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Frequently I have a year where I go through my Farm Rental Income (Form 4835) and enter information from a 1099-G for items like farm disaster payments, etc., that the USDA reports on a 1099-G.  I input the Box 7 amount of the 1099-G and I appear to be done with TurboTax asking me no additional questions.  Each year, the amount shows up in Line 3a of my Form 4835, Farm Rental Income and Expenses.  Then, I notice that my total farm income doesn't include all my farm income and I go to Line 3b of the Form 4835 where it asks for the taxable amount, and this is blank so it is interpreted as zero.  I dutifully check IRS farm publications and it always appears to me that my payments are indeed taxable income.  So, I physically enter the 4835 Line 3a amount in 4835 Line 3b as well, and then my total farm rental income is what I expect.  It worked this way this year (2025) as I included what I know I'll see on my 1099-G, but I've experienced this in past tax years as well after receiving 1099-G payments from USDA. My question:  Is there a reason that TurboTax Home & Business defaults to making Form 4835 Line 3b zero, and is there a reason that the step-by-step instructions for filling out the 1099-G information does not specifically ask a question about how much of Line 3a (which is Box 7 of the 1099-G) is taxable?  And, if I'm missing something in my reading and items like disaster payments (ECAP and SDRP this year) are not usually taxable, I'd definitely like to know this.

I paid for and downloaded this year's TT.  Opened it up to do a prediction on where I am before Jan 1 so I can finalize IRA distributions and estimated tax payment plan for 2025.  But whole sections of the software are not yet functional.     Does anyone know when this will be working, hopefully before the end of 2025?   Thanks, Bill Greggs