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@Hhgrant Seek local paid help with your 2018 state return or try going to the state's tax site to see if you can get the forms to prepare by hand.   It is too late for you to use TurboTax for a 2018 tax return of any sort.  The software for 2018 is no longer available.    You will need information from your 2018 federal return when you prepare the state return.        https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/state-taxes/contact-state-department-revenue/L9qVToi02_US_en_US?uid=m6e06um0  

Will your daughter have enough other itemized deductions like mortgage interest or property tax, medical expenses and/or charity donations to enter on her federal tax return that exceed her standard deduction?   Vehicle registration is an itemized deduction, which does not change your federal refund or federal tax due unless you have enough other itemized deductions to exceed your standard deduction.   NV has no state income tax, so there is nothing to enter for NV.   Your itemized deductions have to be more than your standard deduction before you will see a change in your tax owed or tax refund.  The deductions you enter do not necessarily count “dollar for dollar;” many of them are subject to meeting  tough thresholds—medical expenses, for example, must meet a threshold that is pretty hard to reach. (Only the amount that is MORE than 7.5% of your AGI counts)   The software program uses all the IRS rules that apply to the expenses you enter, and it tells you if you have enough to use your itemized deductions or if using the standard deduction is more advantageous for you.      The standard deduction makes some of your income “tax free.”  It is not a refund.  You will see your standard or itemized deduction amount on line 12 of your 2025 Form 1040.     2025 STANDARD DEDUCTION AMOUNTS SINGLE $15,750  (65 or older/legally blind + $2000) MARRIED FILING SEPARATELY $15,750  (65 or older/legally blind +1600) MARRIED FILING JOINTLY $31,500  (65 or older/legally blind + $1600) HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD $23,625 (65 or older/legally blind + $2000)  

It is a horrible user interface (still in 2025) that does not instruct you to double click to enter the line items for property taxes paid! I spent half an hour with the telephone robot trying to get an answer.

I've been with TT since they were Parsons... I agree, this policy change makes zero sense and speaks zero of backward compatibility. Some the changes I've seen Intuit do to this tax software forced a migration to H&R Block and some of H&R Block's non-features forced a migration back to TT. but this latest with no backward compatibility is necessitating another move to H&R Block. Yes, sadly, this year i will be a blockhead  

Thanks for your comments. I am a little skeptical myself as to whether we will be able to import the data like we did with Its Deductible.  I have a feeling we will be still during more manual input than we would like.  If nothing else however the app does allow us to keep tract of a lot of contributions during the year.  I still wonder why Intuit pulled the plug on Its Deductible. I would suspect it was a widely used feature. ( or maybe not).

Go to this website for the TurboTax Flex Loan - https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-loan/   TurboTax support FAQ for the Flex Advance Loan - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/loans/whats-turbotax-flex-advance/L2Xg6I...

@user17622909547 re "It's great that we will be able to download information directly into Turbo Tax for inclusion on Schedule A but not sure at this point whether it would also include the preparation of Form 8283, Non-cash Charitable Contributions."   I would be a bit cautious about this offering that these apps are saying is "on the roadmap" etc, as it's not clear yet how this will import will work in Turbotax as its surely something Intuit would need to support the same way they allow import for 1099Bs etc.  But the 2025 desktop version has no obvious import feature for this data - they removed "Import from ItsDeductible" but there is no equivalent import in its place.   Tho the charitable donations section is still waiting on final updates and we await the online platform to open around mid Dec.

@USCHCitzn what treaty?  can you please be more specific.     you can certainly prevent double taxation, but that doesn't mean not to report the pension on the US tax return.   this article may help.    https://www.greenbacktaxservices.com/blog/swiss-pension-system-expats/