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Please elaborate.   You can install the Desktop program on 5 computers you own.   Did you buy 2 programs?   You can only have 1 program at a time on each computer.   You can have a different program on the other computer.    Do you have 2 License Codes?   There is a way you can activate a second program.   Under Help - Switch Product - Activate new product. Don't know what that will do or what benefit you will get. Don't think it will allow you to efile more than 5.

The Form 1040-X for amending a 2025 federal tax return is estimated to be available in TurboTax on 03/04/2026   Forms and schedules availability website - https://form-status.app.intuit.com/tax-forms-availability/formsavailability?albRedirect=true&product...   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-curr...

Thank you for the swift reply. I followed your instructions as best I could and got the same response. I then deleted all three of my 1099-R forms, uploaded them again, and deleted the Form 5329 under Tax Tools as you instructed. That makes me nervous as to why it was generated if it wasn't needed. TurboTax still flagged me for errors that it asked me to fix and seemed to get hung up on the Roth that required no taxes withheld. Your answer in line 8 was still not clear to me. I entered the amounts of distributions in Box 1 on the 1099s (which were far in excess of the actual RMD amount determined by my financial institution).  After hitting Continue, it asks for the actual RMD per the financial institution so it can compare. I did that each time before I consulted this page for assistance, by the way, so I don't know why it didn't work before.  The glitch in TurboTax is that it didn't ask me for the actual RMD calculation on the Roth 1099 until I had entered Done With Income and got to the Review part of the total tax return. There, it asked me to correct it by a chance to enter the amount which was only pennies different, as I didn't take a large excess distribution from that account like the other two inherited. This time, successfully, no penalties were deemed appropriate. It seems TT needs to fix this issue as I and others have encountered it in years 2024 - 2025.  One issue is that when it was asking me to review the 1099 for correction--it did not identify which of the three at the beginning, so I had no way of knowing which form it objected to.   This time, I could see it enter the amount from the Roth so I knew what it wanted. Thanks again for the help--hope it's right this time. 

If it rejected you can change that.   Remove Pay with Refund fee https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/downgrading/help/how-do-i-remove-pay-with-my-refund-fees-in-turbotax-online-and-change-my-payment-method/00/25880

The IRS Farmer's Tax Guide -pub 225 - allows you to claim the Farm Optional method (explained on page 81). Pub 225 states: . You can use this method if you meet either of the following tests.  1. Your gross farm income is $10,860 or less.  2. Your net farm profits are less than $7,840.   Since you need at least $2500 of positive income to claim credit for the kids, this will allow you to claim the credit and keep your Social Security credits active.   The child tax credit is for children under 17 and the value did increase for 2025, up to $2200 per child. It wouldn't hurt to try the optional method, pay a little SE tax and get a big child credit- if you qualify.

So I started a new return and entered nothing but one of my student's 1099-T, 1099-Q and additional expenses (room and board, books). Simplifying the numbers a bit but let's say   Expenses = 30,000 Distributions = 26,000 --------------------------------- Looking in the forms view it shows In the "For purposes of Regular tax" line 2c as $20000 instead of $30000 And an excess distribution of $6,000 which is then transferred as taxable income to my 1040   All of the distribution should be allowed and not taxed.   In the "For Purposes of 10% Additional Tax" column for line 2c it lists the full $30,000

The Form 1040-X for amending a 2025 federal tax return is estimated to be available in TurboTax on 03/04/2026   Forms and schedules availability website - https://form-status.app.intuit.com/tax-forms-availability/formsavailability?albRedirect=true&product...   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-curr...

AmyC, Thank you so much! You were a tremendous help. You responded quickly and provided simple step by step instructions for how to correct an issue that I've been researching and trying to correct myself for over a week!! I really appreciate your help. Thank you again! You made my day!!

Mine was just rejected.  Says the error in their system will be corrected by March 6, 2026 (I'm not holding my breath).  Says to wait until them to try again and resubmit.  Sounds like they've continued to push off the fix.

It's a requirement to list the first 4 most expensive windows.  If all the windows you installed are the same size and model number, you could just divide the total cost by the number of windows.  But if some were larger or different types, you may need to contact the installers.  However you also can't claim any part of the labor to remove the old windows and install the new ones, you can only claim the cost of the product, not preparation and installation.    https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-5695