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What business tax?  If you need to file Schedule C for self employment income you add it to your personal tax return.  If you need to file a 1065 or 1120 or 1120-S corp you need the separate Business program in addition to a personal version.     You can enter Schedule C for Self Employment Income into Online Deluxe but if you have any expenses you will have to upgrade to Premium version. Or use any of the Desktop Download programs. Online Premium https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/online/premium   If you need Turbo Tax Business, not to be confused with the personal Home & Business version. Home & Business is just for personal returns that need schedule C for self employment. TT Business is not available to do online or on a Mac. You can buy the Windows Desktop program here, https://turbotax.intuit.com/small-business-taxes/cd-download You can have both a personal program and the Business program installed on the same computer at the same time.

 Contact your employer's Payroll or Human Resources Department to request a duplicate W-2.   If you continue to have issues getting your W-2, you can contact the IRS to contact your employer to request the missing W-2.  Another option is to complete a substitute W-2 by filling out Form 4852 in TurboTax.   Refer to the IRS article What to do when a W-2 or Form 1099 is missing or incorrect for more information.   Refer to the TurboTax Help article What To Do If You Haven't Received a W-2.

Just use one of your computers with Windows 11 to do his tax return.   Why did  you install  Turbo Tax on 5 computers?  You can do unlimited returns in the Desktop program and efile 5 federal for  free.  The rest you have to print and mail.  Using it on more than 1 computer won't get you anymore efiles.  

You enter state estimated payments on the federal side.  One reason is because they can be a federal deduction if you itemize.  In fact you enter most everything under the federal side and it will flow to the state.     

For navigation instructions, refer to the TurboTax article Can I deduct medical expenses.   Review the TurboTax articles: The Ultimate Medical Expense Deductions Checklist and Are Medical Expenses Tax Deductible? for more information about medical expense deductions.

@DaveF1006 so just realized one issue - ordinary business income is negative, so even if active the losses are still passive. That is why it is not appearing on Form 3800.    However - Form 8582-CR does not appear unless I uncheck "Check if rental of property is a type subject to recharacterization rules". Once that check is removed the Form 8582-CR appears with all info properly recorded for carryover credit.    I need that checkbox checked as there is self-rental, but I do not see where this credit ends up. 

I did a price comparison with H&R Block. Its $25 cheaper than TurboTax and has its own application like itsDeductible.  I don't see any reason to stay with TurboTax now. How to Use DeductionPro | H&R Block

I followed exactly what the Intuit tax expert advised when I inherited money internationally in 2023.  Here's some additional advice although I'm not a tax consultant. Just an average guy (engineer by training) trying to keep the IRS happy and get my taxes done.  You only have to file the 3520 once, for the one-time inheritance.  Afterwards, if you keep the money internationally, any dividends or interest needs to be declared as income on your annual 1040 tax return.    Next, all foreign holdings need to be declared annually when you submit your income taxes on Form 8938 (Statement of Specified Foreign Assets).  If you have >$150,000 USD in foreign assets, you also have to annually complete a FBAR (Foreign Bank & Financial Account Report, FinCEN Form 114) directly to the U.S. Treasury.  All accounts must be reported to the U.S. Treasury, not just the ones >$150,000.  For example, I had to report 4 different accounts, but only one of those was >$150,000.  The U.S. Treasury website for filing the FinCEN Form 114 online (it's really easy) is:  https://bsaefiling.fincen.gov   The easy way would have been to bring all asset from foreign entities into the USA, but the $USD has been rather strong so I'm waiting for an opportune time when FOREX rates are more favorable.  I must be doing everything correctly because I've received no audits or requests for additional information from the IRS or the U.S. Treasury.  I hope this helps out the Intuit Tax community.