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@user17577323767 wrote: based of point (ii) since one year in the last 5 years would have been at the property before having to leave to receive medical care - that would still qualify for full credit?    When away from your this home, did you "reside in the facility" that provided the care?    A couple of other problematic issues: If you don't meet the two year test, leaving for medical care and the sale of the home are not "proximate in time", which may disqualify the reduced exclusion. You said you are planning on returning to the home.  Making it your Principal Residence again would trigger "Nonqualified Use", which prorates the amount of gain that can be excluded.

Here are the IRS instructions for Schedule C.  Business codes start on page 19.   If you can't find a code that applies, you can enter 999999. http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040sc.pdf   See the FAQ on Business Codes, https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/business/help/what-is-the-business-code-used-for/00/25672  

I agree.  I think this decision is going to lose TurboTax a lot of customers because millions of computers will still be using Windows 10 in 2026.   Also agree that storing your tax info and preparing your taxes locally if you have the tech knowledge to protect it is more secure than doing your taxes online.

@VolvoGirl wrote: .....Even after I had to reinstall 2024 it didn’t ask me to activate or even download state which I didn’t understand.    I suspect that might be because the requisite information was still in your Windows registry.

I agree with all the above, especially discontinuing the feature before the end of the tax year.  What gives?  Poor support to your customers, continuing through the end of the year cannot be that hard.

@Turnup  It may be too close to the deadline to cancel.   You can sign into your Turbo Tax Advantage account and under Your Product, select to Remove Product.  Once you remove the recurring product order, the Turbo Tax Advantage subscription will be cancelled as well.   How to cancel Turbo Tax Advantage https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/downgrading/help/how-do-i-cancel-my-turbotax-advantage-subscription/00/25548   If you missed the cancelation deadline for this year's TurboTax product, simply wait until you receive your download, then submit an online refund request within 60 days of receiving your product.   If you still got charged after you cancelled you might have another account.  First LOG OUT of whatever TurboTax account you're logged into right now. Then use this TurboTax account recovery website to get a list of user ID's for an email address.  Run the tool against any email addresses you may have used https://myturbotax.intuit.com/account-recovery

"The instructions regarding the question, "How can I cancel my TurboTax Advantage automatic renewal?" is wrong."   What is wrong about it?  I already cancelled my automatic renewal a month or two ago using these instructions and it worked fine.

If they sell in 2026 then 2020 is outside and before the 5 year window.   It's based on the date of sale.  For a primary home, if you owned and lived in your house for 2 out of the last 5 years when you sell you can exclude the gain up to $250,000 for single or 500,000 for married from tax.

@VolvoGirl wrote: ........I upgraded my Windows 10 to 11 and all my installed programs back to and including 2019 still open and run........ Yes, but did you have to re-activate? I believe that's the issue. 

@baldietax wrote: I think it's more like 200mil in desktop revenue according to the 10K... I just tore through their 10K and it is actually worse than I thought. Initially I applied the wrong multiplier (which was solely a rough estimate) based on the number of units sold; the real multiplier is much lower and results in a little over $200 million as you indicated.    I now believe the elimination of DIY desktop products may be even sooner than I originally thought if the current trendline continues.