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To remove your penalties due to a natural disaster, please follow the instructions below: Navigate to the underpayment penalty section: TurboTax Online/Mobile: Go to annualizing your tax. TurboTax Desktop: Select Search Topics. Search for and select annualizing your tax Answer the information in the penalty waiver section. 

If you are not legally divorced or separated, you must file married-separate or joint or Head of Household (if you qualify).  You may want to contact a lawyer to see if your state has a legal separation if it applies.  

You are reporting an IRS form 1099-B and personal item sales and reporting that all of the items were sold at a loss or had no gain.   Consider removing the IRS form 1099-B and re-entering as Other at the screen Which type of income is your 1099-K for?   At the screen Let's get the info from your 1099-K, select This amount in box 1a is too high or includes some personal transactions.  Enter the amount in box 1a.   The amount is reported at the top of Schedule 1.     Retain your records with your income tax files should a tax authority have a question at a later time.

Thanks, but I'm not sure that applies to me. I got the amounts and the note "passive" but not the identifying information, without which the error stopped me from finishing the return. So, I did what the agent suggested and deleted the form, which removed a $257 tax credit I did (according to Turbotax) or did not deserve. Otherwise, I would probably have entered false information, not knowing which business it thinks generated the credit.

IHSS pay can be taxed and credit claimed on the federal level or it can be excluded from income. If it is excluded, there is no tax so none needs to be withheld. You get to pick which is better for your family. The IRS defines  earned income . You can use IHSS income for child tax credit and earned income credit, if you qualify.  If you choose to exclude the income, select it is nontaxable after entry.   See  How do I enter my tax-exempt Medicaid waiver payments from IHSS in TurboTax?