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"I withdrew pre-retirement Roth IRA money"   Your  contribution of money,  you can remove from the Roth anytime. Only earnings on that money cannot be removed early.   TurboTax should ask for the relevant amount you contributed. @cavaken 

The TurboTax desktop editions were updated on 01/29 and this included the Form 5695. Update your software to the latest release, click on Online at the top of the desktop program screen then click on Check for Updates   The issue with the QMID codes was corrected with the software release today.    

This article will help you download any data you had in ItsDeductible (if used previously or during the year before it was shut down in October).   There will be a new tool that will help calculate the Fair Market Value (FMV) of the donated items. However, no information on when it is going to be available yet.

It depends. If you’re copying the EIN from a PDF or digital W-2, you might be picking up hidden spaces or formatting. This can also happen if you imported the document and see something like XX-XXX4567.   Delete the number and type all 9 digits by hand, without the dash. TurboTax will format it as XX-XXXXXXX for you. If there’s already a dash in the box, clear it out before entering the number.

Since he is a full time student you can claim him as your dependent under the Qualifying Child Rules.   To be a Qualifying Child - 1. The child must be your son, daughter, stepchild, foster child, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother, stepsister, or a descendant of any of them. 2. The child must be (a) under age 19 at the end of the year, (b) under age 24 at the end of the year and a full-time student or (c) any age and permanently and totally disabled. 3. The child must have lived with you for more than half of the year. Temporary absences while away at college are considered living with you. 4. The child must not have provided more than half of his or her own support for the year. 5. If the child meets the rules to be a qualifying child of more than one person, you must be the person entitled to claim the child as a qualifying child. 6. The child must be a U.S. citizen or U.S., Canada or Mexico resident for some portion of the year. 7. The child must be younger than you unless disabled.