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I have a question I filled my taxes since 2015 and today I will like to know if I have to filled and taxes with this number  As single W2 1765.88 income tax 10.20 Also 1099 from my social security 19968 00 Waiting for your answers jorge mendez

We have tested and confirmed the experience you have seen. It would be helpful to have a TurboTax ".tax2025" file to test this issue further.   If you would be willing to send us a “diagnostic” file that has your “numbers” but not your personal information, please follow these instructions:    In TurboTax Desktop, open your return and go to Online in the TurboTax header. (On a Mac computer, choose Share or Help.) Choose Send Tax File to Agent. You will see a message explaining what the diagnostic copy is.  Click Send on this screen and wait for the Token number to appear. Reply to this thread with a screenshot of your Token number (this avoids Community filters for numbers with a dash) and tag (@) the Expert requesting the token from you. Please include any States that are part of your return - this is VERY important. If we are able to determine the cause, we'll reply here and, if possible, provide you with a resolution. 

You can leave Box 18 empty *IF* Box 17 is empty.   But if there is an amount in box 17, you have to enter the name of the locality that took the tax (city, township, jurisdiction, county, etc.).    

By "early" did you mean early January before the IRS opens for the year in late January, did you mean just early in general after the IRS opens?   As @SteamTrain mentioned, filing in early January before the IRS opens can create problems for some early filers and can delay processing or require an amended return which can take weeks to process   As for "any" benefit, other than "potentially" receiving a refund sooner (if all goes well), here's another benefit:    If one is worried about ID theft, then one benefit of efiling soon after the IRS opens would be to prevent someone else from efiling a return (or at least making it more difficult for them.)    While that may help to some extent, the best way to protect one's tax return is to start using an IP PIN (6-digit Identity Protection PIN) each year.  The IRS does allow people to opt-in to that program voluntarily.  Once opted-in, you have to retrieve a new one every January from your online IRS account.  Those who voluntarily opt in can typically also opt out, using the IRS online account.   NOTE:  People who file early and have the Earned Income Credit (EIC) or the ACTC (Additional Child Tax Credit) can still have a delay in their processing.   By law (PATH Act), the IRS cannot start to release those refunds for those with those credits until February 16.   So many with those credits will not receive their refunds until late February/early March.

It would depend on if you are both covered by a retirement plan at work or only he is.  Since you are making the contributions, were you covered by a retirement plan at your work?      IRA Contribution limits

That is correct.  Maine Pension income deduction >> Benefits received under a military retirement plan, including survivor benefits, are fully exempt from Maine income tax.   In addition, a taxpayer and spouse may each deduct up to $48,216 of other eligible pension income that is included in federal AGI.   The $48,216 cap must be reduced by any Social Security and railroad retirement benefits received, whether taxable or not. – Deductible pension income includes all federally taxable pension income, annuity income and individual retirement account distributions, excluding Maine PERS pick-up contributions  for which a deduction is allowed and income from 457(b) plans received prior to age 55 that is not part of equal periodic payments over the life of the recipient and designated beneficiary.

The amount you still owed has no affect on how things are reported.  The GAP insurance is also not part of the calculation.     The three numbers you need are: your cost basis, the amount you sold it for which in this case is what the insurance company paid you and,   percent of business usage   Your cost basis is what you paid times the percentage of business use of the car minus depreciation.  So if you bought the car in 2023 and took the full depreciation in the first year, then your cost basis is $0 and your selling price is $10,000 IF the car was 100% used for business.  This would give you a gain on the sale of $10,000.  If the car was 50% used for business, then you would have a $5,000 gain on the disposition of the vehicle that would be reported on your Schedule C.     When you first enter your business info, you will be asked if any of these apply, one option will be did you start or stop doing this business in 2025?  Here you can select yes, I stopped doing Door Dash in 2025.    If you used standard mileage deduction in previous years on this vehicle, you would depreciate your vehicle using the cents per mile allocated to depreciation based on the year. You can find this on your previous year Schedule C worksheets.  The portion of the business standard mileage rate treated as depreciation is: 27 center per mile for 2020  26 cents per mile for 2021 & 2022 28 cents per mile for 2023  30 cents per mile for 2024  33 cents per mile for 2025   If you used actual expenses, then you would look at your forms from last year to see your total depreciation taken on the vehicle. You will find this on the depreciation worksheet. If you took an accelerated depreciation method  The new car also does not have an affect on your situation with reporting the disposal of your wrecked car. To enter the disposition of a business asset take the following steps:  go to the Self-Employment section and select edit next to your vehicle.  Go through the steps and check the box that says I stopped using this vehicle in 2025 You will need to say you sold this vehicle When you are asked for the sales price enter any insurance payouts you received.  Continue through answering the questions so that the property and any payouts can be properly allocated      

@Bwana_Jones wrote: Thanks for that information; this is very helpful. That said, if I am going to have to use another application to replace It's Deductible, then I have one less reason to remain an Intuit customer. Cheers. H&R Block is less expensive, for example, but you still need to enter each item manually. The program will value the item(s) for you, but you have to enter each one.

Can you clarify your question.  Are you trying to determine the amount of Income in Respect of Decedent (IRD) to include in the assets of a taxable estate?  If not, what are you trying to determine?  

Thanks for that information; this is very helpful. That said, if I am going to have to use another application to replace It's Deductible, then I have one less reason to remain an Intuit customer. Cheers.