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Each situation where there is income that asks for US/state taxes, there should be an option for reporting foreign taxes. A 1099-R doesn't have a place for foreign taxes paid - and Canadian RRSPs/RRIFs are treated as a 1099-R by TurboTax (surprise: the Canadian gov't deducts taxes). Corporate pensions have tax deductions. Capital gains (Schedule B) have tax deductions. Etc. etc. (CPP/OAS don't have deductions, per the US-Canada Tax Treaty) It's a nightmare gathering this information and updating the form 1116. I suppose Intuit has done the math and figure it's not worth supporting the millions residents and citizens who have foreign income. But it should be pretty easy to collect the necessary information (I have 40+ years experience in software development). (And I suppose it's way to much to ask that you support Canadian NR4 forms, although you do support Canadian RRSPs/RRIFs, which are  reported on NR4)

Don’t enter the second W2.   You just enter the extra 18&19 on the first W2.   So you add another row for 18&19.  If everything is the same except boxes 18 & 19 it doesn’t matter which W2 you use to enter.  Enter one of them and add the other 18 & 19 to it on the same screen.

Did you ever get an update on this?   I ran into the same issue on my Alabama Schedule A line 6 not recording any SE tax.   I wonder if TT fails to include SE tax because it can't draw the data from that current year.   So, for example, Today is March 2026. As I file my 2025 return, do I need to look at my 2024 return and take the Fed SE tax amount from that since technically it is considered paid when I officially filed my 2024 federal return (in  spring 2025?)   Thanks in advance.

If you keep going through with the Expert Assist, you will get to the third screen with the left side panel, where you will see Tools and click on it to see a downgrade option. Keep downgrading twice to clear and restart to use the basic. Such bad UX TBH

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Hi @DanaB27 I made excess contributions to a pre-tax 403b in 2025. I requested the return of excess contributions this month and should receive it before April 15th 2026. My plan administrator said they will not provide 1099-R form(s) for the withdrawal until 2027 for tax year 2026. I'm using TurboTax 2025 Premier Desktop, and it gives the following guidance on reporting the withdrawal of funds:   "1. Report the excess deferral on your 2025 return in the income section for Retirement Plans and Social Security whether or not you received a Form 1099-R before you file your return. Enter as much information as you can. Report the excess deferral amount in boxes 1 and 2a, and use code P in box 7. Indicate that this is a 2026 Form 1099-R. 2. In 2026, you will probably receive two Forms 1099-R. One reports the excess deferral amount. The other reports the earnings on the excess deferral. Enter both of these forms in your 2026 return, and we'll only add the earnings to your 2026 income."   Your guidance was instead to report the deferral under Any Other Earned Income, which is the same guidance TurboTax provides in their support article on 401k excess deferrals: https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/form-1099-r/401-k-excess-deferral/L9XUjVAxP_US_en_US   Which means of reporting is correct?   Thanks!

Yes, it's too late to amend your 2021 tax return to claim a deduction for the $7,000 contribution made for 2021.  However, as you found using Google, you could file a 2021 Form 8606 to report it as a nondeductible contribution since that would not be filing a claim of refund.  The slight downside to filing the 2021 Form 8606 is that the IRS might assess a $50 penalty for a late-filed Form 8606.  Still, $50 would be far less than the tax savings from adding $7,000 to your basis in nondeductible traditional IRA contributions.

Sorry you need your own child to file Head of Household .    Who is a qualifying person for Head of Household https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/family/help/what-is-a-qualifying-person-for-head-of-household/00/26624

@ CNC6977  I should have asked this above.  I'm not sure how you have been trying to efile with the 2024 AGI.  Did you file a joint return in 2024 and a joint return in 2025?   If so, you and the spouse would have the same total 2024 AGI.   If your 2024 return was a joint return, when you filed the first two attempts this year, did you use the same total 2024 for both of you?      If all that applies (joint return in 2024 and 2025), and if it was rejected when you used the same total 2024 AGI for both of you, then the next step is to try using the total 2024 AGI for you and a spouse AGI of 0.   If that fails, there is still another option to still be able to efile.  So please report back.