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I'm pretty sure it existed a couple of years ago because I think I've seen other questions about it in this community forum from earlier years. But yes, it's baffling that they include it when it doesn't work. I took hours trying to figure it out because I thought the problem had to be me - how could this major, established software company have such a bad fail in their software? But as you can see from my earlier comment, not only does it not work, but their own people don't understand it.    What worked for me was to enter everything for a joint return, then save a duplicate of that and delete everything related to my wife so that a version was only me, but then I couldn't do the same for my wife because my name was listed first, so I had to re-enter her (luckily much simpler) data into a new return. Then we did a comparison and reconciliation.    Hopefully this will be fixed by next year.

You can deduct gambling losses, but only to the extent of your gambling winnings. You can't deduct the losses without reporting any winnings and you have to itemize your deductions on Schedule A. If you don't have enough itemized deductions, you won't be able to deduct your losses.   Refer to the TurboTax article Can You Claim Gambling Losses on Your Taxes?   Review the following TurboTax articles to determine if there are additional items that you can deduct on your Schedule A.  20 Common Tax Deductions: Examples for Your Next Tax Return, What Are Itemized Tax Deductions?, and Standard Deduction vs. itemized deductions: Which Is Better?

Once your tax return is fully processed and you receive your refund or your balance due is deducted from your return, you can file an amendment. When you prepare your amendment to add your dependent, TurboTax will calculate your new refund or balance due based on your entries.     For more information and instructions, review the TurboTax articles How to Correct Federal Tax Returns, How to File an Amended Tax Return with the IRS and Video: How to Amend Your Tax Return.

I got the Premier version of the TurboTax Desktop software.   We decided to file jointly for the State as well. So, we will have to file the 540NR for CA state tax.   In the state section it asks  1. Tell us a little more about your home    And provides only 1 address (my Texas address, do I not have to fill my wife's address in CA?) (FYI This is my turbotax account) 2.  It asks: About Your 2023 Tax Filing Did you file a 2023 California tax return? I didn't file a CA return in 2023, but my wife who lives in CA did file in CA 2023. What is the correct option here?

I am not sure if this is what your looking for but I possibly encountered the same problem and the solution came form the Ohio return where it shows modified adjusted gross income less exemptions and on line 5 the difference is what corrected the SD 100 error. 

In Online TurboTax, you can view a preview of your Form 1040 and Schedules 1-3 for free prior to filing.  Here's how: With the return open, click in the left menu column on TAX TOOLS, then TOOLS. In the Tools window choose View Tax Summary. At the Tax Summary go back to the left menu column and click Preview Form 1040. That opens up the Form 1040/1040 Worksheet and Schedules 1-3. NOTE:    To have full viewing/printing privileges prior to filing you have to go ahead and pay for your product.   We can tell you how to pay in advance if you want to print out your return and/or view all the forms prior to filing.

If you've already purchased the license, open the package and tear off the seal at the top on the right-inside.  Take out the card that says, "Let's get started!"  The location of the web page and instructions to download the product you purchased is all there.  Be sure to begin at InstallTurboTax.com, then select your product.  It should be easy from there.  Hoping this is helpful.

To preview your Form 1040, including Your Schedule C and Schedule SE before you file, refer to the TurboTax article How do I preview my TurboTax Online return before filing?    Make sure that you select include government and TurboTax worksheets. You will have to pay for TurboTax Online or register if using the free product.   Refer to the TurboTax Help article How do I preview my return in the TurboTax Desktop software?