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Thank you, I am just going to click "This was a manufacturer's incentive payment" for both of them because the Webull free stocks were a one time payment of random stocks for referring 3 friends. I certainly don't do it enough for it to be considered a business. 

There are two types of dependents--Qualifying Child and Qualifying Relative.    If your adult son is not permanently and totally disabled he can be a qualifying relative for whom you get the $500 credit for other dependents if he meets the criteria to be a qualifying relative.   WHO CAN I CLAIM AS A DEPENDENT?     You can claim a child, relative, friend, or fiancé (etc.) as a dependent on your 2024 tax return as long as they meet the following requirements: Qualifying child They're related to you. They aren't claimed as a dependent by someone else. They're a U.S. citizen, resident alien, national, or a Canadian or Mexican resident. They aren’t filing a joint return with their spouse. They're under the age of 19 (or 24 for full-time students). No age limit for permanently and totally disabled children. They lived with you for more than half the year (exceptions apply). They didn't provide more than half of their own support for the year. Qualifying relative They don't have to be related to you (despite the name). They aren't claimed as a dependent by someone else. They're a U.S. citizen, resident alien, national, or a Canadian or Mexican resident. They aren’t filing a joint return with their spouse. They lived with you the entire year (exceptions apply). They made less than $5050 in 2024.   (Not counting Social Security) You provided more than half of their financial support. When you add someone as a dependent, we'll ask a series of questions to make sure you can claim them. There may be other tax benefits you can get when you claim a dependent. Related Information: What does "financially support another person" mean?  

I'm a nonresident of Georgia investing in a real estate syndication that has losses in 2024. I want to show these passive losses to offset against future income from the investment. I've entered the net loss from real estate activities from GA Form 700, as well as the additions to federal income and subtractions from federal income (which I believe are depreciation related). However, I'm getting an error that Schedule 3, Line 8A for income and adjustments from all sources does not equal Georgia source amount plus other state source amount.   Backing into the numbers, I can tell I am out by the net loss from RRE activities, but unsure of how to show this on the GA return.

One of the threads mentioned above stated that you cannot fix this in the step by step view.  You must go into forms view and make a change.  I followed that and Turbotax let me e-file, but it is still pending in the NJ system.   (Federal was accepted.)  I got confirmation from NJ Division of Taxation that accrued market discount on UST is tax exempt, but it is not true in every state.  TaxAct has a nice screen in their NJ module.  It presents what it thinks are NJ taxable and tax exempt interest and allows you to adjust them.  Wish Turbotax had this.  

Unless your adult child is age 24 or under and a full time student or permanently and totally disabled, you can't claim him as a Qualifying Child.  However, you may be able to claim him as a Qualifying Relative.  See the following TurboTax article for more information:   Rules for Claiming Dependents on Taxes