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There are 8 states that do not tax their residents' income: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming.   For W2 - if your state is not listed it doesn't have an income tax.  Leave W2 boxes 15,16, & 17 BLANK, empty, no spaces.      For 1099R - If box 14 for state withholding is empty then leave all boxes 14-16 Blank.  If box 14 has an amount and box 16 is blank put in the amount from box 2a in box 16.  If box 2a is blank, and you haven't made after-tax contributions to the account, you can use the amount in box 1.

The Form 1040X to amend a 2025 return is scheduled to be available on February 19---with that date subject to change.   But.....your parent(s) do not have to wait for you to amend.  Waiting will not help them.   Your amended return will take months to be processed.     They have two possible remedies:   File their return by mail.   Print, sign and date their return that claims you in ink, and mail it.   This will delay their refund but the IRS will not reject a mailed return.  You still must amend even if they file by mail.   They can seek IP PIN and try to e-file:   GET IP pin in order to e-file if your dependent’s SSN was claimed on another return   https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-takes-steps-to-help-prevent-refund-delays-by-accepting-duplicate-dependent-returns-with-an-ip-pin-for-2025-filing-season-taxpayers-encouraged-to-sign-up-soon-for-ip-pin-online-account   https://www.irs.gov/identity-theft-fraud-scams/get-an-identity-protection-pin  

I have followed the suggestion of deleting all the cookies and cache in my browser (Firefox 147.0.3), and I am getting the "Not Started" message after I complete the entering all of my rental information. Yes, I answered all the questions that were presented in the rental information interview.   What is the problem with this?

It depends. If you're itemizing, you can choose between deducting your state and local income taxes or your state and local sales taxes. You can't claim both.    If you choose sales tax, yes, you can use the sales tax on the HVAC as a major purchase for purposes of the sales tax deduction.

Box 7  is for the Total Gross Paid - This is the sum of the amounts shown in Boxes 4, 5, and 6. The amount represents the total pension paid in the tax year indicated on the Form RRB-1099-R.  TurboTax adds your Boxes 4, 5, and 6 automatically so you do not need to enter Box 7.  

Hi @TopShelfTax I'm not sure if you were asking me, but I'm using "TurboTax Online Do It Yourself Premium 2025" which doesn't appear to have the ability to get to worksheets like folks using the downloaded versions.  

if you get success message but no data is imported it may be the browser permission issue, see   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-vanguard-brokerage-update-is-available-from-vanguard-but-not-on-turbo-tax/01/3746947/highlight/true#M1390363

I did all that. I was using Microsoft Edge. Then I tried Google Chrome. Same problem. I will probably try the desktop version. It worked okay for me last year and I had the same 2 inherited IRAs with the same codes on the 1099-Rs.  The review part of the software acts like I only have one IRA. It doesn't differentiate between the two.