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Sorry it's too,late to start a 2023 or prior online return or use the mobile app, either on Turbo Tax or the IRS.  And too late to efile 2023.   If you need to do 2023 or prior you can buy the Desktop download here, TurboTax 2022 Prior Year Tax Prep - File Past Years' Taxes You will need a full Windows or Mac to install it on.   If you have a simple return and want to file for free you can fill out the forms by hand.  Here are some basic forms.....   Here is the 2023 1040 return https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040--2023.pdf   or if you want bigger type use 1040SR for Seniors, https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s--2023.pdf   2023 1040 Instructions https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040gi--2023.pdf   2023 EIC and Tax Tables https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040tt--2023.pdf   Schedules 1-3 https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s1--2023.pdf https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s2--2023.pdf https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s3--2023.pdf     Don’t forget your state.  And you will have to print and mail your returns.  So be sure to attach copies of your W2s and any 1099s that have withholding on them.  You have to mail federal and state in separate envelopes because they go to different places.  Get a tracking number from the post office when you mail them for proof of filing.   Then when you file for 2024 you need to enter 0 for the 2023 AGI since you are filing 2023 late.

When you prepare the amended return, the loss will have a $500 subtraction ion line 11 from the casualty loss. The loss can add to your itemized or standard deduction. When you see the forms are correct, you can file. @BarbaraK   

The provider gives you a W-10 to tell you what name, address and tax number you should use with your tax return.  If the provider did not give you a form W-10, and you do not know the provider's social security number or business tax number, you can't claim the credit until you get that number from the provider.  Give them a blank W-10, ask them to fill it out with their details, and give it back to you.   Keep this for your records, you do not send this to the IRS.     Form 2441 is the part of your tax return where you list your qualifying children, the details of the care provider, and the amount you paid for care, and the form calculates any credits.  Even if you only had a dependent care FSA, form 2441 is used to document your eligibility to use a dependent care FSA to pay for child care.     

The “summary” given to you by TurboTax must have confused you.  That summary just nets out the difference between a refund you are getting and an amount you owe.   Or it adds two refunds or tax “due” amounts together.     The federal and state treasuries are completely separate from each other.     Your state tax due cannot be paid from a federal refund.   And….your federal tax due cannot be paid from a state refund.     Neither refund can be used to pay the amount due to the other one.   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

I would think you would need to send whatever document you have that has the same details as would be on Form 8949 i.e. description, acquisition date, sale date, proceeds, cost basis, adjustments, gain/loss