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No, you don't need to fill out anything.  GA8453 acts as a signature document for your electronic filing. It is included in your final printed tax return package.  You should keep it for your records for up 3 years.  Do not mail it, unless specifically requested by the Georgia Department of Revenue.

Top Solutions to Fix the Startup Error Repair Microsoft Visual C++: This is the most common fix. Go to Control Panel > Programs and Features, locate Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64), right-click it, select Change, and then choose Repair. Restart your PC after the repair is complete. Run as Administrator: Right-click the TurboTax icon and select "Run as administrator" to ensure it has necessary permissions. Reinstall the Program: If the repair does not work, uninstall TurboTax, restart your computer, and install a fresh copy. Disable Antivirus/Firewall: Temporarily disable security software that might be blocking the program. Check Windows Updates: Ensure your operating system is fully updated through the ONLINE link at the top   @user17718787571   

Yes, I am "referring to the 5-year Tax History Report, with footnote on that form says "the tax bracket % is based on taxable income."  Seeking clarification on your reply. I am looking at the 1040 Worksheet.  I see line 15, Taxable Income (same value as in my original message). Between lines 15 and 16 I see the Tax Smart Worksheet --> the tax calculation is pulled from "Qualified Dividends and Capital Tax Gain Worksheet."  I can follow the Qual Div/Cap Gn Worksheet; it added lines 18, 21, and 22, which is my "Tax on all taxable income."   So...still not sure why Turbo tax is bumping me into the next Marginal Tax Rate. Guidance welcome.  

When you went through the ID return, you will come to a question that asks if you have over $2500 in ID sourced income.   If you answer no there and do not have a filing requirement, the $10 will not be added since the return will not be generated.    To get the return to print with the tax due, answer YES on that screen.   The first return I prepared, the tax did not generate (I answered NO) - but I did a 2nd non-resident return and answered YES there, and now I have the $10 tax on the ID return.  @meyerc    The page will be titled Filing Not Required - once I changed my answer to YES there, the $10 tax due showed up.   The $10 is applied to every tax return, so if you are not required to file a return, no tax will be applied.     

Thank you for a prompt reply. I have quickly reviewed my 1090- B's and do not see anything. I'll go through later to be sure. I have not tried clicking on the box 1f. I'll have to log into the bankers to do that More later, probably tomorrow!

Instead of using the "jump to" link:    Go to federal>other tax situations Go to Other Tax Forms>Miscellaneous tax forms Prepare a report on Foreign Assets It will ask if you have any foreign assets and if you live in a foreign country on the first screen Then it will start asking for qualifying information on the threshold amounts of your Foreign Accounts. Now you should begin reporting the details of your foreign accounts.     

Yes, I tried that and many other variants and it always came back.  I finally gave up because I was wasting way too much time on this.  I went ahead and filed after ensuring that the Canadian Pension for was not included. Hopefully, it will work with the IRS.

Thank you for responding, but this is not the case.  The 179 far exceeds the state deduction of 25K.  For some reason it is adding the over large 179 amount in Column 1 instead of the PTE section below for schedule K.  Part C Line 9 is not coming into Form 502 when it is positive.  Not sure if it works when negative.    It seems to replace Line 7 last year, which worked.   Does anyone know how to fix this or is the way that you report adjustments for PTE changed this year?

A partnership's assumption of a partner's share of partnership liabilities is treated as a distribution of money by the partnership to the partner. To enter a deemed distribution in TurboTax Business:   Go to Forms view In the list of "Forms in Return" select "Sch K-1 ([Partner's Name])" Click on the QuickZoom to Schedule K-1 Worksheet at the top of page Scroll down to the section with "Capital" and "Basis" columns On the line Deemed distributions of money, enter the amount of liability assumption in the Basis column That amount will flow to the partner's K-1, line 19 with Code D   

Montana has a progressive income tax system; so the more you earn, the higher your tax rate.  Montana uses a pro-rata calculation to determine your tax liability- it calculates as if you were a full year resident, using all income to determine the tax.  It then uses the proportion of Montana income applied to the total.     See Montana Department of Revenue (DOR).

IRS form 8949 reports information sales information by the alphabetical codes listed under Part I for short-term and Part II for long-term.   A second IRS form 8949 may or may not be generated.  The aggregation rules listed under the term NOTE under Part I and Part II of the form and explain whether a new form is created, the transaction is reported on additional lines of the first IRS form 8949, or the transaction is reported directly to the IRS Schedule D.   In any case, your transaction will flow to the IRS Schedule D and the transaction gain/loss will be accurately reported on your IRS form 1040 income tax return.   When you enter the "Undetermined Term Transactions for Noncovered Tax Lots", report the transaction under Investment Income for TurboTax Desktop or Investments and Savings for TurboTax Online.   When you enter the "lots", you may be selecting Unknown term basis not reported to IRS under Sales section title.    

