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Bill, If you have any more ideas, I'm willing to try them.  If not, and you could guide me how to make the changes manually, I would appreciate it.  I think I'm more at risk signing off on a return that I know has a mistake than taking the chance of losing the accuracy guarantee.  I sold a 2nd home in January 2026 and will owe capital gains taxes on the sale so I'm going to apply my 2025 refund to my 2026 taxes (+ quarterly estimated payments).  So if I need to file by mail I can do that since I won't be waiting on a refund check either way.   Again, I appreciate you hanging in there with me.    

It depends. You may have a tax due because of the FICA taxes that need to be paid, in addition to the federal income taxes. You may verify this by looking at your forms to see if form 8919 is appearing in your return. To view:   In TurboTax Online:   Go to Tax Tools  Tools Delete a Form Look to see if Form 8919 is listed. Don't delete but just see if it's listed. If working in TurboTax Desktop, go to the forms mode in your return. Look on the left-hand of your screen and see if form 8919 is listed.   Form 8919 is a form that is used for workers who didn't have Social Security or Medicare taxes (FICA) taken out of their pay. Here is the flow of the form that may trigger the tax due amount you are seeing.   Form 1040, Line 1g: The "unpaid" wages (the income that should have been on a W-2) are added to your total wages here.  Schedule 2, Part II, Line 12: This is the "Other Taxes" section. The Social Security and Medicare taxes calculated on Form 8919 flow to this line. These taxes are then added to your total tax liability on Form 1040, Line 23. Form 8919 (The Workings): This form itself will be included in your PDF. It calculates your 7.65% share of Social Security and Medicare.      

DmitriK Level 3 I do not think they are reading messages here. I wrote to Intuit on Facebook and LinkedIn. They have not replied on LI yet; on FB i got a generic, cookie-cutter response. But I am following up daily, until a human being responds. Here is what I wrote - feel free to copy and paste into your messages to Intuit: Subject:** Objection to Discontinuation of ItsDeductible Dear TurboTax Team, I was disappointed to learn that ItsDeductible will be discontinued on October 21, 2025. For many years, this tool has been essential in helping customers like me accurately track charitable contributions and apply fair market values with confidence. Simply offering an export option does not replace the ongoing utility of this service. I also want to remind you that in 2022 TurboTax attempted to cancel ItsDeductible, but significant customer backlash led to its reinstatement. That decision demonstrated how much users value this product. Revisiting the same action now, without offering a true replacement, risks repeating that negative experience and undermining customer trust. If discontinuation is unavoidable, I urge TurboTax to provide a clear explanation and to offer customers either a fully integrated replacement feature within TurboTax or a longer transition period beyond October 2025. Absent these measures, many of us will be forced to seek third-party alternatives, which diminishes the convenience and loyalty we associate with TurboTax. Please reconsider this decision and preserve a tool that has been integral to your customers’ tax preparation for decades. Sincerely, ‎September 4, 2025 4:03 PM   I wholeheartedly agree with the above. Gary King 24 February 2026

If you would like to downgrade in your TurboTax program, you can follow these steps to downgrade to a different TurboTax Online product: Open your return  In the left menu, select Switch Products.  Select Downgrade. If you wish to cancel your return, while you can not cancel a pending e-filed return; if you have not e-filed yet, and you do not want to finish your return in TurboTax, you can simply stop, sign out, and leave it unfiled.  If you are using TurboTax Online and if you have not paid yet, or registered or filed your return, you can use the "Clear & Start Over" feature ‌to delete your data as follows: Click on "Tax Tools" in the left panel of your TurboTax screen and then   Click on "Tools" and then  Select "Clear & Start Over"   Any unfinished returns that have not been filed are eventually purged from the system.   You can review your fees using the instructions below to find out why you're being charged. You can follow the instructions in this article to remove any  unwanted Fees Why am I being charged for TurboTax Free Edition?   You can review your fees in TurboTax online as follows: Go to the left side on your screen under "Tax Home" Go to "Tax Tools" then "Tools" The "Tools Center" Box will pop up Click on "My Fees" to see a summary of your Turbo Tax Fees.   Click here for How do I downgrade to a different TurboTax Online product? Click here for Can I cancel or amend a pending return?   If you have additional information or questions regarding this, please return to Community and we would be glad to help.  

