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You may add deductible vehicle expenses against your self-employment income.  Is this what you are wanting to do?  Or something else?  Please clarify.   In most cases, vehicle expenses as a Miscellaneous expense is no longer allowed.   If you are reporting self-employment income in TurboTax Online, you may be able to:   Deduct the actual costs of maintaining a vehicle that was used for business purposes, or  Claim a standard mileage rate times the number of business miles recorded in a contemporaneous mileage log. To record vehicle expenses against self-employment income, follow these steps.   Down the left side of the screen, click Federal. Down the left side of the screen, click Wages & Income. Click the down arrow to the right of Self-Employment. Click to the right of Self-employment income and expenses. At the screen Your 2025 self-employed work summary, click the pencil to the right of the self-employment activity. Click Add expenses for this work and select Vehicle. Select Add another vehicle. Answer the questions about the vehicle including the vehicle mileage reported. You may be able to deduct actual costs or claim the standard mileage deduction. See TurboTax Help.  

If it is about claiming him as a dependent.  You should have selected Other person and then Grandchild and not have selected your Child.   Go back to My Info on the left side of the online program screen. Edit the dependent and carefully check your answers to the questions. Note - A child born in 2025 is deemed to have lived in your home for the entire year. Make sure you selected that they lived in your home for the Whole Year, temporary absence for education is deemed living in your home. That they did NOT provide over one-half of their own support (You Did), that you indicated there was no one else in the household providing support to them, and that you did NOT check the box labeled Not valid for employment in the Social Security number section.   If all your answers are correct then delete them as a dependent and re-enter.

So what can we do to get TurboTax to take a look at this and possibly put in a correction?   I looked closer at the forms for the return, and it is taking only the earnings being moved from the 529 plan as taxable income, not the whole $7000.  Also, it is applying the 10% penalty for a penalty for an irregular withdrawal.  

@DoninGA, I generally agree with that, but how should we interpret, "Georgia conforms to the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, provided for in federal law enacted on or before January 1, 2025. Georgia has not adopted the federal tax law changes in the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act because the Act was signed on July 4,  2025."? This language comes from page 5 of those same instructions.

I said "Won't let me enter in 2025 Desktop Edition either. What to do?"   Suggested: I suggest you close TurboTax Clear Cache & Cookies Do a hard reboot (shut the computer all the way down) Power up and try again Well, that did not work either, twice, as I tried the same before first posting.   What did FINALLY work? I got the box highlighted then switched to forms. From there, I entered the info and it stuck in the switch back to Step-by-Step.   But, the problem still persits as it can't be entered or changed while in Step-by-Step.

Delete the 1099-R you incorrectly entered.   To enter, edit or delete a form 1099-R - Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business) Click on Wages and Income (Personal Income using Home and Business) Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown) Scroll down to Retirement Plans and Social Security On IRA, 401(k), Pension Plan Withdrawals (1099-R), click the start or update button

You can't move it without a penalty if you leave it in the account. If you leave the excess in the account and count it toward 2026, you will have to pay the 6% excise tax penalty on your 2025 tax return.   However, you can perform a 2-step process that will allow this. First, withdraw the excess before the tax deadline (and indicate in TurboTax that you withdrew it), then re-deposit it as a new 2026 contribution.

If a 1099-DIV was imported once by connecting to your financial institution through the software, there shouldn't be a problem with a duplicate form. If you ran the import twice, the software does not automatically prevent the data from being pulled in again, and you would need to review and remove any duplicate income entries.   If you're seeing that you have 2 copies of the same 1099-DIV in your return, you can delete the duplicate by navigating to: 1. Tax Home 2. Tax Tools 3. Tools 4. In Tools Center select Delete a form 5. Under 2025 Federal Form 1040: Individual find Schedule B -- Form 1099-DIV (Bank Name) 6. Select the trashcan icon next to the Form to delete the duplicate   Note: If you haven't e-filed or mailed your return, you should be able to correct this duplication before filing. If you have already transmitted the returns, you'll need to file an amendment. Do not amend your return until the initial return has been completely processed by the IRS and you've received any refund due (if applicable).  When you are ready to amend, please see the instructions in the below knowledge link: How do I amend my federal tax return for this year?

@nhbos    Yeah....but when you printed...did you actually select the everything selection...or just the filing copy?   TTX just uses the standard IRS tables for simple tax returns.   But when you have Qualified dividends, and/or Capital Gains, and/or year end Mutual Fund distributions, there is a Qual Divs & Cap Gains Worksheet that is normally used...but in some complex situations, there may be a few other different calc worksheets.  

When you prepare your 2024 return, it will ask you in Personal Info if someone else can claim you as a dependent--make sure you say yes.    Even if you could be claimed you can still file your own tax return to seek a refund.   The federal and state tax withheld from your paychecks are shown in boxes 2 and 17 of your W-2(s).  You may get a refund of some (or maybe all) of those amounts.  You will not get back anything for the amounts shown in boxes 3 or 4 for Social Security or Medicare.         You cannot change the tax year.   The current online program is for 2025 only.   Only a 2025 return can be prepared online and only a 2025 return can be e-filed.   Online preparation and e-filing for 2022, 2023, and  2024 is permanently closed. Note:  The desktop software you need to prepare the prior year return must be installed/downloaded to a full PC or Mac.  It cannot be used on a mobile device.   To file a return for a prior tax year  If you need to prepare a return for 2022, 2023, or 2024  you can purchase and download desktop software to do it, then print, sign,  and mail the return(s) https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/past-years-products/ You may also want to explore purchasing the software from various retailers such as Amazon, Costco, Best Buy, Walmart, Sam’s, etc.   Remember to prepare your state return as well—if you live in a state that has a state income tax.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/state-taxes/contact-state-department-revenue/L9qVToi02_US_en_US?uid=m6e06um0     When you mail a tax return, you need to attach any documents showing tax withheld, such as your W-2’s or any 1099’s.  Use a mailing service that will track it, such as certified mail so you will know the IRS/state received the return.   Federal and state returns must be in separate envelopes and they are mailed to different addresses.  Read the mailing instructions that print with your tax return carefully so you mail them to the right addresses.