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@ Spud wrote: I removed encryption but it still will not import into 2025 desktop version. Read through this thread.  There are many posts which tell about various solutions and maneuvers to try.    Sometimes restarting the computer and relaunching TurboTax, allowing it to update, solves it. Another suggestion was to open the *.tax2024 data file in the 2024 software, and re-save it, then try to transfer it into 2025. Another suggestion from a user was to try to open the *.tax2024 data file with the 2025 software, and TurboTax might say it can't open it and ask if you want to transfer it into 2025 instead. There are several other suggestions in this thread describing what worked for various users.

Uncheck box 8b on the Home Interest Worksheet (points reported on 1098) and check the box below (points not reported on 1098).  This should then transfer the amount to Schedule A, Line 8c.   @tlungshantang         

I spent several hours with a TT consultant, no resolution until we got disconnected. I called Wells fargo, and they said there is a problem if your password has special characters.  I changed the password and used chrome and edge, and still the same result.  Therefore, no help from Turbo Tax, no help from Wells fargo, so I will have to enter everything by hand.  I tried both the desktop and the online TT and nothing works.  I have downloaded all my tax documents and am preparing for the long slog of entering everything by hand.  I hope they fix it by 2026 tax season.  

Do you have a 1099-MISC for miscellaneous income?   To report miscellaneous income without generating a schedule C, take the steps below.     Delete that 1099-Misc and the Schedule C that was started, instructions are below.  Then re-enter it, making sure to answer the follow-up questions as follows:   After you enter the reason for the 1099-Misc, mark None of the above on the next screen (uncommon situations). Answer Did the refund involve work that's like your main job?  NO Answer How often did you get this income?  You got it in 2025 only Answer Did the refund involve an intent to earn money?  NO   The income will be reported as Other Income on Line 8 of Form 1040 without generating a schedule C.      How to delete forms in TurboTax Online   How to delete forms in TurboTax Desktop   If you still are having issues or have a different form, let us know what form and what box is causing the issue.   Be sure to delete the erroneous forms that were already started to fully remove any errors.     

THis is a stupid error on the part of Intuit.  It assumes that if you enter "I" or "O" you made an error in confusing I with 1.  Back in the ancient days when data was KEYPUNCHED programmers often restricted the use of I and O in codes.   My workaround is to use code N8H2 which belongs to Carrier - and then to submit a blank form explaining what I did.   Note that the same issue will apply to Jen-weld windows and doors and york AC and maybe others  To find a working code see https://rebate.blue/qmid.    I used a code for a different manufacturer as I worry that the IRS will look for valid assigned QMID codes,

My form 5695 is now--finally--populating correctly and the amount of the credit is now auto-filling into Schedule 3 as it should.   I'm relieved that it's working but I'll never get back the 4-1/2 hours of work it took to get to this point. I guess I know now that this blog is the best place to get answers to difficult questions, NOT the online Chat function nor the phone support. Those were both a waste of time---of the four people I interacted with, none had an appropriate or knowledgeable solution to this issue.    And, of course, this never should have happened in the first place. Even the most basic testing of the software should have illuminated this glitch. H&R Block software didn't have this problem--I'll be giving them my dollars next year!

@jimm-wisc ,  what does line 27  ( passive category ) say ?  line 24 ?  Line 9 through computes the credit  available. The easiest solution may be  -- (a) in the forms mode delete the  form 1116 which should delete the  1116 comp.wks.  Then go back to the 1099-DIV  entries in the  easy-step (or step-by-step) and make sure everything is correct.   Then  go to  Foreign tax credit section and go through the whole thing all over again. OR   (b)  make all the corrections on the 1116 Comp wks. to get the  correct credit.   I am also surprised that  ( and assuming that  your world income is much larger than  foreign source income ) how are you getting  the full FTC amount.  Why is not the  Foreign Source taxable income  to World Taxable income ratio not being applied ? Or for that matter if  your ONLY foreign source  income is 1099-DIV and your FT is US$112, why you have form 1116 and not the safe harbor  path ( i.e. without using form 1116 ). I must be missing something here .   Look forward to hearing from you --yes ?  

Any improvements you made to the home can be added to the Cost Basis, or added as Assets and depreciated along with the house.  However, mortgage interest, insurance, property tax paid during the year before rental can't be added to the Cost Basis.    Closing costs (like title fees, recording fees, appraisals, inspections) and improvements made to get the house ready for rent can be added to the cost basis.  Property Tax paid at closing can be added to the basis.   @nerobins 

You may have a 1098 stuck that needs to be deleted.   Go to Forms mode, or use the Delete a form tool (TurboTax Online) to remove any erroneously started 1098 forms.      How to delete forms in TurboTax Online    How to delete forms in TurboTax Desktop