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  Correction:  I just posted but then erased my post.  Here's what Annette posted earlier -- it's the correct method:   Click Forms on the top row of TurboTax. Go to Form 8829. Scroll to the section titled Line 8 Calculation Smart Worksheet and enter your percent of business use of the home office on line B. Click Step-by-Step at the top of the screen to go back to the input screens.

You should be able to complete the information needed in step by step/ easy step mode in TurboTax.   Please see this TurboTax tips article and this help article for more details regarding filing a return for a deceased person. In the Personal info section of TurboTax, a question appears asking if the person for whom the return is being filed has died.   Upon the death of a taxpayer, a new taxpaying entity—the taxpayer's estate—is born to make sure no taxable income falls through the cracks. Generally, income is taxed either: on the taxpayer's final return (Form 1040), on the return of the beneficiary who acquires the right to receive the income, or on the estate's or a trust's income tax return, if the estate or trust receives $600 or more of income (Form 1041). If a Form 1041 is needed because the deceased's estate or trust receives income of $600 or more (such as from assets not yet distributed), you would need TurboTax Business to prepare that return.   The filing of the deceased taxpayer's final return usually falls to the executor or administrator of the estate, but if neither is named,  then the task needs to be taken over by a survivor of the deceased. The final return is filed on the same form that would have been used if the taxpayer were still alive, but "Deceased:" is written at the top of the return followed by the person's name and the date of death. The deadline to file a final return is the tax filing deadline of the year following the taxpayer's death.   You can prepare your father's final return in TurboTax and, if a refund is due, there's one more step. You (the preparer of the return) should also complete and file with the final return a copy of Form 1310, Statement of Person Claiming Refund Due a Deceased Taxpayer. See this help article for more information. You can enter his name on the payment agreement on his behalf.    Please also see IRS Topic No. 356 - Decedents.   I am sorry for your loss.    

I was able to recover my lost files with Time Machine, a mac program. I suppose if you have a PC, sob, I believe there are apps that can do the same thing. The file was still available in the dungeons of the hard drive. It found the lost file on the hard disc and also on the backup.

In order to withhold taxes, a company would need an EIN, so it does make sense that an EIN (not a SSN) would be required if there were actual withholdings on your tax form.   A form with no withholdings can use a SSN number.   But any entry (including zero) in the withholding amount field will trigger the ''missing EIN'' message.      So glad to hear this is resolved and you can now file your taxes!!  @ElizabethAP 🙂

It seems like TurboTax cannot handle different depreciation percentages over years. So it calculates the wrong depreciation when this is done.    You can read about it in this thread: https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/investments-and-rental-properties/discussion/re-incorrect-rental-depreciation-calculation-by-tt/01/3640000#M124735   Because turbotax calculates the wrong values, I am forced to override. I need to fix the depreciation amount. 

I think I figured out where your $1 discrepancy might be from.  TurboTax rounds up (or down) EACH month from your 1095-A entries to arrive at the figures it plops into form 8962.  This rounding caused my calculations and TurboTax's calculations to be different by $5 when I was peering into the math of the Medical Expenses Worksheet and the value TT generated for that line 2b value.  In your case, I'm guessing, but it could be that the rounding by TT creates a $1 difference for you if your method of calculating involved no rounding and used actuals from your 1095-A.

@dahnb2000   What is false?  There has always been a fee to efile a state return.   I posted above it is $25 to efile a state return from the Desktop program.  It used to be $20 before March 1 then goes to 25.   If you are on the Advantage auto renew plan it is $5 less.   Or you can print and mail state for free.  Im in California too.  Oh if you buy the program from Costco or Sam’s you get a $10 rebate which is automatically applied when you pay.