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1. Home office rules: Must have a positive income to subtract the expense from - check your sch C, line 31 for a positive number The space must be exclusive - it sounds like it is for you Regular use - it sounds like that is the case for you. 2. Items purchased for resale: Are considered inventory and are listed under Cost of Goods sold Cost of Goods sold - select cost and use the cost of the item You must have records - if you don't have receipts, you should keep a log book or spreadsheet showing the date purchased and the amount paid, The IRS allows you to convert personal items to business items using the lower of what you paid or fair market value. 80% rule is a myth and red flag for an audit. Qualified Business Income is a 20% deduction. See What's the Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction?   Caution - be sure you know how to file your business. I don't know if you are an LLC, partnership, in a community property state, etc so I hope you know which forms and how many to file. If not, see Married couples in business.  

@aviaasus You could try H&R Block Premium and Business as that product does support Kansas K-41.   See https://www.hrblock.com/pdf/hrb-software-forms/business-forms.pdf?srsltid=AfmBOoqB1SYDiRto3RKH2_iBHNlWFA1dLrkJEV99X6dyCp2U5tPQnmvO

curious if any other tax prep softwares are having the same issue with depreciation? has anyone checked? to Intuit, how do you plan on accomodating your customers for their inconvenience? will you offer a discount?

This would be correct based on how the Indiana code is written.  The social security deduction is based on the year you received it, not the year it was for. There is not an exception for payments received in one year for a prior year. So since you received it in 2025, it would be deducted in 2025.   "This deduction must be reduced by the total amount of any Social Security benefits and railroad retirement benefits received during the taxable year." Income Tax Information Bulletin #26

Yes, You can get Will Builder after you've filed your taxes.   They say you can log back into your account and find it, but people have had limited success doing it. It would be best to contact TurboTax Customer Service at What's the TurboTax phone number?

@Opus 17 wrote: So the idea that ML is not missing due to a bug but will be listed when the forms are available is not consistent with other past or current year behavior.  OK, I am not claiming it's a "bug". If that were the case, then there are a LOT of bugs since TurboTax does not list, for example, Acorns, but H&R Block does list Acorns AND neither lists Merrill Edge, plus both are still missing quite a few firms. Either a lot of firms aren't "participating" or they're just not ready for inclusion.

That would likely by on a Form 1099-R that references the pension. You can delete it as follows:   1. Choose the Tax Tools option on your left menu bar while working on your return 2. Choose Tools 3. Choose the Delete a form option under Other Helpful links  4. Find the Form 1099-R in the list and delete it  

I am using the desktop version WinPerrelease. The return was rejected. I fixed the error. After I fixed the error, I tried to submit it again. When I click on the transmission, it acts like it is sending it. It doesnt send it. All it does is close the program and start thenprogram back up.

Generally, if you had distributions from your HSA that were for qualified medical expenses and the program is telling you your withdrawal is taxable, it is likely because of how you answered the questions regarding how the funds were used or the amount of the funds that were used for qualified medical expenses.     Go back through and double check your answers to be sure that you told it that you DID use the funds for qualified medical expenses and that you entered the amount that you used for those expenses properly.     

@Opus 17 wrote: 1. My ML 1099 is online now. I know a number of clients with Merrill accounts (Edge) and none of their 1099-Bs are online currently. I believe this is typical procedure for a number of brokerage firms; the more complicated statements are simply released at later dates than otherwise (e.g., probably a lot of transactions, wash sales, basis unknown sales, etc.).   Before any firm can generate a 1099-B, they need to receive reporting from mutual funds (if those are in the portfolio) and a lot of them have a tendency to drag their collective feet. On a personal note, my daughter has two Edge account numbers. She received the 1099-B for one of the accounts a couple of days ago but has not received the 1099-B for the other account.