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First of all - I have a loss from last year for the Rental. I sold the rental last year. I followed the questions. Did you dispose of the property? YES. Did you rent the property in 2025? No . OK - you don't need to report the rental here- you can delete the proeprty. OK. .......and now I have a PITA to add it all back. Thanks for nothing!

I loaded TT on a second Windows11 computer. Activation went fine, 2 of 5, correct. Imported the old 2024, went through a couple screens, saved and exited. When I went back in an hour later it wants another activation. Rebooted, still wants a second activation. I tried opening it as an administrator, it worked! It doesn't ask for activation, works fine. Now when ever I open TT I have to run as administrator.  I don't know why, can't find anything in the TT community. Does anyone know how to set it up for a standard user? I thought of uninstalling and reinstalling, but some people say it will require a new activation others say not.

In 2025, I lived into two separate rental units. I lived in apartment #1 from Jan-Sept, and received a CRP for that unit from my landlord. In September, I moved into apartment #2. This unit is in an housing co-op that is considered a homestead for tax purposes; I obviously didn't not received a CRP for this unit, and was told by management to file for the Homeowner's Tax Credit.   My question is: Can I still file for the Renter's Tax Credit with the CRP from apartment #1? Turbotax's wording on this would seem to indicate no, because I lived in the homesteaded unit on January 2nd, 2026. "OR...You lived in both a rental unit and in a home you owned in 2025, but you didn't own your home on January 2, 2026." However, the Minnesota Department of Revenue's document on the matter says the following: "You rented during 2025 and then owned and lived in your home on January 2, 2026. ---> You may claim both the property tax refund on Form M1PR and the renter’s credit on Schedule M1RENT of your 2025 Minnesota Income Tax Return."  

My spouse and I filed jointly on our Federal return but in Missouri we are required to file as a "combined" return where we list our income separately. My spouse has no earned income, only a small amount of interest and dividends from jointly held accounts. So that is listed separately. We also have a tax credit on the MO-TC form which has an option to split the credit by spouse:   If you are filing a combined return and both you and your spouse have income: • Use Column 1 for yourself and Column 2 for spouse. • Both names must be on the credit certificate.   The tax credit comes with a certificate of eligibility from the state and it was required to have both of our names since we file combined.  The question is do I have to split that credit 50/50 with my spouse on the MO-TC form or can I put it all under my column? I cannot find anything that clearly states it must be split 50/50 like the interest on our jointly held accounts.   If I split it we effectively lose half of the credit since my spouse has a small enough income to have no MO tax liability and the credit is not refundable. It seems strange to be penalized in that way, especially with no way to fill out the tax credit eligibility form as only one spouse making the donation that the tax credit is applied against. Thanks!