through a third party bank possibly causing delay or confusion with your refund.  it's a very bad loan on your fees.

If your Social Security number is in box 2 of both forms SSA-1099 then add the amounts in box 5 together and enter the total on TurboTax SSA-1099.  If the SSA-1099 has your spouse's SSN and you are filing as Married Filing Jointly then enter the box 5 amount on the TurboTax SSA-1099 under their name.   To enter Social Security benefits reported on form SSA-1099 Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business) Click on Wages and Income (Personal Income using Home and Business) Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown) Scroll down to Retirement Plans and Social Security On Social Security (SSA-1099, RRB-1099), click the start or update button

When entering the investment sale, check the box labeled I have other boxes on my 1099‑B to enter Enter the amount of federal taxes withheld in box 4   To enter an investment sale - Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business) Click on Wages and Income (Personal Income using Home and Business) Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown) Under Investment Income On Stocks, Cryptocurrency, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other (1099-B, 1099-DA), click the start or update button Using the online editions -   On the screen Did you have investment income in 2025? click on Yes On the screen Save time and connect your financial accounts click on Enter a different way On the screen How do you want to add your docs?, select Type it in myself On the screen OK, let's start with one investment type, select Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds and continue

if you are referring to backdoor Roth - contributed to a Trad IRA then converted it to Roth - follow these steps here to enter the 2 different parts of this process   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/retirement-benefits/enter-backdoor-roth-ira-conversion/L7gGPjKVY_US_en_US   when you enter the Trad IRA contribution, treat this purely as a Trad IRA contribution here - do not refer to anything here to do with the Roth - there are questions about recharacterization not to be confused with conversion, say NO to that.  After entering the 1099-R you should see questions to identify the distribution as a Roth conversion.

It does sound like you have been making non-deductible contributions to your traditional IRA.   You can check what's posted to your current tax return, and check copies of your past years.   If your in Turbotax Desktop Go to FORM's mode Select you 1040 tax return Look at the lines  4a (IRA Contributions and  4b (Taxable Amount) If you're in the Online version On the left menu, scroll down to Tax Tools. If necessary, click the side arrow and select Tools.  A box will appear in the middle of the screen. Select View Tax Summary. A tax summary will appear. On the left side menu bar, select Preview My 1040. This will bring up a copy of your 1040 Tax return. Look at the lines 4a (IRA Contributions and 4b (Taxable Amount)

If you post the rejection error code/message in this thread, someone may be able to comment. Did you get an email with the rejection code/message? You may also be find the code/message by going to the Tax Home screen and clicking "Fix My Return."

if you mean Estimated Taxes you need to enter it your return under Deductions & Credits / Estimates and Other Taxes Paid.   With Online if you go to the Deductions & Credits Summary page you may need to click on "add more tax breaks" or similar to see the list of other categories.