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Same thing happened to me.  When I told the rep that it didnt give me a price before I paid, they didn't believe me.  I won't use the product again.  That is poor customer service after 15 years of using the product.

Report both the 2023 2nd installment and the 2024 1st installment of property taxes paid in 2024 on your 2024 tax return.    The IRS allows you to deduct property taxes in the year they are paid, regardless of the tax year they apply to.   For more details, visit: Claiming Property Taxes

Linda,   Thank you for the reply but that does not solve the problem. All the W2s are entered into the Federal Section - they were imported The W2s from MA show up in the PA return.  The TX W2 does not and you cannot select TX as a state for nonresident income.  TX along with AK, NV, SD, TN and WY are not in that list.  I've completed the MA return and I do get the credit for the MA taxes on the PA return.  There were no state taxes taken out for TX since they do not have a state income tax.  That income should still flow to the PA return but it does not.  The MA return shows the federal AGI that includes the TX income but the PA return only has the income totals for MA.   Thank you

The math justifying this is extraordinarily simple, and I'm shocked at how uncommon FSA continuation is especially if you are planning to use the FSA balance during a short period of time.  I expect the underutilization of extended FSA benefits under COBRA has a lot more to do with people not understanding how the rules work for it.  I personally experienced the following:   I left my job in January of a plan year  to take a break for a few months before starting another role May 1.  I had enrolled in a $2000 FSA plan and made one payroll payment of $167 as I knew I would likely be needing some pricey dental work in the early part of the year.  I continued my benefits, including FSA, through COBRA for the months February, March, and April.  Including the admin 2% I paid an additional post tax contribution of $170/month during which I accumulated more $2000 of expenses which I was reimbursed for fully.  I paid a total of $677 of mixed pre and post tax contributions and received $2000 in reimbursements during my 3 months of COBRA.  If anyone doubts the math works for extending FSA during COBRA with post tax contributions they're not trying very hard and are probably providing very poor advice on the subject. 

  Please see this help article which has links for a list of reject codes with instructions on how to fix them. If you now have the correct last name and SSN for everyone listed on your return, you should still be able to e-file.   If your return continues to be rejected when attempting to e-file, you can print your return and file by mail.   If you need to fix a rejected return for a previous tax year (2023 and earlier), you must use TurboTax Desktop and mail your fixed return.  

The issue I was having was it wouldn't allow me to enter just one number, even though I had checked the radio button in front of the employer's SSN. It kept giving me an error message to fill in the EIN field as well. I was able to get around it by deleting the employer name and re-entering it. Thanks for the response,

Thank you@ThomasM125.  I am using TurboTax desktop but was able to access the 1040 but there is not a Schedule 3 (only Schedule 1 and 2).   Couple other specifics:   --The supplemental  information provided by Fidelity for the 1099-DIV has foreign income of $2,608 for non qualified dividends and $5,528 for qualified dividends for a total of $8136 of total foreign income (and foreign tax paid of $887).   I did not report this foreign income on the foreign tax screens as I interpreted the instructions as saying do not report amounts that have already been included in 1099-DIV amounts.    Should this be included somewhere?  (Other than in the totals when I input the 1099-DIV information for Schedule B"?   --I have the following carryovers from 2023 related for Form 1116:  (a) General Limitation Income Excess Limit; (b) Passive Income Excess Limit" and (c) "Foreign Branch Income Excess Limit".     Each of these carryovers is over $1000 (higher than the foreign tax), but a credit is still not being generated.       Thanks again.  

If you're a non-filer and need to get your third stimulus check, here's what you need to do:   File a tax return: Even if you don't normally file taxes, you'll need to file a tax return to claim the Recovery Rebate Credit for the stimulus payment.  The IRS reminds taxpayers who haven't yet filed their 2021 tax returns that they may be eligible for a refund if they file and claim the Recovery Rebate Credit by the April 15, 2025, deadline.   Additionally, you can view the total amount of your third Economic Impact Payment through your IRS Online Account or Letter 6475. This information is needed to accurately calculate your 2021 Recovery Rebate Credit when filing your 2021 federal tax return.   You can file 2021 via TurboTax here.

I just noticed that 3 people responded to my questions. Thanks to all. I attribute my follow up questions to convincing another person it was a legit thing to deduct and my own difficulty finding my way through TT. Each answer was good.

Please clarify your question by adding some additional information so we may better help you. Such as: What version of TurboTax are you using? What TurboTax screen are you on? What are you trying to do in TurboTax?  What ami are you trying to calculate? When you say TurboTax did it before, do you mean in another year?