There maybe other places, but once you can preview the actual TAX forms you can look at Schedule D. It breaks down gains by holding period. If you are using the Desktop version of TT you can just go to forms mode and review Schedule D.

Thankfully,  IRS and FinCEN (for FBAR) have "reasonable cause" provisions for exactly this type of situation, where a foreign institution's policies or local laws prevent you from obtaining information regarding your financial accounts.   Since you are dealing with a closed account and a refusal from the bank, you must rely on reasonable estimation and diligent documentation.   The FBAR is primarily an information-reporting form. Even if you don't have the exact account number or the highest balance, you must still report the account.   If you can't find any old emails, checkbooks, or transfer records with the number, enter "UNKNOWN" in the account number field. Since you have the final check amount, use that as your "Maximum Value" for 2025, unless you know for a fact the balance was higher earlier in January. In the "Explanation" box (or as an attachment if filing via certain software), briefly state: "Account closed Jan 2025; bank refused to provide records per local guidelines; amount reported is based on final distribution check." Enter the bank’s name and address as you remember them. Report your FBAR here You are required to report the interest earned in 2025 before the account was closed. Since the bank won't give you the figure, you must estimate it.   Look at your 2024 tax records to see the interest rate that account was earning. Apply that rate to the final check amount for the 1 month (January) the account was open in 2025. For example, if the amount of your check was $50K and your interest rate was 4%, interest for‌ Jan is computed as follows: $50,000 X .04 X 1/12  To report in TurboTax:   Go to federal>income and expenses>all income>>show more  Less Common Income> Start Miscellaneous Income,>start Other reportable income>start Next screen asks Any Other Taxable Income>yes Here give a description of the check and then an amount.  Call it the final distribution of a bank account After this is entered, there should be an add button in the summary screen Here describe this as interest for the distribution of a bank account and then the amount. If you paid taxes to India for this distribution.   Go to Deductions & Credits > Estimates and Other Taxes Paid > Foreign Tax Credit. When asked "Do you want the deduction or the credit?", select Take a Credit. The screen will ask: "Before we begin, have you already entered all your foreign income?" Select Yes. Select General Category Income. Click Add a Country and select India. On the "Other Gross Income" screen, enter your general income description and amount again (this populates Part I of the 1116). Continue until the "Foreign Taxes Paid" screen. Enter the taxes paid on your general income. Finish the interview for this category until you see the Foreign Tax Credit Summary. If you paid a foreign tax on the interest, select add a foreign tax in the Foreign Tax Summary Section. When it asks for a category, select the passive category Then repeat steps 5-8 listed above. Lastly you may have a 8938 FATCA filing requirement if the amount of your Foreign Account was over $75,000 at the time of the distribution if you were single or filing separately or $150,000 if married filing jointly. To file a 8938 in TurboTax:   Go to federal>other tax situations Go to Other Tax forms>Miscellaneous tax forms Prepare a report on Foreign Assets                        

This is incorrect. I have gone through and see the mesage: "We're making some updates due to tax law changes and will email you as soon as everything's read.... These changes affect the following areas of your state return: Form ARTS available 02/28" So I will see what happens then. The issue is that the ARTS tax is a county tax and not related to any of my state filings whatsoever so it doesn't make sense that you would gate my state filings based on unrelated city/county filings. It may resolve itself, but telling me to go back and click through didn't answer my software support question. Intuit needs to have a software support ticketing system that I can interact with like all other software platforms and not shunt me off to a community support forum or force me to make a phone call. The AI assistant is worthless and just puts me in a loop. Let me file a trackable support case through a form. I'll check back this weekend to see if the issue is fixed.

 If you used the pay with refund service, your refund will go to that bank first to process and then it will go to your bank for processing the deposit, which will add some time for your refund to appear.  You can call your bank to see if there are any deposits pending. Sometimes they handle tax refunds differently and it may take a few days.   If you have already contacted your financial institution and you do not have your deposit in two weeks, you can file a Form 3911, Taxpayer Statement Regarding Refund PDF to initiate a trace. This will allows the IRS to contact the bank on your behalf to try to recover your refund. If for some reason your direct deposit was not able to be processed successfully, your refund will come by ‌paper check, which takes longer.     Click here for "How to Track an Income Tax Refund"   Click here for   Why it may take longer than 21 days for some taxpayers to receive their federal refund.   Click here for Form 3911    Please return To Community if you have any additional information or questions and we would be happy to help.