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Here is what TurboTax provides for community property adjustments, "First, use your community property state rules to determine what adjustments you expect to enter in TurboTax. Often one return has an addition to income and withholding, while the other will have a reduction (subtraction) to income and withholding. Open or continue your return. Navigate to the community property section: TurboTax Online/Mobile: Go to community property. TurboTax Desktop: Search for community property and select the Jump to link. On the Community Property Income screen, select Yes and follow the instructions to enter any income adjustments. For more information, see the link below:   Community Property

TurboTax guarantees accurate calculations, so if they make an error, they will pay you the penalty and interest but limitations apply.  For more information, review the Intuit Terms Of Service For TurboTax Online Tax Preparation Services.    Refer to the TurboTax article How do I submit a claim under the TurboTax 100% Accurate Calculation Guarantee or 100% Accurate, Expert Approved Guarantee? for information.  

You can go to the list and find Form IT-QEE-TP Qualified Education Expense Credit Computation, but you must be careful to delete the correct one.     Windows instructions Open or continue your return. Switch to Forms Mode by selecting the Forms icon. From the menu, select the form you want to remove. After the form is generated in the right pane, select the Delete Form button. Follow any onscreen instructions to remove the form or forms. Mac instructions Open or continue your return. Switch to Forms Mode by selecting the Forms icon. From the menu, select the form you want to remove (if you don't see it, select Open Form at the top). From the Forms menu, select Remove [form name]. Follow any onscreen instructions to remove the form or forms.

My wife has a basis carryover as of 12/31/2024 of $1,108 - FROM NOWHERE!   Filling jointly.  Both over 50.  No employer plans.  2024 IRA contributions before 4/15/2025 = $8000 for myself and $3081 for my wife.  Both completed 2024 RMDs on time. No forms 5329 or 8086 in 2023 return.

A pdf is not the one you needed.  You needed the tax file.   And...if you want to transfer 2023 to 2024 you have to do that at the very beginning, before you enter any 2024 information, so you will need to start over.   How to transfer last year’s return?    https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/transfer-last-year-return-turbotax-online/L279eUvY2_US_en_US?uid=m6ayqk1s  

Those additional living expenses should be submitted to your insurance company or FEMA. Publication 547 page 12 has an example of the extra expenses and insurance reimbursement to determine the taxable portion. If you did not receive insurance, you would not list them on your taxes.

NOWHERE in the desktop version search area does it explain how to find the place to put in the IP PIN. What I should say, is that the instructions provided are WRONG. They say to select Federal then Other Tax Situations then you will see where to input the IP PIN. The problem is that there is no “Federal” menu item or tab on the desktop version. Other instructions I found say to search “IP PIN” using the SEARCH function in the desktop version, then click “Jump to” when the results appear, but no “Jump to” link presents itself after searching on “IP PIN.” So, the instructions from Turbo Tax are all but useless. But, I opened my 2024 return and, after a few hours of searching around, I accidentally came across it. I clicked on the tab that says “PERSONAL” then saw a link which says “Other Tax Situations”. Assuming it was under “Other Tax Situations” as in the wrong instructions, I clicked on it and scrolled down and found it in the section titled “Other Return Info” which says “Identity Protection PIN” and clicked on “Start” to the right of it. When you click on “Start”, you encounter a question that asks “Did anyone in your family get an Identity Protection PIN from the IRS for this year’s taxes?” You then click “Yes” as the answer to that question and it takes you to all of the people listed as the filers and dependents in your return. You click “Add” for each one you want to enter.

To access your prior year online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the User ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/   Start the 2024 online tax return by entering some personal information then click on Tax Home on the left side of the screen.   On the Tax Home webpage - Scroll down to the section Your tax returns & documents.  Click on the Year 2023 and Click on Download/print return (PDF) or Click on View adjusted gross income (AGI)   If you used the desktop CD/Download editions installed on your computer, the only copy of your tax data file and any PDF's will be on the computer where the return was created.  TurboTax does not store online any returns completed using the desktop editions.   Or go to this IRS website for free federal tax return transcripts - https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript For a fee of $30 you can get a complete federal tax return from the IRS by completing Form 4506 - http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf