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My frustration is increasing.  We are not asking for a new feature in Turbo Tax and therefore we should wait and see if the update will be implemented.  The room and board breakdown fields have been there the 7 years I've been reporting educational expenses to offset 529 distributions.     It is ridiculous to be told to stick it in the "non required books".

Thank you for your help!   Here is another question to verify -   T-1098 box 1 shows $7110, box 5 - $5303 for scholarships received. But only $3100 went towards tuition and fees. The rest $4000 were covering housing - $2500 was scholarship and the rest $1800 was out of pocket. So when TT asks what part of the scholarships covered room and board, do I show the full $4000 or only part that was paid by scholarships ($2500 or so)? 

We can't answer why your Child Tax Credit is only $633 because we can't see your tax return.  Since you indicated that you didn't work much, you probably didn't have any taxable income so you may be eligible for the refundable Additional Child Tax Credit.  In order to qualify for the Additional Child Tax Credit, you must have more than $2,500 in earned income. The additional Child Tax Credit is up to $1,700 per child based on your income.   For more information, refer to the TurboTax Help articles: Child Tax Credit: Top 8 Requirements for 2025-2026, What is the Child Tax Credit?, and What is the Additional Child Tax Credit?  

I quit using Stash and closed my acccount. So it has been a pain getting a 1099 B. I finally got it to Turbo tax but it is just a transcript and does not have all my information on it. So I will have to type in all my transactions. Kind of defeating the purpose of paying a tax preparing to do this. An of course I will have to rejoin Stash to get all the information. 

If your income is resported on a Schedule K-1, you can use Home&Business, Premier and possibly others.  If you need to do a return to PRODUCE  a Schedule K-1 for a beneficiary, then you must use Business.

TurboTax is not set up for reporting the sale of an asset (including a vehicle) that has varied in business percentage.   Manually calculating things and manually entering it in the "Sale of Business Property" section can report the correct gain/loss.  However, if the activity qualifies for the QBI deduction, the last I checked reporting it in the Sale of Business Property section will incorrectly not affect QBI if it is supposed to.

@Gbry wrote: same here.....where is the answer??? This is a 6-page thread of many Mac users.  Many have stated what worked for them.  Read through it, and you'll see several ways users have resolved it.  It would probably be best to look through the comments in reverse order, since the later ones have more info on how to do the workarounds than the early responses.

Thanks @ThomasM125 ! As I was looking for the FMV of the day he passed, I realized it was on a weekend, and the Friday before was a holiday. Would I calculate the average of the high and low of the Thursday before (since that was the last market opening day), the average of the high and low of the Monday after (next market opening day), then take the average of the two?