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Are you referring to self-employment income?  See this TurboTax Help.   If so, self-employment income is reported on Schedule C Profit or Loss from Business.   To report expenses under Self-employment income, follow these directions.   Down the left side of the screen, click Federal. Down the left side of the screen, click Wages & Income. Click on the drop down arrow to the right of Self-employment. Click to the right of Self-employment income and expenses. Establish the self-employment activity and report the income and expense.

If you e-filed the tax return, then you will have to wait.   You will have to wait for the IRS to either Accept or Reject your filed federal tax return. If the return is rejected you can make the necessary changes and e-file again. If the return is accepted you will have to amend your original tax return. 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-current-year/L7eS6o1qh_US_en_US?uid=lfunevhk

@judgedcm wrote: Thank you for the response. It looks like I will have to retype it for this year. But the fact that H&R Block has valuation tables for donations will be very helpful for next year. TurboTax is purportedly working on a similar valuation table for this tax year (2025).

@wf wrote: If this new tool will not be ready in time for filing this year, I am regretfully considering looking into competitors tax programs for next year. It most likely will be since H&R Block and TaxAct (competitors) already have this feature and Intuit decided to discontinue ItsDeductible.

@M-MTax wrote: Again (yet again), NOTHING is being added or improved in ANY of the Windows 10 products; they're merely receiving security updates.   I would not consider a software product with no new features, additions, design changes, improvements, etc., to be "fully supported".  HOW exactly is the Windows 11 Start menu an "improvement" over that in Windows 10?  All they did was take features away!  Ditto for the Taskbar, and the default views in Explorer windows.  It's absolutely been dumbed down.   If in your opinion a new shiny coat of paint on the hood of a car that had the A/C ripped out of it is a desirable "design change"  then... maybe you're posting in the wrong thread?  😎  

In TurboTax Online, the vehicle loan interest deduction may be found as follows:   Down the left side of the screen, click on Federal. Down the left side of the screen, click on Deductions and Credits. Scroll down to Cars and Other Things You Own.  Click the down arrow to the right. Click Start/Review to the right of Car Loan Interest. Information about the What is the vehicle loan interest deduction? may be found at this TurboTax Help.  

@Samsolve wrote: How does an organization so big NOT have their software ready to go at this time?  The other developers don't have their software "ready to go" at this point either. The IRS is not even accepting returns until next Monday.

What message are you getting? are you seeing it as an option?   The Refund Advance is not available to everyone.    Here are a couple things to check: If you are using a TurboTax partner affiliate link to use the software, the Refund Advance will not be available. If you select the 5 Day Early Refund Delivery, you will not see the Refund Advance option, but you can return to the refund selection page and find all the options listed. See this resource for more information:  Offer details and disclosures for the Refund Advance  program   Refund Advance Eligibility Here are some of the eligibility requirements to qualify for a Refund Advance loan: You’re 18 or older Your expected federal refund amount is $500 or more You’re not a resident of North Carolina, Connecticut, or Illinois You’re e-filing your federal tax return with TurboTax Your physical address is listed on your tax return. Your address must be located in one of the eligible states and can’t be a PO box or prison address You’re not filing one of these tax forms: 1310, 4852, 4684, 4868, 1040SS, 1040PR, 1040X, 8888, or 8862 You aren’t filing on behalf of a deceased taxpayer You must report income on a Form W-2, 1099-R, or Sched C You must open or have an existing Credit Karma Money™ checking account

In your post in an old thread from last year about tips, you said that your tips are included in the wages in box 1, but are not shown separately in box 7. In that case, the employer is wrong. The W-2 is not filled out correctly. You should first try to get a corrected W-2 from the employer. If the employer refuses to correct the W-2 you will have to include a Form 4852 substitute W-2 in your tax return. When you enter the W-2 in TurboTax, enter the correct information instead of what's on the W-2 from the employer. That means you will subtract the amount of tips from box 3 and enter the amount of tips in box 7. After you enter the W-2 information, you will get a screen that says "Let's check for uncommon situations." Check the box for "Didn't get a W-2" (even though that's not your situation) and click Continue. The next screen asks if you want to complete a substitute W-2. Select Yes. Proceed through the screens, entering the requested information to complete Form 4852. It will ask you to enter explanations of what you did to try to get a correct W-2 from your employer, and how you calculated the amounts that you entered. The prompts on the TurboTax screens assume that you didn't get a W-2 at all, but that's not what the actual Form 4852 says. The form says to explain your efforts to obtain an original or corrected Form W-2, and how you determined the amounts that you entered. TurboTax will include the Form 4852 substitute W-2 in your tax return. After you complete the substitute W-2 TurboTax will ask you questions to determine if you are eligible for the deduction for tips. You should not enter the tips as unreported tips. If you do that your tax return will include Social Security tax on the unreported tips. But you already paid that Social Security tax. You don't want to pay it again.