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I agree with everybody else.  I have stayed loyal to Turbo-Tax because of Its Deductible.  I'll now start shopping around. I find it frustrating that there is no reason given for discontinuing it mid-year.

I am so disappointed that ItsDeductable is being discontinued. That feature was a top selling pint for me. After using this platform for 12 years I have cancelled my automatic renewal and removed all payment information. It’s time to evaluate another platform.  Please bring ItsDeductable back and you might gain back a customer.

@user17572811884 wrote: You are a real ray of sunshine.  You know I was thinking something similar about you and your lamenting the loss of a tool that has little utility and can easily be replaced by a simple spreadsheet (but, of course, a little bit of gray matter is required for that).   Get over it already. Things change....move on.

@asdfg1234    If you add your numbers and your wife's numbers together on one Capital Loss Carryover Worksheet I don't think you will get the same results as if you calculate the carryovers separately on two separate worksheets. You would be adding amounts from your 2023 tax return to amounts from her 2023 tax return and treating the totals as if they came from one joint 2023 tax return. You can try doing it both ways if you like. It only takes a few minutes to work through a Capital Loss Carryover Worksheet on paper. If you do it in TurboTax, what ends up on the Capital Loss Carryforward Worksheet 2025 is not the only concern. You have to make sure that the amounts on Schedule D lines 6 and 14 on your 2024 tax return are correct. And yes, since you and your wife have separate investment accounts, you do have to keep track of how much of the capital loss carryover each of you owns, for the reason that you stated. You are correct that the worksheets are not sent to the IRS when you file your tax return. But the IRS has enough information from your tax returns to know if you did the calculations correctly. If the IRS questions the carryover amounts on your Schedule D you would have to show them your worksheets to show how you calculated the amounts, so it's not necessarily true that the IRS will never see them.  

With the latest Windows 10 update I was offered Win 10 support thru October 2026 free of charge. One click and done. I sincerely hope Intuit gets the message and rescinds their tragic decision to discontinue desktop TT beginning with the 2025 tax year.  If not, I guess it's back to paper forms for me.     

NO! THIS IS A SCAM SITE SELLING USED LICENSES FOR SOFTWARE! I purchased a personal tax program as well as a business tax program at the same time from "BigHomeTax". Both licenses popped a code 605 while trying to activate and said they were invalid. I contacted the company through their "text" helpline and was provided with two different codes. Both of those showed invalid as well when trying to activate. I was given a 3rd set of activation keys which also failed. Stay away. 

You have 3 W2 forms?   You have to enter all of them on the same 1040 tax return.   If you didn't enter some on the first 1040  you filed then you have to file an amended 1040X to add the other ones.  If you try to efile another regular 1040 it will reject.    How much is the refund on 1040 line 35a?  You don't always get back all the withholding in W2 box 2.     How to Amend the current year to change or add more income https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/amend-federal-tax-return-current-year/L7eS6o1qh_US_en_US?uid=lfunevhk

You’re right - after deleting the Capital Loss Carryover Worksheet 2024, I can now edit lines 12a, 12b, 13a, and 13b directly in the Federal Carryover Worksheet.   What I still don’t fully understand is the purpose of deleting the Capital Loss Carryover Worksheet 2024 and editing the Federal Carryover Worksheet directly, versus just modifying the existing Capital Loss Carryover Worksheet 2024 by adding my wife’s numbers to mine, because: In both methods, the amounts seem to flow all the way into the Capital Loss Carryforward Worksheet 2025 in exactly the same way. As far as I know, none of these three worksheets are actually submitted to the IRS with the return. IRS will never see them, right? So is the main reason for creating two separate Capital Loss Carryover Worksheets by hand simply to keep a record of which spouse owns which portion of the merged capital loss — in case we file separately in future years and still have unused carryovers?

You have to call the state.   If you can't get the state to apply the 2025 estimated payment to 2024, you could change any W2 or 1099 state withholding to zero for the rest of the year.  It might help a little.      

If you paid for the Online version you can ask for the Desktop download so  you can access all the forms, etc.   Do you have a full Windows 10 or Mac computer?   You need  to download the .tax2024 file from Online to open in the Desktop program.     How to switch to Desktop.... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/choosing-a-product/help/how-do-i-switch-from-turbotax-online-to-the-turbotax-software/00/26129

@random_mimi   See if you have Form 8959.   If you have high wages or earned income there is an extra Medicare tax on Schedule 2 line 11 which goes to 1040 line 23. That is offset with an extra amount of withholding on 1040 line 25c.   If you had Additional Medicare Tax withheld, include the amount shown on Form 8959, line 24, in the total on line 25c.   Attach Form 8959.

That explanation sounds right. Somewhere along the line I read that the IRS is afraid that individual taxpayers will want to attach lots of documents that aren't needed (like receipts for donations, etc.).    We'll just have to live with it. I believe the NJ BAIT credit will work without attaching the PTE K-1, but I'm afraid to try. It just feels better to give NJ the proof up front.