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Unreimbursed employee expenses for W-2 employees are only allowed in certain instances.  The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 suspended the deductions for most W-2 workers.  Review the TurboTax Help Are Unreimbursed Employee Expenses Deductible? to see whether you will qualify.   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 income and expenses. Click to the right of Self-employment income and expenses or create your self-employment activity. Also see the TurboTax Help How do I claim vehicle expenses for my business or rental?      

It depends on where you are looking for the 1099 NEC and who's issuing it.   If you are waiting on the person or company who paid you:   They are required to issue and furnish Form 1099-NEC by January 31. This applies whether it is mailed or issued electronically.    If you are checking IRS transcripts:   The IRS typically shows 1099 income on IRS wage and income transcripts, mid-February to early March.   You may not receive a 1099-NEC at all if: Your total payments were under $600 You were paid via credit card or third-party processor You were paid as an employee (W2).    https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1099-nec  

To Amend a 2024 Tax Return it must be submitted and accepted by the IRS. The Amend link will not be available until the file has been accepted.   Click on Tax Home Scroll to the bottom of the center Menu Select Your tax returns & documents You will see  The 3 amendable years listed at the top Boxes for Federal and State And an option to start the Amendment process. The process may have changed slightly, but please see this TurboTax Amendment Video.    

You must be in her account.   Or did you use your account last year for her return?   Online is only good for 1 return per account.   If her return was done in your account then it overwrote your retun and yours is gone.   Or you need to find the right account.How to view all your accounts https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/many-intuit-accounts-turbotax/L9aVfKS1Z_US_en_US?uid=ll5g6zcx It's common to end up with multiple accounts. First LOG OUT of whatever TurboTax account you're logged into right now. Then use this TurboTax account recovery website to get a list of user ID's for an email address. Run the tool against any email addresses you may have used https://myturbotax.intuit.com/account-recovery/ If you used the Desktop CD/Download program then the only copy is on your computer and not saved or stored online.

Why are you asking what tax form you filed? All personal tax returns are filed on Form 1040. There is no other form for personal tax returns. (If you were 65 or older you might have filed Form 1040-SR, but Form 1040-SR is exactly the same as Form 1040 except that it has larger print. It makes no difference whether you filed Form 1040 or Form 1040-SR.) A transcript is not a copy of your tax return. A transcript is a document you get from the IRS that lists the information that was on the tax return that you filed, but not in the format of the actual tax return forms.  

It depends.   If the house was in his name and remains in his name after the divorce, only your husband gets the capital gain exemption ($250,000 if he files Single at the time of sale), if he has lived in the house for at least 2 years in the 5 years prior to the sale.   If the house was partly attributed to you in the divorce, then in the sale, you will also get the capital gain exemption if you have lived in the house for at least 2 years in the 5 years prior to sale.   For more information, see this IRS document.

Yes, you can deduct sales tax paid on the building materials for these major improvements if you itemize your deductions and you opt for the sales tax deduction instead of the local/state income tax deduction.   For more information, see this TurboTax Help article.

The instructions for Form 1098 say:   You don’t need to file Form 1098 for interest received from a corporation, partnership, trust, estate, association, or company (other than a sole proprietor) even if an individual is a co-borrower and all the trustees, beneficiaries, partners, members, or shareholders of the payer of record are individuals.   In your case, you only need to provide Form 1098 only if the financing is part of your business and the borrower is a single-member LLC (which is a disregarded entity for tax purposes),. In this case, you should issue the form in the name of his LLC and use the EIN of the LLC.  

My GUESS is that means the amount of qualified overtime.  Next year, the 2026 W-2s will have Box 12 with code "TT".   Check your last pay stub to see if the "TT" amount is reasonable close to the extra "half" amount (the 50% extra for overtime, not the base pay) of overtime that you were paid (only count overtime paid for over 40 hours, not overtime for other reasons).  If it is reasonable close, that is probably what it means.   *IF* that is what it means, for Box 14 just select "other".  But then be sure to answer the questions about overtime.