Yes, you do need to report it. Any amount of money received/earned is taxable regardless of the amount. Report the $20 received from the 'clawback' settlement using the steps below.  Where do I enter the award for a taxable legal settlement? If you do not have tax document you can enter it as follows:    Other Miscellaneous Income: Sign into your TurboTax Online account Go to Tax Home (left panel)  Wages and Income  section Scroll to  Less Common Income > Select  Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A, 1099-C Select Other reportable Income > Enter a description (----) and the amount @user314 

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

I'm having the same issue.  I called them today and the rep could not find a solution and was unable to locate a supervisor to assist either.  The rep also couldn't figure out how to get screen share to work on his end and he eventually just hung up on me. 

Basically the reimbursement entry is meant to offset Medical Expenses claimed.  So if you enter expenses in 2026 for an itemized deduction, enter an amount of reimbursement to cover those expenses, so you don't receive a tax benefit from the expenses (unless your 2026 expenses exceeded the reimbursement).    If you're using the Standard Deduction, in the Medical Expenses section you can report equal amounts of expenses/reimbursement so that you are reporting the 1099-LTC in your return properly, but not claiming an expense deduction, even if the actual expenses were incurred in a prior year,     You would need to add your 2025 expenses to your one month of 2026 expenses and enter a total expense amount equal to the reimbursement amount you received.  If you're still paying LTC premiums, you can enter those as an expense amount above the reimbursement amount.   @maniemk     

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)   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

Says the guy that recommends using H&R Software!!!  LOL...your a joke.   Yeah, i really didn't come up with anything like as a worst case backup using a conversion utility from pdf to txf....I'm sure your all over that, hey bucko?  (btw..others can actually use that as a backup as well, similar to me with complex returns and dont want to use H&R or brute force entry.   I'm POSTING here for others to join the bandwagon and hopefully Intuit will pay attention at its customer base complaining about functionality not working..A "Captain Obvious" response.   Now lets wait for another inane post 'just to post'

So this is what happened to me (I am very upset):  I added the room, board and other expenses for two of my daughters on the Student Worksheet (as I have done in past years I believe) and the program removed the "additional income" from Schedule 1, Part 1, Line 8z, as expected.  But after I efiled the returns, I saw that TurboTax had automatically removed the expenses I had entered onto the Student Worksheet and put back the income on Schedule 1, Part 1, Line 8z!  I am very upset about this, because now I will have to file amended returns for both daughters, both federal and state.  I have used TurboTax for 30 years and have never had a problem like this.  I will not recommend TurboTax again!

The senior deduction, along with all other items of income and deduction, are relevant in determining whether your QBI deduction is subject to limitation based on your overall income.   See this TurboTax blog article and this IRS article for more information.   @socalgalish     

No.  Line 35 is only 6,000 .  Read the line, it says....subtract line 34 from $6,000  $6,000 is the max for line  35.  Because the reduction is calculated on each person's 6,000, even on a Joint return, when both spouse's are over 65.     

The instructions to Schedule H say to enter the amount paid for your state unemployment tax or enter 0% if you aren't required to make a payment. So you are compliant by entering the amount like you mentioned.

The response above is referring to a taxpayer who originally filed their return then wanted to amend their return to add Form 982.   If you have not filed your original tax return, you can enter your Form 1099-C and you can complete the cancelled debt worksheet to determine if you are able to exclude all or part of your cancelled debt.   For instructions to enter Form 1099-C, review How do I enter a 1099-C?   Refer to TurboTax article How do I report excludable (non-taxable) canceled debt? for instructions to include Form 982 in your tax return.

If you are asking about Box D of your Form W-2, that is a control number and you generally do not have to enter one. Some employers do not have one. Make sure (especially if you imported your Form W-2) that there are no blank spaces in the box. You can also try using a place-holder number like 12345 or 12345 67890.   If you imported your W-2 you may need to delete it and re-enter it. You can do this as follows:   If you used TurboTax Online you can: Click on "Tax Tools" in the left panel of your TurboTax screen Select  "Tools" Click on "Delete a Form" Scroll down the list of your forms to find Form W-2 Click on the trash can to the right of your form to delete it If you used TurboTax Desktop, you can: Click on "Forms" in the top right of your TurboTax screen to switch to "Forms Mode" In your left panel of your TurboTax screen find Form W-2 Click on "Delete Form" at the bottom of the form Click on "Yes" to confirm the deletion To get back to the screens where you can re-enter your Form W-2 you can: Click on "Search" in the top right of your TurboTax screen. Type "W-2" in the search bar. Click on the link "Jump to W-2"   Click here for How do I manually enter my W-2?  If you have additional information or questions regarding this, please return to Community and we would be glad to help.