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As a retired employee, your retirement income is generally reported on Form 1099-R, not a Form W-2.    If you haven't received your Form 1099-R, you should contact your plan administrator or the federal agency’s payroll office to request a copy.    You may also obtain the information from your IRS Wage and Income Transcript if it's available there. Always verify the amounts carefully before filing

I am very sorry for your loss. You're correct that Virginia Senate Bill 236 establishes a $2,000 refundable tax credit for any birth during the tax year; however, this bill is only for tax years starting in 2026 - so, next tax season.    Tag us with @username and any Employee Tax Expert will be eager to help out with next year's state taxes. 

Where you enter the sale depends on what kind of real estate you sold. Was it your primary home? a second home or vacation home? a rental property? other investment property? bare land? a farm? etc. etc.? Did you personally own the real estate, and were you the only owner?  

To enter, edit or delete estimated taxes paid (Federal, State, Local) - Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business) Click on Deductions and Credits Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown) Scroll down to Estimates and Other Taxes Paid On Estimates, click on the start or update button   On Federal estimated taxes for 2025 (Form 1040-ES), click the start button   Federal estimated taxes paid are entered on Form 1040 Line 26

Multiple user id's, see this - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/many-intuit-accounts-turbotax/L9aVfKS1Z_US_en_US?uid=ll5g6zcx   To access your current or prior year online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the User ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/ Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and on the section Your tax returns & documents.  Click on the Year and Click on Download/print return (PDF) Or - When you sign onto your online account and land on the Tax Home web page, scroll down and click on Add a state.  This will take you back to the 2025 online tax return. Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen.  Then click on Print Center.  Then click on Print, save or preview this year's return.  Choose the option Include government and TurboTax worksheets   If you used the desktop CD/Download editions installed on your computer, the only copy of your tax data file and any PDF's will be on the computer where the return was created.  TurboTax does not store online any returns completed using the desktop editions.   Go to this IRS website for free transcripts of a federal tax return - https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript   For a fee of $30 you can get a complete federal tax return from the IRS by completing Form 4506 - http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

Did you have HSA contributions reported on your Form W-2, Box 12 - Code W?  If so, check to make sure you entered that correctly, as that will trigger the program to ask you about HSA distributions, which are reported on Form 1099-SA.  If the contributions are on the W-2, correctly entered, and the program does not ask you about your HSA distributions, then type "Form 1099-SA" into Search and click on "Juump to form 1099-sa".    

The reason those sections are locked is that, when using the step-by-step interview, your answers will determine how the sections are handled.   Because Boxes C and F mean that a transaction was not reported to the IRS on a Form 1099-B, the section assumes there are no items to report.   To get Box C or Box F to trigger, you have to tell TurboTax that you did not receive a Form 1099-B for these specific items by creating a new entry for them:   Navigate to Wages & Income, Stocks, Cryptocurrency, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other Rather than editing your imported Schwab 1099-B, click Add investments. When asked how you want to add your info, do not select Schwab or upload a file, select "Type it in myself" When TurboTax asks, "Did you get a 1099-B for this sale?", select No Select "Stocks" (or whatever Schwab indicated) Enter the sale info and ensure the holding period is one year or less Short-Term (Box C) Enter the sale info and ensure the holding period is more than one year Long-Term (Box F)