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If you are age 65 or older and meet the requirement, the additional deduction is automatically added on your federal tax return.   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   New Bonus Standard Deduction (OBBB): An additional $6,000 deduction for taxpayers 65 and older. This is per eligible individual, meaning a married couple both over 65 could get $12,000. Important: This bonus deduction is temporary, lasting from 2025 through 2028. Income limitations: It phases out for taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income over $75,000 for single filers and $150,000 for joint filers. The amount is calculated on Schedule 1-A, Part V, with that amount flowing to Form 1040 Line 13b Look at your Form 1040 - You can view your Form 1040 plus Schedules 1, 2 and 3 at any time using the online editions. Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen. Click on Tools. Click on View Tax Summary. Click on Preview my 1040 on the left side of the screen.

Thaks for the update. But a key word I see in that update is the word "may" ...  "wait for the software update, which may occur around Feb 13-14, 2026." Personally,  I'm hopeful, but not feeling very confident. 

If you're using TurboTax Online, you can delete Form 8839 for Adoption Expenses from your return.  Then close the program, clear your Cache and Cookies and you can retry efiling.   Make sure you don't have a W-2 with a Code T in Box 12, or the form will repopulate.  You could also step through the Adoption Credit section again after clearing your cache/cookies.  Double-check that you didn't accidently check 'adopted' for a dependent in the MY INFO section.   @SummerGirl26     

You can complete a Form 5329 for the first time homebuyers exception to the early withdrawal penalty (first $10,000) Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home & Business) Click on Other Tax Situations Under Additional Tax Payments On Extra tax on early retirement withdrawals, click the start button

Are you Single or Married?  The phaseout  for Single starts at 75,000.  What is your AGI on 1040 line 11b?  I can put it into my spreadsheet.  Phaseout means the Senior Deduction starts getting reduced at 75,000 for Single or 150,000 for Joint.   If your AGI is 250,000 then you are at the Max and shouldn't get the 6,000 at all.      For Single the deduction starts to phase out at 75,000 and maxes out at 175,000 For Joint the deductions starts to phase out at 150,000 and maxes out at 250,000   For Single with AGI of 92,000 I show $4,980 deduction For Joint with 1 over 65 I show AGI of 167,000 = $4,980 For Joint with both over 65 is AGI of 208,500 = $4,980

If you are a non-spouse and inherited a Roth IRA, there would be no RMD. The only requirement would be to liquidate the account within 10 years.    If you inherited a Traditional IRA, RMD would be required.  You cannot change an inherited Traditional IRA  into a Roth IRA.    Can you clarify your situation?  What type of IRA did you inherit?  What type of Inherited IRA do you now own?  (If only one was/is Roth, how was that changed?)    Are you considered a "Non-spouse" beneficiary, and therefore required to liquidate the account in 10 years?     

@PatriciaV I would like a refund for the upgrade to the premier version becasue the form is not available on either version. Mid February is not an acceptable timeframe especially when other tax software have had it available since January. Please provide the best customer service number to obtain a refund.

First, both Arizona and North Carolina have a 183 day residency rule which says if you were a resident for more than 183 days then you are a full-year resident.  So when exactly did you move?   Whichever state is the one you end up being a resident of for the year is the state that you should do last.  Do the other state as a part-year resident first and adjust the income in that state.  Then when you do the full year resident state you will take a deduction for the taxes that you paid in the part year residency state.

Hi @DanaB27, I followed the instructions in this thread for how to enter a back door Roth using Turbo Tax Online Deluxe. The outcome of form 8606 looks correct, i.e. $0 for taxable amount on line 18. However, the form looks like it's only partially filled out. Lines 6-12 are blank, and lines 13, 15c, and 18 have an "*" icon that says "From Taxable IRA Distribution Wkst (per IRS Pub. 590-B).   Is this form filled out correctly?   Token 1329413    

If your question is related to a 1099-R giving an error because the state withholdings are greater than the state distribution, you can go back to the 1099-R.  On the screen to "Enter your 1099-R details from [custodian]", you can enter the Box 1 Gross distribution amount in Box 16-State distribution and that should clear this error.