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Did she make a mistake in MY INFO and say that no one could claim her?   You have to go to MY INFO, click her name and go back through the questions for the one that asks if someone else can claim her as a dependent and say YES.       https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/amend-change-correct-return-already-filed/L4VjJ9BA2_US_en_US?uid=m76mq6z2    Do not expect quick results from amending. It can take four months or more for the IRS to process an amended return.     You can watch for information here:  

Print IRS Form 7205. Fill out the top- name and social/EIN, whichever applies. Underneath write, "This form is not applicable to me." Under the remaining, put a large N/A to cover the page. Sign and date at the bottom, even though it doesn't require those two things. It's better to sign and date so there is no questions on it's legitimacy. Unfortunately, you will have to print your taxes out, attach Form 7205, and mail your taxes in to the address on Turbo Tax cover page when you print out your return.

Print the IRS Form 7205. Write across the top your name and social/EIN, whichever applies. Write in big letters under your name, this form is not applicable to you. Put a big N//A across the form, sign and date at the bottom. There is not a signature request, but it's always good to sign it and date it to prove it's legit.

@jillwoodcpa  Did you use Online TurboTax for the 2024 return?    If so, you can download your 2024 return PDF and see if it has all the worksheets.   NOTE:  If you already have a PDF from earlier this year, then download a new one.   TurboTax sometimes adds worksheets to the PDFs at year's end.    If a recently-downloaded PDF does have the worksheets, then the QDCGT Worksheet should be included.  If that PDF doesn't have it then you would need to download and open the *.tax2024 data file in 2024 desktop software.   If you paid for Online TurboTax for 2024, you might be able to talk TurboTax Support into providing the software.   If you have trouble finding your 2024 online return, many people end up with more than 1 account.  The pathway to download the PDF or tax data file depends on whether or not you have started an online 2025 return.  I provide both scenarios below, so choose which one is appropriate for your situation.   If you have not yet started a 2025 online return: Sign in to your account.   What you see next depends on whether or not you have already started a 2025 return in that account.   If your left column menu is minimal, and does not have a Tax Home tab displayed, that would imply you have not started preparing a 2025 return in that account.  If you haven't yet started a return, it will start asking you some questions.  Answer those preliminary questions on a few screens (you don't actually have to prepare a return), and then when you are far enough into the process, the left menu column will change, and you'll then see a Tax Home option in the left menu column.  Do not click the Documents tab.  Instead, click on Tax Home.  Then on the Tax Home screen, scroll way down to the bottom to "Your Tax Returns & Documents".  Expand that section and choose the past year you want.   If your past returns are not shown there, then you likely have multiple accounts and signed into the wrong one.  I'll tell you below how to troubleshoot.   If you have already started a 2025 online return: Log in, and if you've already started a 2025 return in that account, then it may already open at the Tax Home.  If not, click the Tax Home tab in the left column menu.  Do not use the Documents tab.  At the Tax Home scroll down and expand "Your Tax Returns & Documents."   If the past returns are not there, see the steps below.   If you do all that and can't find the past return, here's how to look for multiple accounts: You can have up to 5 accounts that use the same email address for notification purposes.  A User ID may be an email address, but it doesn't have to be.  It might be only part of an email address, or it can be anything at all.   To get a list of your User IDs, reset password, and recover account access, etc., you can use the tool at the link below.  When using the Account Recovery tool, try using your phone number first if you can still access it.   After that, if necessary, then run the tool on your email address(es) you can access. NOTE: Before running the account recovery tool below, log out of all Intuit accounts including this user forum, or you might end up in a loop.  Then clear your browser Internet cache, close your browser, then reopen it, and go to the link below.  You may wish to copy this link so you can paste it into the new browser session. https://myturbotax.intuit.com/account-recovery If still no luck after running that on your phone number you can still access and email address(es) that you can access,  here's another method:          Go back to the tool again, but this time leave the data field blank, scroll down a bit, then choose the small blue link that says "Try something else", and it will look you up by other parameters.

No one in this user forum can give someone else an update on your employment status.   This is not a message service.   We are here to answer questions about preparing income tax returns and about how to use the tax software.   This is a public web site that can be seen by anyone using the internet.   Please remove the personal information you posted here ASAP by returning to your post and clicking the three little blue dots on the upper right to edit your post.  

When you get your actual W-2 from your employer sometime in January (by Jan. 31), it may or may not have info about overtime on the W-2 itself.  The employer may provide info on overtime in a separate document.   In any case, after entering the W-2, there is a screen that is titled "Let's check for uncommon situations" and has a list of checkboxes.   One of the checkboxes is "Overtime."    That's as far as you can go with it right now, since the section with the followup questions about Overtime and Tips is not yet ready.

an update [MODS] i have tried on two separate computers to transfer 2024 data to 2025. for some reason - a nonfinal 1099R didn't transfer. i check it and I see no reason why it shouldn't transfer. going back through final review - no errors detected. I also noticed a thread by another user complaining passive loss carryover for a partnership did not show up after transferring. 

Tutrbotax does not have your W-2 or know of the date of your last paycheck.   The only source for this info is a checkstub you retained or contact that employer.. If it will help you may be able to save a PDF of the return and key worksheets which would contain the data entered for the w-2. how to access 2024 return https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/get-copy-2020-return-filed-turbotax-online/L0uh9Z123_US_en_US 

Thank you. I've checked all the forms I saved but did not see 8606. I used TurboTax desktop software and entered information based on1099-R. On the tax form (Married filing jointly) entered '0' for Traditional and Roth IRA contribution for both. Could that be the reason?  Can I file amendment (corrected1040 with 8606) while filing 2025 taxes /Turbotax or from 2024 taxes? 

look at the schedule for form 8582 where the carryover is calculated part VII. The carryover amount for the k-1 should appear in section A which is towards the bottom. However, I noticed that this year Turbotax seems to have a problem in transferring some of last year's data. I had a 1099R which was not indicated as do not transfer to next year dis nit transfer to 2025 while another did.  

Yes, the royalties that you are getting are still income from your photography business, even though you are not creating any new photos and no longer have any business expenses. You have to continue to report the royalties as business income on Schedule C.  

Is the IRS saying you didn’t report some 1099R income?   Look at the 1040 lines 4 & 5.  Only IRA withdrawals go on line 4.   401K and pensions go on line 5.   If a 1099R got on the wrong line the IRS might miss it and say you didn’t report it.   

How exactly is TurboTax telling you that you have to amend your 2024 tax return? How can it know that if you didn't file the return with TurboTax? What exactly is TurboTax saying is the reason you have to amend? If you got an email from TurboTax saying that there is a problem with your 2024 tax return because of an error in TurboTax, you can ignore the email. It is looking at an incomplete tax return that you started in TurboTax Online but did not file. TurboTax has no information about the tax return that you filed with other software.