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Usually this issue is associated with security programs on your computer.  Try these steps: 1. Close the installation error message and TurboTax completely. 2. Temporarily disable your Antivirus and Windows Defender Real-time protection. 3. Locate the downloaded TurboTax_2025.exe file (usually in Downloads). 4. Right-click the file and select Run as administrator.    If that does not work, please see Troubleshoot TurboTax Desktop for Windows issues for more troubleshooting.    

Thank you so much. I'll have her double check that I'm not on the lease as a co-signer, just for peace of mind. Because I doubt that only having utility bills in her name is enough proof of separation if I co-signed to help her move out. I honestly can't remember. 

You cannot change or add anything on the return that you just e-filed, nor can you stop it.  It is too late, just like when you put an envelope in a US mailbox on the corner.  The IRS does not allow you to take it back.   If you left out a W-2, a 1099G, or a dependent, or a 1099 etc…DO NOT change your return while it is “pending.”  The changes will go nowhere.   Now you have to wait until the IRS either rejects or accepts your return.  If your return is rejected, you will be able to go into your account and make the necessary changes to your tax return and re-submit your return.     If the IRS accepts your return, however, then you have to wait longer until it has been fully processed and you have received your refund.  THEN you can prepare an amended tax return and e-file or mail  it in. You have to be able to work from that return exactly the way it was when it was e-filed originally.  You will need to use a form called a 1040X.     Meanwhile, DO NOT go in and start changing anything on your return in the system, or you will make a mess for yourself.  Sit tight and wait until you see what the IRS does with the return you just e-filed   The Form 1040X you need becomes available in late February,  But wait until your return has been processed.

The only health insurance form required is a 1095A for marketplace health insurance.   No other kinds of health insurance forms get entered----such as 1095B or 1095C.  Do you have a 1095A that you did not enter?

TurboTax does automatically generate Form 1040-SR for taxpayers aged 65 or older by using the birthdate entered in the "Personal Info" section. While the screen displays a standard 1040 form while you are working on the return, the 1040-SR is generated when printing, saving, or e-filing. I just tested this by saving a test return to a PDF and it did create a 1040-SR,  

It would depend on your individual facts and circumstances whether your daughter would qualify as your dependent.   A 23-year-old in college full-time can be claimed as a dependent on their parents' tax return if they are under age 24 by the end of the calendar year, and they are enrolled full-time for at least 5 months, and they do not provide more than half of their own support.      They are as follows: They must be their child, adopted child or foster child, brother or sister or a descendant of one of these. (i.e. This requirement is met if they are her grandchildren.)  They lived with you more than half of the year (these exceptions apply). They are under the age of 19 (unless they are a full-time student. In that case it is age 24. They can be any age if totally and permanently disabled. She provided more than half of their support The child does not file a joint return with anyone else (unless to claim a refund of taxes paid or withheld). As xmasbaby0 mentions above, you may have answered something when inputting your information that caused TurboTax to determine your daughter was not eligible.   If she meets the requirements listed above, you should go back through your personal information and your daughters (click on "Edit" next to her name under your dependents) to make sure everything was answered correctly.  Make sure you have answered that she does not provide more than half of her own support (if she does not) and  Make sure you have answered that she can not be claimed on someone else's tax return, and Make sure you have answered that she was a student.   Watch for a screen labeled "Less Common Situations for [Dependent's Name]" where a checkbox for full-time student status is present.     Click here for additional information regarding dependents. Click here for additional  information on who you can claim as a dependent. Click here for additional information on how to claim a dependent.     Please return to Community if you have any additional information or questions and we would be happy to help.  

@Pooh1997 wrote: In my case, this would be extremely painful doing it manually I believe your pain would be felt by a very large number of users in that case, not to mention the likelihood of input errors would increase.