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Stop.   You cannot use the current online software for a 2023 return.  Online is only for 2024 tax returns.       You cannot change the tax year.   The current online program is for 2024 only.   Only a 2024 return can be prepared online and only a 2024 return can be e-filed.   Online preparation and e-filing for 2021, 2022, and  2023 is permanently closed. Note:  The desktop software you need to prepare the prior year return must be installed/downloaded to a full PC or Mac.  It cannot be used on a mobile device.   To file a return for a prior tax year  If you need to prepare a return for 2021, 2022, or 2023  you can purchase and download desktop software to do it, then print, sign,  and mail the return(s) https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/past-years-products/ You may also want to explore purchasing the software from various retailers such as Amazon, Costco, Best Buy, Walmart, Sam’s, etc.   Remember to prepare your state return as well—if you live in a state that has a state income tax.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/state-taxes/contact-state-department-revenue/L9qVToi02_US_en_US?uid=m6e06um0   When you mail a tax return, you need to attach any documents showing tax withheld, such as your W-2’s or any 1099’s.  Use a mailing service that will track it, such as certified mail so you will know the IRS/state received the return.   Federal and state returns must be in separate envelopes and they are mailed to different addresses.  Read the mailing instructions that print with your tax return carefully so you mail them to the right addresses.  

Every income screen on a joint return will have a spot for each spouse's income, so when you enter your spouse's SSA1099 make sure you look for her name.    Go to Federal> Wages & Income>>Retirement Plans and Social Security  (SSA1099 and 1099RRB) to enter your SSA1099.  

U.S. citizens and resident aliens living abroad. If you are living abroad, your care provider may not have, and may not be required to get, a U.S. taxpayer identification number (for example, an SSN or EIN). If so, enter “LAFCP” (Living Abroad Foreign Care Provider) in the space for the care provider's taxpayer identification number.   (There might be a checkbox to indicate your provider is an LAFCP, I have not tested this.)   If turbotax does not accept "LAFCP" or does not allow e-filing, you will have to use a fake SSN to get past the interview, then print your return, use some white-out or cover up the fake SSN and write in "LAFCP" and then file your return by mail.   (I don't know if you can e-file with LAFCP, and if you can't, I don't know if that is a Turbotax problem or an IRS rule.  It's nothing you can fix, so print and mail your return.)

There is no additional fee to e-file a federal return, beyond the fees to use Turbotax itself.  There is an additional fee to e-file state tax returns if you are using the desktop program installed on your own computer.  If you paid the fee and the state is blocking you from e-filing and you can't fix the problem, contact customer support for a refund of the fee.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/contact

Q. If I do not owe any taxes, and the government doesn’t owe me any money back, do I have to file? A. Probably (usually) not. But those two facts, alone, do not determine whether you need to file.  The filing requirement is based on "gross income" (not "taxable income"). In addition to the table on page 9 of the instructions, there is a separate table (lower numbers) on page 10 for those who are, or can be, claimed as a dependent. 

yup that's a conversion   but the conversion is part of your 2025 taxes not 2024, all you should put into your 2024 return is the non-deductible contribution to the Trad IRA, which will be reflected as a basis in your IRA  online 14 of Form 8606 which carries forward to 2025.   Roth conversions are taxed by calendar year, when you get the 1099-R for 2025 you would then include the conversion in your 2025 taxes.   See https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/retirement-benefits/enter-backdoor-roth-ira-conversion/L7gGPjKVY_US_en_US?uid=mgks2a0a   Check there was no misunderstanding with your brokerage also if you asked them to "recharacterize" it - check the transaction was classified as a contribution to your Trad IRA and conversion to your Roth IRA (which is just a transfer between IRAs), not a contribution to your Roth IRA.  You should also have Form 5498s showing the contribution to the correct account.