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In 2025, I lived into two separate rental units. I lived in apartment #1 from Jan-Sept, and received a CRP for that unit from my landlord. In September, I moved into apartment #2. This unit is in an housing co-op that is considered a homestead for tax purposes; I obviously didn't not received a CRP for this unit, and was told by management to file for the Homeowner's Tax Credit.   My question is: Can I still file for the Renter's Tax Credit with the CRP from apartment #1? Turbotax's wording on this would seem to indicate no, because I lived in the homesteaded unit on January 2nd, 2026. "OR...You lived in both a rental unit and in a home you owned in 2025, but you didn't own your home on January 2, 2026." However, the Minnesota Department of Revenue's document on the matter says the following: "You rented during 2025 and then owned and lived in your home on January 2, 2026. ---> You may claim both the property tax refund on Form M1PR and the renter’s credit on Schedule M1RENT of your 2025 Minnesota Income Tax Return."  

My spouse and I filed jointly on our Federal return but in Missouri we are required to file as a "combined" return where we list our income separately. My spouse has no earned income, only a small amount of interest and dividends from jointly held accounts. So that is listed separately. We also have a tax credit on the MO-TC form which has an option to split the credit by spouse:   If you are filing a combined return and both you and your spouse have income: • Use Column 1 for yourself and Column 2 for spouse. • Both names must be on the credit certificate.   The tax credit comes with a certificate of eligibility from the state and it was required to have both of our names since we file combined.  The question is do I have to split that credit 50/50 with my spouse on the MO-TC form or can I put it all under my column? I cannot find anything that clearly states it must be split 50/50 like the interest on our jointly held accounts.   If I split it we effectively lose half of the credit since my spouse has a small enough income to have no MO tax liability and the credit is not refundable. It seems strange to be penalized in that way, especially with no way to fill out the tax credit eligibility form as only one spouse making the donation that the tax credit is applied against. Thanks!  

I can't tell you why, but the program tried forcing me to enter the name of a Canadian retirement fund three times after entering SSA1009 info.. I kept going back until it stopped. ??? Have no idea why! 

Using the step-by-step interview, I entered all the necessary info for me, (divorced with custody and providing support) and my son, (lived with me 365,etc.). All good. Results were that I can file HOH because of my and my son's situation. Unfortunately, this data input also generates the "Dependent and Non-Dependent Info" page. The result is that the "duplicate person error re: qualifying person" error pops up when e-filing. And this is when no other persons had been entered or referred to. I finally figured out that the cure is to delete son's  name from that superfluous page.   Under the above circumstances, why does the program generate this unnecessary form, then inform  you that an error was made and then, in very ambiguous language, force me to figure out how to correct it. The data gleaned from the interview should provide the necessary information that eliminates this duplication error. 

I accidentally input that I sold one of my rental properties. I've changed it to say that it wasn't sold and deleted the data that I input for the sale. However, now when I try to file, it keeps bringing up error to fix saying I must enter sales date on the worksheet. How do I get around this?  

My husband has always been listed first on our married-filing-jointly tax returns.  He passed away this year.  I created my own turbotax account, chose married-filing-jointly again this year, and imported prior year turbotax data. My husband is listed first in the Personal Info section of the turbotax desktop software and I marked him as deceased with his date of death.  However, when I preview the federal return before e-filing, the return shows the Deceased checkbox checked, his date of death, but then it says "spouse" next to the date of death.  Since he is the first name listed in the return, the "spouse" is me.  How should I modify the software data to ensure the tax form correctly reflects that my husband is the deceased person, not me?  Thank you!