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You can only enter your retirement distributions for the year.  You can't enter it by quarter.  TurboTax will ask you how the distributions were made shortly after you enter the information on your 1099-R.  That is where you can show that you received period payments.  Revisit the 1099-R section in the Wages and Income section and work through the questions again to clarify how the distributions were made.  Consider also going to the Other tax situations section and visit the underpayment penalties section to answer questions regarding your estimated tax penalty calculation.

According to TurboTax's tax form availability matrix (https://form-status.app.intuit.com/tax-forms-availability/formsavailability?albRedirect=true&product=Turbotax_windows&bu=cg), this form should be available for e-file in the desktop windows software, however, I have the software with the latest updates, and it shows that the form is not finalized and cannot be submitted.  Unfortunately, it doesn't have a date.  TurboTax, can you fix your matrix please!   Rich

Yes.   The total amount of the CTCis $2200, with a refundable portion of up to $1700 which is called the "additional child tax credit."   The ACTC is based on how much you earned from working.     The maximum amount of the child tax credit is now $2200 per child; the refundable “additional child tax credit” amount is $1700.   In order to get that credit, you have to have income from working.   Take the amount you earned from working.   Subtract $2500.   Multiply the rest by 15%.  That is the additional child tax credit per child that you canget—- up to the maximum of $1700 per child.   If the amount you earned from working was low, you will not get the full $1700 per child.    If your child is older than 16 at the end of 2025, you do not get the CTC.  But you may still get the non-refundable $500 credit for other dependents instead.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/taxation/child-tax-credit/L2lNhfGDl_US_en_US?uid=m68dfq2u   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/taxation/additional-child-tax-credit/L6xFeMFEf_US_en_US?uid=lqnuygah https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/does-my-childdependent-qualify-for-the-child-tax-credit-or-the-credit-for-other-dependents       Look at your 2025 Form 1040 to see the child-related credits you received   PREVIEW 1040 https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/preview-turbotax-online-return-filing/L77WCkvnu_US_en_US?uid=m681fkhr   Child Tax Credit line 19 Credit for Other Dependents line 19 Earned Income Credit line 27 Additional Child Tax Credit line 28  

I suggest you go back through the interview and double check you have answered all the questions.  Including making sure that a bubble is not accidentally checked on the care facility page, as it is difficult to uncheck once selected.   If the care facility bubble is checked, or you still can't get the credit to populate, you can try to delete the form and start over: go to Tax Tools on the left of your screen, then Tools, then select Delete a form.  Choose the trash can next to Schedule M1RENT: Renter's Credit.    Now, you can go back to Minnesota and proceed through the interview.

Thank you for the clear instructions due to this unusual situation 🙂 I greatly appreciate it. I do have another question .  As for the general info that it made me fill out, is the highlighted correct for my situation?       

I did NOT click on it, and to make sure wasted another hour with: uninstalling deleting all existing files and reinstalling TO MAKE SURE Have wasted hour coming up on days and am *done*. This *IS* a bug as the 2 tech folks I spoke with admitted to.  No mas!!! 

there is nothing Intuit can do if you're on MAC OS 13, support for that OS ended last Nov and Intuit does not support Turbotax on unsupported OS versions.  If your hardware is not allowing upgrade MAC OS 14 that means your hardware is outdated also.   The solutions are either find/buy a different laptop that is supported (Win 11 or MAC OS 14 or above), use online (a different experience tho - no forms mode, only 1 return, tends to be more expensive tho Intuit has an offer this year to move a desktop license to use Online Premium Fed+State), or use alternative s/w - HR Block is your only option in the desktop space which is still supporting older MAC OS versions.

Yes I have filled the appropriate information into each box for the online version but I am still struggling to get the worksheet to populate.  The instructions you have linked make sense and if I was filling this tax return out by hand then I can easily mark that information off and move on.  I have changed inputs, changed capitalization to match the instructions from the IL DOR.  At this point I am at a loss as to why the worksheet will not populate except for the fact that there is any issue with the online software not handling this credit correctly.  I have tried calling and finding someone in support to rectify this issue for me but support is non-existent for technical issues as far as I can tell.  I don't want to pay $150 for live support on what is their product's technical issue.

If you're using TurboTax Online and have paid for your return (but haven't filed yet) select Tax Tools from the left-side menu, then Print Center.  Select Print, save, or preview this year's return, and follow any additional instructions.  If you can't see the buttons, you may need to adjust your screen resolution.   In TurboTax Desktop, to to FILE, and there's a link at the top to 'Print/Save for your Records.'   @LaurieGore