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Contact customer support to see if that expert is available this year.  The "experts" are seasonal employees who may or may not be working with TT this year.   To call TurboTax customer support https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/contact-turbotax/L2y9ZKpQB_US_en_US?uid=m5s9l2vh  

The “senior deduction” is added automatically by the software based on the date of birth and filing status you entered into MY INFO.  You do not need to take any extra steps to enter it. (And…the new senior deduction has nothing to do with whether you are getting 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 for taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income over $75,000 for single filers and $150,000 for joint filers.   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    

I truly hate to disappoint you. But you are incorrect. We carry full medical and full wage loss on our full coverage auto insurance. Michigan is a no fault state. Our health insurance does not cover any auto accidents first. They are secondary auto insurance is primary. We pay big time to carry it. As we were told many times. That is why you carry auto insurance. 

The new Senior Deduction (it's not a Credit) is separate and in addition to the Standard Deduction or your Itemized Deductions on 1040 line 12e. The 6,000/12,000 senior deduction will be calculated on 1040 Schedule 1-A page 2 Part V Enhanced Deduction for Seniors which goes to 1040 line 13b. Turbo Tax automatically includes it if you qualify. If you are married you have to file a Joint return. For Online version you can preview the 1040 https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/accessing/help/how-do-i-preview-my-turbotax-online-return-before-filing/00/26160 See the 1040…….   m

You can't cancel a pending e-filed return.    If you have not e-filed yet, and you do not want to finish your return in TurboTax, you can simply stop, sign out, and leave it unfiled.    If you are using TurboTax Online and if you have not paid yet, or registered or filed your return, you can use the "Clear & Start Over" feature ‌by clicking on "Tax Tools" in the left panel of your TurboTax screen and then  "Tools" and then select "Clear & Start Over"  "Tax Tools" to delete your tax data.    Any unfinished returns that have not been filed are eventually purged from the system.  Click here for Can I cancel or amend a pending return?  

See IRS instructions for 1040 page 110 https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040gi.pdf If you are married and filing jointly, both you and your spouse were born before January 2, 1961, and you both have a valid SSN, the maximum amount of the enhanced deduction for seniors is $12,000. The $6,000 per person amount is reduced if your MAGI is more than the amount shown next for your filing status.   It says PER PERSON.  Also then why would they even have 2 lines 36a and 36b for spouse on Schedule 1-A?    

This message led me to check again, but it is still not available for me. I am on a Mac; maybe it's available for Windows folks.   LOL, they will send me an email when the forms are ready. (More likely, they will send me an email saying that the forms are ready when they are still not ready.)

@trailertrash2019 Did you look at line 13b   of your Form 1040?   PREVIEW 1040 https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/preview-turbotax-online-return-filing/L77WCkvnu_US_en_US?uid=m681fkhr   If you are filing married filing separately you do not get the $6000 deduction.