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About itsdeductible not being included in TT.  I have been a paying customer of TT for well over a decade, to do my taxes.  During that time the intuit product has always been referenced to and downloadable to TT.  Use of it was optional but it was, in my option, part of TT. You may split hairs if you wish but I was a customer.  

 Did you click that big orange button that said “Transmit my return now?”  If you did that, you cannot do anything to fix it yet.  You have to wait for the email that tells you if your return was accepted or rejected.   Since the IRS will not begin to accept/reject returns until January 26, you are going to be waiting in “pending” for awhile.  Your return is sitting on a server, where you cannot fix  it or get it back.   You cannot change or add anything on the return that you just e-filed, nor can you stop it.  It is too late, just like when you put an envelope in a US mailbox on the corner.  The IRS does not allow you to take it back.   If you left out a W-2, a 1099G, or a dependent, or a 1099 etc…DO NOT change your return while it is “pending.”  The changes will go nowhere.   Now you have to wait until the IRS either rejects or accepts your return.  If your return is rejected, you will be able to go into your account and make the necessary changes to your tax return and re-submit your return.     If the IRS accepts your return, however, then you have to wait longer until it has been fully processed and you have received your refund.  THEN you can prepare an amended tax return and e-file or mail  it in. You have to be able to work from that return exactly the way it was when it was e-filed originally.  You will need to use a form called a 1040X.     Meanwhile, DO NOT go in and start changing anything on your return in the system, or you will make a mess for yourself.  Sit tight and wait until you see what the IRS does with the return you just e-filed   The Form 1040X you need becomes available in late February,  But wait until your return has been processed. @katelyngmccarty02

@katelyngmccarty02 You will have to wait for the IRS to either Accept or Reject your filed federal tax return. If the return is rejected you can make the necessary changes and e-file again. If the return is accepted you will have to amend your original tax return. An amended return, Form 1040-X, can only be printed and mailed to the IRS if the original tax return was not e-filed. The IRS will take up to 20 weeks or longer to process an amended tax return. Before starting to amend the tax return, wait for the tax refund to be received or the taxes due to be paid and processed by the IRS. See this TurboTax support FAQ for amending a current year tax return - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/amend-federal-tax-return-current-year/L7eS6o1qh_US_en_US?uid=lfunevhk    

Honestly, I didn’t keep track of what I spent it on. I’ve used it as I initially stated why I applied for the scholarship, which was to make sure I wasn’t homeless. An ID, months of rent, clothing, etc. I’ll probably be using maybe $350 of it on classes and books this semester.    Nobody who could claim me as a dependent is alive.    I’m on SSI as well as social security disability and survivor’s benefits. So I do receive a 1099 at the beginning of the year.

ALSO (since I do not really know how to use this forum to post), I don't know how I posted - I don't exactly know how I did it.  After I login, what steps (exactly)  should I follow to create and post my issues?  I am on W10 desktop PC.    Another question - I need to import some of my 2025 tax info from my financial institution (like Pershing or eQuipt) like I did last year on TurboTax Desktop.  Can that be easily done with the online TurboTax?   My tax returns a fairly simple - me & spouse file joint, we own our home with no debts, and we have not itemized for some time.   Can the online TurboTax eFile for free as did last year's desktop software?

When you enter your date of birth in MY INFO, that senior deduction is added automatically.  It has nothing to do with whether you are receiving Social Security.     2025 STANDARD DEDUCTION AMOUNTS   SINGLE $15,750  (65 or older/legally blind + $2000) MARRIED FILING SEPARATELY $15,750  (65 or older/legally blind +1600) MARRIED FILING JOINTLY $31,500  (65 or older/legally blind + $1600) HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD $23,625 (65 or older/legally blind + $2000)     For 2025 through 2028 there is an extra  deduction amount of up to $6000 per individual 65 or older filing Single, MFJ, or HOH which is phased out above certain incomes.   The $6,000 senior deduction will be calculated on 1040 Schedule 1-A page 2 Part V Enhanced Deduction for Seniors which goes to 1040 line 13b. It is separate and in addition to the Standard Deduction or your Itemized Deductions on 1040 line 12e.  Turbo Tax automatically includes it. IRS Schedule 1-A https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-dft/f1040s1a--dft.pdf  

@cwr64 wrote: ...Is it more $ advantageous to Intuit to force desktop users to switch to online TurboTax? 100%. There is absolutely NO doubt about that, and the other tax prep software companies are trying to do the same.

IMHO - I understand that Europe and Canada are being allowed to use TurboTax Desktop with W10 on their machines, so obviously W10 itself is not the reason that Intuit is aligning with Microsoft on this.  There is a financial reason.  I do not know if there is an an arrangement between MS and Intuit, but certainly it is very much in MS interest to force users to get to W11.  A $ arrangement between the 2 companies would be my suspect.  Is it more $ advantageous to Intuit to force desktop users to switch to online TurboTax?  Maybe.