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The IRS classifies the sale of physical gold as a collectible sale.   Capital gains on the sale of collectibles held for a year or more are taxed at a maximum 28% rate.   You can enter the sale of your collectible by following these steps:   In TurboTax Online, open your tax return Click on Federal in the left-hand column, then on Wages & Income Locate the section Investments and Savings and click on the arrow on the right Click Start next to Stocks, Cryptocurrency, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other (1099-B) Answer Yes to the question: Did you sell any investments? Answer No to the question: Did you receive a form 1099-B or brokerage statement? Select Collectible from the list of investments. Follow the TurboTax interview to enter your information. If you incurred sale expenses, you can subtract them from the proceeds.

I will do as you suggest and get back to you with the results.   In the meantime, does your test case have data such that all of the NJ state taxes paid are returned as a refund ( thus $0 tax paid in 2025 ) ??

No one in the user forum can resolve a billing issue.  If you have a question about your TurboTax fees or billing, make sure you use the word “billing” in your request for help.  Do not use the word “refund.”   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/contact-turbotax/L2y9ZKpQB_US_en_US?uid=m5s9l2vh  

You will have to contact TurboTax support for assistance with this problem. Use the key words Billing Issue See this TurboTax support FAQ for contacting support - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/turbotax-phone-number/L0Od33nMQ_US_en_US?uid=lfgviwbm

You can't enter those expenses yet. This is a known glitch in TurboTax (TT). They are working on it (no announced fix date).   The 2025 education and 529 sections appear totally redesigned, from last year.  ___________________________________________________________________________________________     The 1099-Q is  only an informational document. The numbers on it are not required to be entered onto your (or your student's) tax return. The interview is complicated and it's easy to make mistakes. Avoid it if you can and you can.  You can just not report the 1099-Q, at all, if your student-beneficiary has sufficient educational expenses, including room & board (even if he lives at home) to cover the distribution. When the box 1 amount on form 1099-Q is fully covered by expenses, TurboTax will enter nothing about the 1099-Q on the actual tax forms. But, it will prepare a 1099-Q worksheet for your records (you don’t need it). You would still have to do the math to see if there were enough expenses left over for you to claim the tuition credit. You also cannot count expenses that were paid by tax free scholarships. References: On form 1099-Q, instructions to the recipient reads: "Nontaxable distributions from CESAs and QTPs are not required to be reported on your income tax return. You must determine the taxability of any distribution."  IRS Pub 970 states: “Generally, distributions are tax free if they aren't more than the beneficiary's AQEE for the year. Don't report tax-free distributions (including qualifying rollovers) on your tax return”. "IRS Publication 970, Tax Benefits for Education states: If the entire 1099-Q went to qualified expenses, room and board, tuition, etc; then, you do not need to enter the form." 

Standard deductions for 2025 Single - $15.750 add $2,000 if age 65 or older Married Filing Separately - $15,750 add $1,600 if age 65 or older Married Filing Jointly - $31,500 add $1,600 for each spouse age 65 or older Head of Household - $23,625 add $2,000 if age 65 or older

TurboTax error IND-996 indicates that an invalid or missing Identity Protection Personal Identification Number (IP PIN) was entered for a dependent.    To fix this, locate the dependent’s 6-digit IP PIN (from the IRS CP01A letter) and enter it in the dependent's information section. If you're using TurboTax Online, close the program, clear your Cache and Cookies, then enter your dependent's IP PIN.    Here's more info on IND-996.   @gengentaylor 

It depends. I am assuming you are referring to a Trust W-9 and wish no taxes to be withheld. If this is the case, then here are your answers.   The key point here is that most individual beneficiaries aren’t considered “exempt payees.” For the IRS, “exempt” is a specific status that lets you avoid backup withholding—not taxes altogether. The IRS doesn't think you need to pay back taxes unless they have a reason to do so. So, you are automatically considered exempt unless there's a specific reason taxes should be withheld.    If this is the case, the IRS will send a letter to you requiring that backup witholding is required from the trust account. This usually happens if you have not reported interest or dividends in the past,  you didn't enter  your Social Security Number (SSN) or the Trust's EIN accurately, or if you didn't sign  Part II of the W-9, you are legally certifying that you are not subject to backup withholding. as a result, you must do these things properly to be exempt from withholding taxes.   Leave the codes blank.  These do not pertain to you so leave line 4 blank on the form. These codes are generally reserved for corporations or other legally-structured entities. These are not used by individual beneficiaries of a trust.   Just remember, exempt refers to not having withholding taken from the distributions.  These distributions are still taxable even though no withholding is paid out of your distributions.         

You can e-file your federal return and skip the state, but your e-filed federal return will need to be accepted before you can e-file your state (or, you can just paper-file your state return later).   Please see this TurboTax help article for step by step instructions to e-file your state return after you already e-filed the federal return, for both Online and Desktop  versions.    

Assuming you have entered your income and it is $2,500 or more -   Go back to My Info on the left side of the online program screen. Edit the dependent and carefully check your answers to the questions. Note - A child born in 2025 is deemed to have lived in your home for the entire year. Make sure you select them as your Child, that you selected that they lived in your home for the Whole Year, temporary absence for education is deemed living in your home. That they did NOT provide over one-half of their own support (You Did), that you indicated there was no one else in the household providing support to them, and that you did NOT check the box labeled Not valid for employment in the Social Security number section.   If all your answers are correct then delete them as a dependent and re-enter.

Here are your questions and the answers for you. The Maryland (MD) return is not required unless you had income from their sources that is not wages.   My questions are - Is my Maryland employer correct in how they list my wages twice in box 16, one from Maryland and again the same amount in PA?  The employer may think they are correct, however it doesn't seem logical to enter local withholding in the state tax withholding box is definitely incorrect. They can list two states for wages, however with the reciprocal agreement and your form completed it is not likely required. It would have no affect on your tax return when completely correctly as you are well aware by your notes. On your W-2 entry use only one state wage and tax for Pennsylvania (PA), do not enter any state wages for Maryland (MD). Also, do not enter the MD county tax as state tax withholding. You can enter it in the local tax box if you choose and if you are itemizing deductions. And is it correct that Maryland county tax is listed in the Maryland state tax box 17? No, absolutely not. The payroll clerk will figure it out eventually, however you can enter your tax return to keep it accurate. The IRS does not keep or track the state information on the W-2. If you wanted a transcript of a W-2 from the IRS later there will be no state information on it.    @osirhc