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What 2024 info did you you add?  Last week the Online version was only for 2025 returns.  Online for 2024 closed Oct 31.   Did you buy the 2024 Desktop download program?  Did you install it and activate it with the 16 digit License Code?  If you are doing a 2024 return it is only kept on your computer, not online.    

If you closed and received the proceeds prior to relocating to Illinois, then Illinois cannot tax your gain.   If you closed and received proceeds while a (part-year) resident of Illinois, you should be able to get a tax credit for any tax you paid to Missouri on the transaction (Schedule CR, IL-1040).

@billdayreef wrote: .........whatever prior depreciation I took would be irrelevant, correct?  Well, it's the cumulative amount of depreciation allowed or allowable.   As a result, if you took more than what was allowable by the Code and Regs, you would report that amount. 

@Wanncorp11 wrote: The value of this product is limited to windows 10 users.... To quote baldietax:   Desktop is only 1% of their revenues so they don't care about the loss of low revenue users on desktop as long as their online/live revenue continues to grow, etc etc.

@rjk2 wrote: Windows 11 is bloated, bug-riddled spyware. Milllions of Windows users are NOT going to junk perfectly good hardware to use your crap software. They don't really care all that much. Read the following sentence from baldiebax's post:   Desktop is only 1% of their revenues so they don't care about the loss of low revenue users on desktop as long as their online/live revenue continues to grow, etc etc.

@pdmacri wrote: Can you keep it for a small fee?  There are already third-party solutions available, some for a small fee and some with no charge. Try Deductible Duck.   If Intuit felt enough users paying a small fee would justify maintaining the program, it would likely still be around.

@DaveinCharlotte1 wrote: Where exactly does one FIND this "What-If" worksheet (let alone print it)?  Have looked through all my Forms, Tools, and Help and can't find it anywhere.  I see numerous references to this worksheet in these forums, so I know it's here somewhere! I'm using TT 2024 Desktop Win11. Using the desktop edition for Windows, click on Forms.  When in Forms mode, click on Open Form in the upper left of the Forms mode screen.  Type in What-If and then click on the result to open the worksheet.

ESU is critical/important security fixes only - many regard that as sufficient "support" which is fine but technical "Windows 10 support has ended" - see https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/extended-security-updates   At this point tho the technical details are a bit moot as it's clear Intuit's decision wasn't entirely for technical reasons, they waffled about security but also indicated they didn't project enough users left on Win 10; and whether their projections are right or wrong doesn't matter much either, as desktop is only 1% of their revenue and in decline, and they are clearly strategically pushing towards online with 3 different offers now for discounts for desktop/ItsDeductible users to try online, the most recent offer email apparently entitled "The future of tax filing is Online" https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/articles/community-news-announcements/turbotax-windows-10-desktop-software-end-of-life/05/3708302   The combination of ending support for Win 10, ItsDeductible, MAC OS 13, Basic edition, plus the gammit of online offers will probably put a significant dent in desktop user base from 4mil to closer to 3mil I would guess, we'll see next year how it all shakes out (this is compared to 35-40mil online/live "units" with 20x revenue).   The H/W issue won't go away in 10 months (unless MS extends ESU) - but there are workarounds to allow Win 11 to install on "incompatible" but otherwise viable H/W.  The other option is a Win 11 VM and run Turbotax there.  Not sure the technical details of these options but they are presumably widely documented elsewhere.   Otherwise if online is not an option (agree) then it's off to HRB or TaxAct.   Good luck.

Where exactly does one FIND this "What-If" worksheet (let alone print it)?  Have looked through all my Forms, Tools, and Help and can't find it anywhere.  I see numerous references to this worksheet in these forums, so I know it's here somewhere! I'm using TT 2024 Desktop Win11.

You would have to ask a tax attorney.  The problem is that the "placed in service" language is used for business property, it is not used for the home solar credit.  The home solar credit says "when the original installation of the item is completed."   To me, placed in service means installed, inspected, and fully operational.  "Completed" might or might not mean the same thing. If you can use the battery (it powers the house but is not connected to the grid) even though it is not inspected, that might be enough.  If you can't use it yourself, that might not be enough.  But I am not an attorney and can't tell you if there is any important difference between "completed" and "placed in service."  It would be your risk to explain if you were audited.