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At the screen "Did (student's name) have any of these common situations in 2025", check the box "had education expenses other than tuition". That will get you a screen, later, "Time to enter (student's name) educational expenses". Enter those expenses at "Optional books and materials from the school".  

The IRS allows you to round amount to whole dollars on your tax return. A distribtuion of $.07 rounds to zero and has no tax impact.   In TurboTax, you can enter 1 dollar in Box 1 and 0 as the taxable amount so you can continue. This will have no tax impact on your return. 

If you had an ITIN but have a social security number now, you will want to use your social security number on your tax return and going forward.  You will want to contact the IRS to let them know you have a social security number so they can consolidate your tax records.  See "What do I do when I am assigned a Social Security number (SSN)?" at Additional ITIN information.  You may need to wait until the records are consolidated to file your tax return for this year.      

So NOT Checking the box that says " Check this box if you, or your spouse if your filing jointly, house was in the U.S. for more than half the 2025 tax year. " Will not trigger a review to verify some information ? Im not waiting 60 days for that. I will e file my 1040X  through a different 3rd party. 

Okay, I did taxes but I never got told about any excess contributions.  I'm the HSA contributor for myself and wife.  Following is what I did for HSA questions: Q1 - 65 or older when distribution rec'd?  Because I turned 65 on 9/2/2025, I answered "No".  Correct? Q2 - I used all money for medical expenses. Q3 - Tot. Cont. $9550 (total dist. 11,185) Q4 - Covered by HDDP Q5 - For situations that apply to me, I said I had Medicare because its Retroactive to 09/2025 from 1/2026. Q6 - For HDHP Type, I said "Family" Q7 - For monthly types of coverage, I said Jan-Aug (Family plan) and Sep-Dec (Medicare or None).  Correct? I also notice that Form 8889-T > Line 3 Smart Worksheet has "Family" for all months instead of "None" for Sep-Dec.  Is that correct? Thanks

@DanCaveman @RickPDX @MZUNIPEG67 I have spoken to 3 different customer service reps today (none of which really seemed to be aware of the issue) and the last one I just spoke with stated that the TurboTax online version will not be ready with the form until 2/6 now. 

Today's 2025 Turbotax Premier update resulted in 2 Forms 8283 being generated with all of my charitable contributions listed, including those less than $500, just as in past years.   However, the method used to determine the fair market value is still incorrect.  On the Charitable Contribution Details Worksheets, the method is listed as Average Share rather than Average share price.  Average Share isn't one of the drop-down list choices which is probably why it's displayed in red.  When I change it to Average share price, this change doesn't propagate to the Noncash Contributions Worksheets or to the Forms 8283 which both still list the default method, Comparative sales.  This correction doesn't propagate up to EasyStep which then has no method selected.  When I again select Average share price, all of the worksheets and forms are again incorrect, so I don't see how I can fix this.

Problem with this still exists...doesn't ask for the information when filling out the form data but flags it in final check as a error if you had state tax withheld as "State tax withholds should not exceed State distributions".  

If the IRS is reviewing your return, they may have questions about your wages and withholding, or credits or expenses shown on your tax return, or your return may have been selected for random review. It doesn't necessarily mean there was a discrepancy.    See this IRS webpage for additional information. They ask that taxpayers wait 60 days before contacting them to follow up.  

Thanks for your reply and the new information Patricia.  While the additional delay is disappointing and problematic, I understand unexpected delays can occur.  However, what I cannot fathom or condone is the false and misleading information provided by Intuit regarding this delay.  Intuit had to know before today that this form and the related functionality would not be "ready by February, but likely sooner" as noted in the message on application.  Even after the update this morning the erroneous message remains the same.   It appears that many others are also waiting on this remaining component to complete and file their returns.  Without accurate and timely information we can not effectively plan around the delay.  This lack of communication is simply poor customer relations and service.