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I have a residential rental home. I live in another property. Can I add home office deduction in Schedule E? If yes, where & how can I add it in Turbo Tax?   How do I know that the rental activity rises to the level of a 'business' in order to qualify for home office deduction?

If you owe tax due, you have to pay it yourself by the filing deadline on April 15, 2025.      If you have federal tax due you can pay by mailing your payment with the 1040V voucher, (which has the address printed on it, having the payment taken out of a designated bank account, or you can pay directly on the IRS website.    https://www.irs.gov/payments     https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-payments/help/how-can-i-pay-my-federal-taxes/00/26212     https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-payments/help/how-do-i-pay-my-irs-tax-due-with-a-check-or-money-order/00/26403      To apply for a payment plan with the IRS   Apply Online for a Payment Plan     You must pay your state tax due using the state’s preferred method of receiving payment.  For most states that will be by making a payment to the state’s own tax website, or by mailing a check or money order.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/state-taxes/contact-state-department-revenue/L9qVToi02_US_en_US?uid=m6e06um0

If you imported your 1099-R, I'd suggest deleting the import and entering your 1099-R manually, as issued.   If you're using TurboTax Online, clear your Cache and Cookies first.   @thamberg         

You would have go look on Form 8938, on line 15 of Part IV to see if you included the Form 3520 as one of the forms entered on the Form 8938. If so, then you would check the Box C on Form 3520.   From the instructions to Form 3520:

You must have worked in the city of Cincinnati and your employer withheld tax for the city.  That is not a school district tax.   If you live in OH, there are a lot of towns and cities with their own local taxes so you need to know if you live (or work) in one that has a tax.     In many instances, you will need to file a local tax return for the area you live in, but show the tax you already paid to the city you worked in.      TurboTax only prepares a few city or local tax returns as an extra step in your state return.  For most local tax returns you are on your own.  You may have to ask around amongst your neighbors, etc. to find out if you have a local tax and how to pay it. “Google “ local tax for your area.  Call your city government, etc.  Your only record of paying your local tax will be your own bank/credit card records     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/city-tax-returns-turbotax-state-program/L0fev7XS3_US_en_US?uid=m69jiu1e  

They filled out Form 1099-NEC, so that's what you need to report.   Since you earned income, and you are not an employee of the school, you may need to report the income as Self-Employment income and pay Self-Employment tax. Self-Employment is the FICA an employer withholds and pays for an employee.    You could also choose "Hobby Income" for the 1099-NEC to bypass the self-employment tax but you would need to show how the task you performed would be considered as "fun" and therefore a hobby if the IRS challenged it. If this was something that is already your field of expertise, it could be viewed as "moon-lighting" and therefore self-employment.    The choice between issuing Form 1099-NEC (Non-Employee Compensation) or Form 1099-MISC (Miscellaneous Income) is determined by the person that issues the form.  You can either enter the 1099-NEC or ask the Payer to replace that form with a 1099-MISC. 

You can try to delete the Schedule EIC form to get rid of the credit so it resets and you can re-enter everything.     Which version of TurboTax are you using, the online version or the download version?   If you   From the left rail menu in TurboTax Online, select Tax Tools (You may have to scroll down on the left rail menu.) On the drop-down select Tools On the Pop-Up menu titled “Tools Center,” select Delete a Form  This will show all of the forms in your return Scroll down to the form you want to delete Select the Form Click on Delete.  Always use extreme caution when deleting information from your tax return.  There could be unintended consequences.   

Rental activity is reported on Schedule E Supplemental Income and Loss.   Depreciation expense is computed by entering the individual rental property assets into the software.  Depreciation expense is computed based upon the information entered about each rental property asset.   In TurboTax Premium Online, enter the rental property assets by following these steps:   Down the left side of the screen, click on Federal. Down the left side of the screen, click on Wages & income. Click to the right of Rentals, Royalties, and Farm. Click to the right of Rental Properties and Royalties. At the screen Your 2024 rentals and royalties summary, click the pencil icon to the right. At the screen Here's rental property info, select Add expense or asset to report rental expense. Select Add expense or asset to establish the rental property asset. Answer the questions to establish the rental property asset and compute depreciation on the rental property asset.

The combination of codes 2 and B in box 7 of your Form 1099-R is correct.  TurboTax should accept it.  If you haven't already, I suggest you go back through the entry of your Form 1099-R and make sure that all entries are correct.  If it still won't accept the 2B combination try deleting the form and re-entering.  Finally, if it still won't accept it, circle back and post at what point you are seeing an error and what exactly are you seeing, and let us know if you're using TurboTax Desktop or Online.

GM45:  Yes, thank you someone did help me.  Somehow I was able to post my own "new" question for the 2024 tax year.   This is what was written to me regarding the tax withheld.  Hopefully it helps someone else too:   You don't need to enter the withheld taxes when you enter the 2025 Form 1099-R with code P and J on the 2024 return. The withheld taxes will be applied on your 2025 return since the withholdings are reported in the year that the tax was withheld. Therefore, you will add the 2025 Form 1099-R on the 2025 return too. The 2025 code P will not add anything to your income in the 2025 tax return but the withholdings will be applied to 2025.