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SELECT MERRILL INSTEAD OF MERRILL MANAGED ACCOUNT.    That was the fix. There were two options, if I selected merrill managed, I got the prompt for the 24 character code. Selecting only "Merrill" avoids that.    To all the people who said "just key it in" or "you dont need to do this or that." These are terribly unhelpful answers. Please, do better. 

You'll have to amend your return since you received another tax form:    To amend an accepted return, either:   Search for the item you need to amend (W-2, Form 1098-E, rental income, etc.) and select the Jump to link that appears to be taken to that section. Follow the screens to enter your information. Or, Restart the amend process by selecting Tax Home and following the screens to enter your information. @katinabeachum 

You will have to amend the 2025 tax return you filed to add the W-2   An amended return, Form 1040-X, can only be printed and mailed to the IRS if the original tax return was not e-filed. The IRS will take up to 20 weeks or longer to process an amended tax return. Before starting to amend the tax return, wait for the tax refund to be received or the taxes due to be paid and processed by the IRS. See this TurboTax support FAQ for amending a current year tax return - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/amend-federal-tax-return-current-year/L7eS6o1qh_US_en_US?uid=lfunevhk

You may want to contact the issuer and ask them to send a corrected 1099 form, which should contain the same information but with a $0 amount. If they can't provide a corrected form, you are obligated to report the income and pay the associated taxes.  

Yes, dental implants and other dental work is considered to be a deductible medical expense if it is medically necessary.  It is not deductible if it is done for cosmetic reasons alone.   To learn more, see the following information from the IRS:  Non-deductible Medical Expenses   As you go through the Medical Expense section of TurboTax you will find a separate category for dental expenses.

No.  You should enter your W-2 exactly as you received it and then after you finish entering it under "Let's check for other situations" select Non Taxable Medicaid waiver payments that qualify as difficulty of care payments.   Then on the next screen you can select some of it or all of it is difficulty of care payments and if not all of it, you will be able to enter the amount that is. 

We’re currently working to resolve this issue. If you’d like to receive progress updates, visit the following TurboTax help article:   Why do I get "Something went wrong" screen when I try to add Farm Income?    

Did you sell a right of way easement?  Do you still own the land and still pay property taxes on the land?  Or was there an actual sale of the land and the new owner pays the property taxes on the land?   IRS form 1099-S Proceeds from Real Estate Transactions may report:   Your main home,  A second home,  A vacation home,  Land, Residential rental property, or Real property recorded as a business asset. The tax treatment of each of these transactions differ. Sale of a second home, an inherited home or land are considered investment sales.   In TurboTax Online Premier, follow these steps to report the sale:   Click on the Search magnifying glass in the upper right hand corner of the screen and enter sale of second home. Click on the Jump to sale of second home link. Click on Add investments. At the screen Save time and connect your financial accounts, click on Enter a different way. At the screen How do you want to add your docs?, select Type it in myself. At the screen OK, let's start with one investment type, select Other and click Continue. At the screen Tell us more about this sale, enter the name.      Click Continue. At the screen Now, enter one sale….., enter the information.      Click Continue. At the screen Let us know if any of these situations apply to this sale, answer as appropriate.  Click Continue.  The entry will be reported:   on Schedule D of the Federal 1040 tax return, and  on line 7 of the Federal 1040 tax return. If you still own the land, the general treatment is that the payment is not income but reduces the basis in the land that you own.  So, if you paid $10,000 for the land and received a right of way payment for $1,000, your new basis in the property is $9,000.    You still have to deal with the 1099 that was reported to the IRS.  Report the income, then immediately report a minus entry for the same amount.  Reference both entries as 'right of way sold - basis adjustment'.  Follow the steps below to report this income that is not reported as self-employment income.   Down the left side of the screen, click Federal. Down the left side of the screen, click Wages & Income. Click the down arrow to the right of Less Common Income. Click to the right of Other miscellaneous income…. Click to the right of Other reportable income. At the screen Other Taxable Income enter the description of the income. Click Add another Miscellaneous income Item.   View the entries at Tax Tools / Print Center / Print, save or preview this year's return / Include government and TurboTax worksheets.  The income will be listed on line 8z of the Schedule 1 Additional Income and Adjustments to Income and line 8 of the Federal 1040 tax return.