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Are you certain that all the qualifications to claim the Child Tax Credit have been met? As xmasbaby0 stated, the dependent would had to have been under the age of 17 as of December 31st.    If the qualifications have been met, and there's still an error, delete the dependent and enter the information again.      To qualify, your child must meet all of these requirements:   Be under age 17 at the end of the tax year Is your child, stepchild, foster child, adopted child, sibling, step-sibling, half sibling, or a descendant of any of them (for example, a grandchild, niece, or nephew) Has their own Social Security number issued before the tax return due date Taxpayer SSN Requirement: For the 2025 tax year, the person claiming the credit (at least one person if filing a joint return) must also have a work-eligible Social Security number.  Lived with you for more than half the year Didn't support themselves (didn't pay more than half their own expenses) Is a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or U.S. resident alien Hasn't filed a joint return with their spouse for the tax year or filed it only to claim a refund of withheld income tax or estimate tax paid           What is the Child Tax Credit?  

Check the result on Form 1040 line 5b.  If box 2a contains a zero, it's implausible that this distribution is adding anything to line 5b.  It's also implausible that with code G in box 7  that TurboTax would not be marking the ROLLOVER box next to line 5b.

TurboTax 2025 was the 3rd app that failed to launch within the past few days.  Adobe Acrobat Reader DC quit working a few days ago, saying that msvcp140.dll could not be found.  Acrobat Photoshop Elements has the same problem.  Web chatter on the Acrobat Reader issue exists, but it is not consistent, so I have not attempted a fix, yet.  Microsoft Visual C++ is mentioned by a few people.  I just now tried to launch TurboTax 2025 Home and Business from the app tray, and nothing happened...same when trying to open my tax file.  I have a relatively new Surface Pro 11 (ARM), and Visual C++ has six installed versions (2012x64, 2021x86, 2013x64,2013x86, 2015-2022x64,2015-2022Arm64).   Would you suggest uninstalling TurboTax 2025 and all of the Visual C++ versions?  Should I also uninstall older versions of TurboTax before reinstalling 2025?  Any guess on whether this will cure Acrobat Reader and Photoshop Elements?  Thanks!

Yes, you enter multiple Forms 1099-SA for one person.  To add a Form 1099-SA:   Type "1099-SA" into Search Click on "Jump to1099-sa" On the "1099-SA Summary" screen, click on the blue "Add" box at the bottom of the screen If a joint return, Indicate who received the Form 1099-SA and continue  After entering the second Form 1099-SA, they will both appear on the 1099-SA Summary screen

Because this distribution came from the IRA after your mother as the surviving spouse assumed the IRA, the IRA is no longer an inherited IRA.  Do not mark the box labeled "I inherited this IRA."  Unless your mother has basis in nondeductible traditional IRA contributions, the entire distribution is taxable.   (I have no idea why marking the "I inherited this IRA" box would make TurboTax think that the distribution is nontaxable as long as box 2a has the same amount as is in box 1, which should always be the case if the code in box 7 is 7 and the IRA/SEP/SIMPLE box is marked.)

How is this acceptable? No communication about it, no updates to people waiting!!!   My taxes were ready for filling weeks ago and here we are are checking it daily to finalize.   Truly not professional from Intuit/TT.   Do better, people depend on you to do better.    

I have the same problem. I cannot itemize my business expenses because I cannot add more rows. The "add another expense" button does nothing. I am using the online premium version. This is ridiculous and likely a red flag to the IRS if I combine all of my expenses just to fit into 4 rows.

Isn't the best solution here to just go ahead and file the 2025 return, which will be correct according to all previous filings, THEN proceed with the previous years' amended returns, and only then amend my 2025 return to make it now coincide with my amended filings? Can you anticipate a problem with that? (It seems slightly "cleaner" to me as far as 2025 filing is concerned...)

Your date of birth needs to match the IRS e-File database. If your date of birth has been entered correctly, call the Social Security Administration at 1-800-772-1213 to verify that their records are correct.   If SSA records are updated, it can take up to four weeks to transfer the updated information to the IRS. Wait four weeks, and then re-file the return. If the reject continues, or if you do not want to wait four weeks to re-file electronically, you may print and file this return by mail.    Note: If SSA information is inaccurate and you do not call to correct the information, you will get the same reject next year.

Add the income using the steps below and remove all 1099-MISCs for this type of income. Keep them in with your tax records, the IRS already has a copy. This should eliminate the endless loop and allow you to e-file.   Other Miscellaneous Income: Sign into your TurboTax Online or TurboTax Desktop account Go to Wages and Income  section Scroll to  Less Common Income > Select  Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A, 1099-C Select Other reportable Income > Enter a description (----) and the amount @Dazed2025 

In the case of the WA taxpayer, where there are no state income taxes, there is no way to deduct those professional development expenses. BUT in certain states, e.g., California, such expenses are still deductible as an itemized expense (subject to certain limitations).  Ordinarily, these would be entered as miscellaneous deductions on the deductions page of the Turbo Tax Federal page interview questions, and then transferred over to the state, as the Fed does not allow these deductions.  BUT I don't see any place for that on the Federal side this year (although there is for other transferable expenses, e.g., unreimbursed employee expenses, tax preparation, etc.).  Therefore, look to the individual state return for a place to enter these deductions.