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Thank you for coming to Ask the Experts Day – the event has now concluded View the library of questions and answers from the Extension Filers event    On behalf of the Experts participating, I would like to thank you for joining us.  We hope you will return to the forums to share your experiences, both good and bad.   We will be hosting more Ask the Experts events in the months to come.  We hope to see you then!   If you still have questions to ask, feel free to post them on the Community – we always have experts on the Community ready to help you out.   -------------------------------------   Join us on Wednesday, September 17th any time between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm Pacific Time for our latest installment of our Ask the Experts event series. The rush is on to meet the extension deadline. We’re here to help answer all your last-minute tax and filing questions!      Come spend a minute, an hour, or the whole day in the TurboTax Community forums. We'll have Tax and Financial Experts live - waiting to give you tax or personal finance advice for free! There’s no limit on how many questions you can ask—we’re up for the challenge and ready to answer things like:   Am I going to have penalties for filing this late? Help, I owe taxes but can’t pay them! I'm missing a document to finish my taxes, what should I do? What happens if I make a mistake as I rush to finish and file? Can I still contribute to my retirement accounts?   How The Day will work:   On September 17th, we will post a link on this page to access the Special Event Forum. Tax and finance experts will be online and ready to tackle your tough questions and engage in real-time conversation with you. Just sign in to the TurboTax Community, and select the teal Ask a Question button at the top of our special event forum to start a conversation! If it is after 9 am Pacific Time on September 17th, and you don't see the event link yet, just refresh this page and it will appear.    Already RSVP’d?   In the meantime, check out our refund calculator by clicking here and signing in to calculate your tax outcome in just a few minutes or less.   Millions of customers come to the TurboTax Community every month—we hope that you’ll join us for this special event on September 17th.     ***Stay tuned for future events on the TurboTax Community!***

I would like some clarification.   When I filed my taxes, Turbotax said I should take the Standard Deduction.  I was wondering when I take the depreciation on a rental property and also when I take Student loan interest deduction (1098-E) why they are not considered itemized deductions? And why they reduced my taxbale income when I take the Standard deduction?

Thank you for coming to Ask the Experts Day – the event has now concluded View the library of questions and answers from the Investments: Stocks, Crypto & More event   On behalf of the Experts participating, I would like to thank you for joining us.  We hope you will return to the forums to share your experiences, both good and bad.   We will be hosting more Ask the Experts events in the months to come.  We hope to see you then!   If you still have questions to ask, feel free to post them on the Community – we always have experts on the Community ready to help you out.   -------------------------------------   Join us on Wednesday, July 16th any time between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm Pacific Time for our latest installment of our Ask the Experts event series. Do you have questions on capital gains or losses? Whatever your investment-related questions are, we have experts to help.      Come spend a minute, an hour, or the whole day in the TurboTax Community forums. We'll have Tax and Financial Experts live - waiting to give you tax or personal finance advice for free! There’s no limit on how many questions you can ask—we’re up for the challenge and ready to answer things like:   How do I figure out the “basis” of my investments? Crypto is confusing - what transactions are taxable? Do I have to report exchanging one crypto for another?  How are my RSUs, ESOPS, and ESPPs taxed? How do capital gains/losses affect my taxes?   How The Day will work:   On July 16th, we will post a link on this page to access the Special Event Forum. Tax and finance experts will be online and ready to tackle your tough questions and engage in real-time conversation with you. Just sign in to the TurboTax Community, and select the teal Ask a Question button at the top of our special event forum to start a conversation! If it is after 9 am Pacific Time on July 16th, and you don't see the event link yet, just refresh this page and it will appear.    Already RSVP’d?   In the meantime, check out our refund calculator by clicking here and signing in to calculate your tax outcome in just a few minutes or less.   Millions of customers come to the TurboTax Community every month—we hope that you’ll join us for this special event on July 16th.     ***Stay tuned for future events on the TurboTax Community!***

Filed taxes many weeks ago,  but I have an issue.   The tax authority of my native country taxed a portion of my employment based retirement benefit earned in that country.   The only tax authority that can tax said benefit is the IRS so, effectively, I got taxed twice on the same retirement benefit!   There is a Tax Agreement between the U.S.A and my native country whose purpose is to avoid this sort of double-taxation.      The tax authority in my native country has requested that I obtain a document from the IRS that clearly states that I am liable to taxes here in the U.S.A since the time that I have lived and paid taxes here.  That document secured, I am to send it to the tax authority of my native country.   That will then insure that I am taxed only once,  by the IRS.   For the life of me, I am not able to connect with anyone with the IRS (trying to actually speak to a "live" person) to obtain a document alluded to above.   Also, I wrote a letter almost 2 months ago to the IRS (mailing to an address that is to be used for tax payers of my State, that is Texas) to no avail!   Is there either an address for the IRS (International questions) or a more "proper" address that I could use on this?   Awaiting helpful information!   JJ