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So I selected Online TurboTax Free Filing. I noticed that you pay the fee when you submit tax return online. However TurboTax DOES NOT tell you what they will charge until you go to submit your tax return. Then the cost charged is double the pricing from retailers. Totally Miss-Leading and boarder line fraudulent. They basically are holding your tax return hostage until you pay their 200+% Fee? Sounds like a call to State Attorney Generals Consumer Fraud Line

Hi there,  I started and nearly completed my 2024 return in TT online. However, I need to fill out some lines on the return directly, functionality that only the desktop version of TT offers. The TurboTax help link found here explicitly states that a saved 2024 online return can be continued in TT desktop. I made the decision to purchase the desktop app based on this! But when I launch the desktop app and sign in, at no point am I prompted to continue my 2024 return from TT online. This option is also not available in any of the destkop menus. The app only has options to open files locally on my machine or start a new return. I just want to import the work I spent 2 plus hours entering on TT online! What am I missing? Thanks for any help!

Hi, I’m self-employed (1099) and work from a home office that's a dedicated room in my primary home. My home suffered some damages in Hurricane Milton, and I’m trying to correctly report the loss in TurboTax. I’m confused about which “property type” to select under the casualty loss (Form 4684) section. TurboTax gives me two options: Personal Property (includes home offices deducted under the Simplified Method) Income-Producing Property (includes business property and investment properties) I don’t use the Simplified Method for my home office, I use actual expenses. If I go through the Disasters section under Deductions & Credits, it treats it as personal-use property and calculates the loss that way. But if I go through it from the Schedule C “Home Office” section, it treats it as business property and lowers my Schedule C income directly — which results in lower tax owed. Same when I select either of the above options. I know one route puts the loss on Form 4684 Page 1 (personal), and the other on Page 2 (business). I've read that even if I use the actual expense method, the home office is still treated as personal property for disaster loss purposes, unless it’s a separate structure. Can anyone confirm the correct way to report this? Should I go with “Personal Property” even if I’m not using the simplified method?   Thank you!