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Usually,  a Roth IRA contribution does not affect your tax return. This is because a  Roth contribution is not deductible.  So, you probably do not need to amend your 2023 return.    But, if your income is low enough, a Roth contribution may qualify you for the Retirement Contributions saver's credit.  TurboTax (TT) would have checked this automatically when it saw that you made a Roth contribution. See form 8880 for the income limits for claiming the credit. Most people don't qualify.  https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8880.pdf   You should keep track of your Roth contributions.  This info may be needed in the future.  TT will do that for you, when you enter you contributions.  If you forget one, you can make a manual adjustment to the tracked contribution total, when you do your tax preparation the following year.

I see the IRS “Last month rule” you are considered to be eligible for the entire year so long as we remain eligible during the “testing period” (Dec 1 2024 - Dec 31 202). So seems the TT system is working properly. 

There is no "standalone state program".   It is included in Premier and Home & Business.  Did you pay the $45 to buy an additional state download?   You don't get a License Code for state.   I have Home & Business.  I haven't seen any posts having trouble downloading the state.  Here's a FAQ for it.......   State install looping error….. https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/electronic-filing/state-install-e-file-update-loop-state-installed-e/L0heOIxUQ_US_en_US?uid=lqg41sa5   By the way, why did you  upgrade to Home &  Business?  All the Desktop programs have all the same forms.   You just get more help in the higher version.  

No.  Only income received in 2024 goes on a 2024 tax return.   In January you will receive a SSA1099 from Social Security which you will enter on your 2025 tax return -- the one you will file in early 2026.

@millerm52 wrote: the days spent in the home    It is not merely "days spent in the home"; it needs to be your "Principal Residence" during that time period.   What was your reason for moving out?  There are some special circumstances that allow an exclusion if you use it as your Principal Residence for less than two years.   Because it recently was your Principal Residence but has not always been your Principal Residence since you bought it, even IF you qualify for the Section 121 Exclusion, it may be prorated.  As a simplified example, if you owned it for exactly 10 years, and it was 8 years of non-Principal Residence followed by 2 years of your Principal Residence, you could only exclude 2/10ths of the gain (not counting any gain due to depreciation).  

@user17603978736    How come you are answering Yes to both Roth 401k and Roth IRA?  Shouldn't  it be either one or the other?  And why do you keep going back?    @dmertz    If you edit or review a 1099R it does not keep your answers from before but resets them to the defaults. Then you have to go through and answer them all again. So be sure to go all the way to the end of the 1099R section. They are right unless you go back.

@SisterHelpingWithTaxes wrote:  After the standard deduction, the taxable income is $1194.  Blended tax rate is shown as 381.5% by TT with Tax Liability of $4,555.    1040-SR   On your Form 1040-SR, what are the amounts on lines 16, 17 and 23?   If you have amounts on lines 17 and/or 23, you need to look at your "Schedule 2" tax form to see what the additional tax is for.