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Up in the left hand corner, click on the File menu.   Then from the dropdown, choose New Tax Return.    Make sure you name your tax returns something specific so you don't overwrite your tax files.   You can prepare as many return as you need to with the desktop versions of TurboTax.    

You seem to be posting from online TurboTax.   Did you actually download your desktop software and use it?   If so, you open your TurboTax software from your own hard drive, then go up to the top of your screen and click "File" then click "New Tax Return" to start a new return using your desktop software.   We see people get confused and they keep logging in to online software which will require them to pay at the end.   You need to use the desktop software.   One way to tell if you are using the right software---your tool bar.   Online software has the toolbar in a black vertical column on the left side of the screen.   Desktop software has the tools up on the top of your TT screen.  

I have "Nonemployee compensation" box in my form 1099-NEC that is my income from this company. I need to enter it somewhere in turbotax but I dont know where (It does not ask). I also want to add that the 2 items in the attached image do not apply to me

That is correct.     Missouri Homestead Disaster Tax Credit states:   The tax credit can be carried forward to any of the taxpayer’s twenty-nine subsequent tax years or until the full amount of the tax credit is redeemed.   @Jschin 

This is a known issue in TurboTax and we are working to resolve it as soon as possible. Please check back this Friday for updates. If you are using TurboTax Desktop, be sure to run all updates at that time. 

  You have to access your own account and/or  print it for yourself using exactly the same account and user ID that you used when you prepared the return.    https://myturbotax.intuit.com/   Start a 2025 return online and enter some personal information  so that the menu on the left opens up and lets you access your past year returns.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-access-my-prior-year-return/01/27010     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m5y4ch1y   Many people have multiple TT accounts and forget how to access them.  Log out of the account you are in now.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/many-intuit-accounts-turbotax/L9aVfKS1Z_US_en_US?uid=ll5g6zcx Account Recovery   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/many-intuit-accounts-turbotax/L9aVfKS1Z_US_en_US?uid=ll5g6zcx   Or did you use the desktop version of TurboTax?  If so, the files are on your own hard drive or any backup device you used like a flash drive.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/find-last-year-tax-data-file-tax-file-computer/L0XJvPaJr_US_en_US   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/data-systems/find-tax-data-file-mac/L4VNGm33S_US_en_US?uid=m6guhab0   You can get a free transcript from the IRS or for a fee of $30, an actual copy of your tax return. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf       SAVE YOUR TAX RETURNS ! EVERY year before mid-October you should save a copy of your tax return as a pdf and print a copy of it for your records.  That way you will not be searching online frantically when you need it for a lender, FAFSA forms, your next tax return, etc.    https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m6guj526   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m78eb8pc In order to transfer a past year return to the new return you need the tax file   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-turbotax-online-return-tax-data-file/L4xwOG3LF_US_en_US?uid=m6guk3xl   NOTE:  TurboTax and the IRS save returns for seven years.  Returns older than seven years are purged.      

I have the same situation and question, but I'm following up to ask whether I could enter my direct fed & state tax payments under the "Other Income Taxes Paid in 2025", "Withholding not entered on a W-2 or 1099".  When I do that, the outcome seems to be the same - no penalty.  But the guidance of AnnetteB6 makes me wonder if I am doing something wrong :(

You can also try turning off your firewall and running as administrator. See this for additional information  Troubleshoot TurboTax Desktop for Windows issues   You can try contacting  TurboTax Customer Service using this link: Turbo Tax Customer Service.  

"I am an exchange teacher.."     If you are a non-resident alien, your return must be filed on Form 1040NR, which cannot be prepared using TurboTax.  You can use TT’s partner, sprintax: https://www.sprintax.com/non-resident-alien-tax-1040nr-turbotax.html     IRS —HOW TO DETERMINE RESIDENCY STATUS FOR TAX https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/determining-an-individuals-tax-residency-status#:~:text=If you are not a,January 1 – December 31).  

Did your one W-2 that recorded your 2025 income also report income and withholding taxes for all three states? The income and withholding tax would have been recorded on multiple lines 15 through 17 at the bottom of the W-2.  Please clarify.   Other state income and tax summary is an Illinois full-year income tax form.  The form will be used to compute your Illinois credit for taxes paid to another state.   This form means that you have completed the Indiana and Ohio state income tax returns and state income tax balances have been computed.   If your W-2 reports Indiana or Ohio withholding taxes, the withholding taxes should have flowed from your W-2 entry to the Indiana and Ohio income tax returns.   If your W-2 did not report Indiana or Ohio withholding taxes, your Indiana and Ohio income tax returns will show a balance due.   Do not make entries on Indiana IT-8453 or Ohio 1040.  Please clarify whether and what withholding taxes were recorded on your W-2.       

The educational expenses interview part in TT is terrible and easy to get confused or make an inadvertent mistake.   The Room and Board enter will be part of the 1098T section and not the 1099Q part.      This is what I do when I do this section.  First I make sure this is the only thing I am going to work on.  If you're doing other parts of your return, complete those, save the return, quit a restart.  I will only do the 1099Q and 1098T, and if I believe I got everything right, I will save/quit and restart to give me a clean starting point to continue other items.  If something looks wrong, I literally quit, do not save and restart the 1099Q and 1098T all over.   First do the 1098T.  I'll assume your 1098T is correct (what is reported for Tuition and Scholarships match what you paid / received in in 2025).  Start by entering this exactly as shown on your 1098 into TT .   In the education section on Deductions and Credits, select Expenses and Scholarships (Form 1098T).   You may get  first window that tells you that you are not eligible for AOC/LLC, but still enter your expenses so your 1099Q is not taxed.  you should then be able to get to a screen where you can either update your students 1098T info or add a new student if not in here.  if your student shows up in the education summary, be sure to click the little pencil to edit and this will walk you through entering the 1098T details.  if you need to add a student. click add new and it'll basically do the same thing.   you then should get to a point where they ask you about schools - you can add a school or edit a previous year school -again if you need to edit and existing entry click the pencil.  After answering all the questions about your 1098T details, then you'll get back to the summary screen of all your students 1098T's.  if you have more than one, repeat by adding another.  once you are done with all your 1098T info, click continue.   This then takes you to the screen where it says time to enter your childs expenses and this now has the room and board added to it.   Time to Enter XXX Educational Expenses Required Books Optional Books Other Course related mats Room and Board Computer software and internet Special needs.   Complete this section and continue to finish the rest of the section.   Make sure when you get to the ed summary page for your student you also click the pencil here and answer the questions about your student - this is an easy place to miss.   If that works for you, then go enter your 1099Q and you should be good.   One last tip - keep track of your refund/owed amount before you start.  when you are done, if your 1099Q is all covered as you expect you will not see any changes in amount owed (you might get an AOC/LLC credit but thats a good thing).