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@DougfromHouston wrote: I received the rejection email with the following     IND-183-01 - The Spouse did not enter a valid Identity Protection Personal Identification Number (IP PIN). Please visit www.irs.gov/getanippin for further information and resubmit your return with the correct number.   I pulled down the six digit number from the IRS website for my spouse.  I went to "Other Tax Situations" and clicked to Update the "Identity Protection Pin" and immediately received the following error message:   "Hmmm, looks like we hit a snag.    We recommend you revisit the last topic you were working on to make sure all your info's correct".   The first time I had gone into the update page for "Identity Protection Pin" it led me to the five digit number which is different.  As such, I exited out and then went to the IRS to get the six digit number and when I went back it gave me the above error.   My problem is I wasn't working on anything.  Immediately after the  This is a known issue that has developed in the last few hours in the desktop software and has been happening to several people who try to enter or correct the IP PIN.   Here's a workaround:   If you are using desktop software, you can also enter the 6-digit IP PIN in Forms Mode on the Federal Information Worksheet, Part VII. Go to Forms Mode, and in the left column forms list choose "Info Wks". That should be the Federal Information Worksheet. Scroll down to Part VII, and the IP PIN should be the first item in that part of the worksheet.  If it's a Spouse IP PIN, be sure you use the Spouse line. Please report back if that worked for you.

I received the rejection email with the following     IND-183-01 - The Spouse did not enter a valid Identity Protection Personal Identification Number (IP PIN). Please visit www.irs.gov/getanippin for further information and resubmit your return with the correct number.   I pulled down the six digit number from the IRS website for my spouse.  I went to "Other Tax Situations" and clicked to Update the "Identity Protection Pin" and immediately received the following error message:   "Hmmm, looks like we hit a snag.    We recommend you revisit the last topic you were working on to make sure all your info's correct".   The first time I had gone into the update page for "Identity Protection Pin" it led me to the five digit number which is different.  As such, I exited out and then went to the IRS to get the six digit number and when I went back it gave me the above error.     My problem is I wasn't working on anything.  Immediately after the               

Strange. After 18 years of using TT, the only time I had to sign in was when I was doing my taxes online thru TT the first few years I used TT. I had to stop using online TT do to the numerous errors TT had in their program that almost cost me tens of thousands of dollars; thankfully I understand taxes better than whoever programmed those mistakes and caught the errors. Obviously if some people are having trouble after update it isn't an issue with my computer, and when I was told that in the past it never was my computer that was the problem, but rather TT errors. Do you have any idea what your programmers are doing or did to cause this problem? I think not; you never talk to them or coordinate with them correct? That is what I have been told in the past. It is likely they are doing something now to prepare for 2025 taxes and it is already screwing thing up... 

@ cp246 wrote: Won't know for certain until the IRS accepts the return, but this appears to have worked. I had previously attempted to add it directly in forms mode, but was not on the right worksheet. 1040 wouldn't accept the change directly. Thanks for the help!!! I'm glad that method has worked for you (at least so far).   Good luck! Yeah, you can't enter it directly on the Form 1040.  You have to do it on that Federal Information Worksheet, Part VII, then it flows from that worksheet to the Form 1040.   I've seen several users with this issue this afternoon/evening, so I've asked it be reported to Moderators so they can report it to developers.

@ abebrown wrote: I wish this worked on Premier version for 2024. It doesn't "Hmm, looks like we hit a snag" That's an issue that has developed tonight. Several users are having that issue with the IP PIN section tonight.   If you are using desktop software, you can also enter the 6-digit IP PIN in Forms Mode on the Federal Information Worksheet, Part VII. Go to Forms Mode, and in the left column forms list choose "Info Wks". That should be the Federal Information Worksheet. Scroll down to Part VII, and the IP PIN should be the first item in that part of the worksheet. Please report back if that worked for you.

And to Amend in the Desktop program.    You might first have to tell the program your return was filed. If you efiled you have to check the filing status inside the program. Open your return and go up to menu item File > Electronic Filing > Check Electronic Filing Status   Then save your return with the status.  Go to File-Save.  Oh and be sure to save your original return with another name so the amended return doesn't overwrite it and you can start over if it gets messed up.

@ abebrown wrote: Tried your solution on TurboTax Premier 2024. I keep getting "We recommend you revisit the last topic you were working on to make sure all of your info's correct."  Pressing OK sends me back to the Other Tax Situations menu. I cannot find a form with a field to manually add the IP pin. Several users are having that issue with the IP PIN section tonight.   If you are using desktop software, you can also enter the 6-digit IP PIN in Forms Mode on the Federal Information Worksheet, Part VII. Go to Forms Mode, and in the left column forms list choose "Info Wks". That should be the Federal Information Worksheet. Scroll down to Part VII, and the IP PIN should be the first item in that part of the worksheet. Please report back if that worked for you.

Not being able to open 2024 now is a different problem than Windows 10.   That is something else, maybe to do with your computer.  Some people are having trouble after updating.  We don't know why yet.   In the Desktop program, you may need to sign in to your online account. Go up to FILE and at the bottom it will say if you are signed in or not. If you are signed out, it will say Sign in under File.   If you are signed in it will say Signed in as [name] under File.   You may get different layouts if you are signed in or out. Like especially when you use the Search function.    

Several users are having that issue with the IP PIN section tonight.   If you are using desktop software, you can also enter the 6-digit IP PIN in Forms Mode on the Federal Information Worksheet, Part VII. Go to Forms Mode, and in the left column forms list choose "Info Wks". That should be the Federal Information Worksheet. Scroll down to Part VII, and the IP PIN should be the first item in that part of the worksheet. Please report back if that worked for you.

@user17597590908 wrote: Every time I've tried to post a links this system doesn't allow it. To paste a link you have to use the link icon on the format menu     THEN  After you copy the url from the HR Block then when you reply  you hit the link icon and paste it into the top line of the Insert Link pop  up box.  Here like this........        

Thank you!  I finally found the bell in the right hand corner above and then your reply.  The email I received (from TurboTax telling me I had a reply from an expert) included a link to log in to my TurboTax account.  There were no messages there.   If I understand you correctly, I have to calculate 30% of my cost basis, subtract the cumulative depreciation taken, and then compare it to 30% of the insurance payment.  That does produce a gain equal to about 54% of my depreciation, so that 54% is a taxable recapture at my ordinary tax bracket.  And there is no unrecognized gain to carryforward to my new car.   The TurboTax software can't handle this.  The software gives a warning that it can't accommodate it when the business use % varied over the years.  Unfortunately, it gives no hint of what to do - they really need to update the software to give the option specifically for totaled cars.   After many hours of research (including some time with live experts, who tried but weren't sure how to deal with the software), I finally found my solution.  And you confirmed my question regarding how the IRS determines the taxable amount.  In the Vehicle Expense Section under Business Expenses, I reported the car's date of disposition and input zeros for the basis and proceeds which gave me no taxable income.  Then I went to the Sale of Business Property Section to input the correct 30% basis, 30% proceeds and total depreciation, which gave me the correct amount of taxable income.   Hopefully others in the same situation will find this thread.