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To enter depreciation for your rental property , you will need to do it in the section where you report the assets for your rental.  To get to that section in TurboTax:   Go to Wages and Income and select rental income Select Start or Update next to Rental Properties and Royalties (Sch E). Answer Yes to the question Did you have any income from rentals or royalties? Follow the on-screen instructions Enter your property information in the section called Expenses/Assets (Depreciation) Where do I enter income and expenses from a rental property?

Have you been all the way through the dependent interviews for both dependents?   It sounds like TurboTax does not currently have either child classified as a dependent that qualifies you for the Head of Household status yet.      Go back through the dependent interview in full.   You may want to delete the dependents and re-enter them.    It sounds like you qualify for the Head of Household status, so the dependents just need to be fully entered.   The Head of Household status won't be an option until a dependent is fully entered, meaning you have to go all the way through the dependent interview before TurboTax will update your filing status.      Who is a qualifying person for Head of Household?      Do I qualify for Head of Household in 2025?  

If your dependent was a full-time college student, make sure you were careful on the MY INFO screen for “Uncommon situations” and that you indicated there that they were a student.   Make sure that in MY INFO when it asked if the child paid for over half their own support you said NO----that is a weird question that users often make a mistake with.   It did not ask if YOU paid over half.   Am I Head of Household?   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-filing-status/qualify-head-household-2021/L0NxUtVc2_US_en_US?uid=m5x19jkx https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-filing-status/qualifying-person-head-household/L2TmgztNs_US_en_US   If you qualify as Head of Household, when you enter your marital status (single or married filing separately) into MyInfo, and then enter your qualifying dependent, TurboTax will offer HOH as your filing status.    

If your Illinois tax return was efiled and accepted, you cannot change the direct deposit to a paper check in TurboTax.  You can try to contact the Illinois Department of Revenue, but there is no guarantee they can make the change either.     You can contact the Illinois Department of Revenue via phone at 1-800-732-8866 or 217-782-3336 (TTY: 1-800-544-5304). General assistance is available weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Email for specific tax issues: REV.TA-IIT@illinois.gov (Individual).

A foreign pension that is tax‑exempt under a treaty or not taxable under U.S. rules is not one of the items added back for Form 8962. Therefore, It does not go on Form 8962, line 2b.   The IRS states that MAGI for Form 8962 consists of:   Adjusted Gross Income (AGI)  + tax‑exempt interest + excluded foreign earned income (Form 2555) + non‑taxable Social Security benefits This definition appears in the IRS Instructions for Form 8962, under Worksheet 1‑1.  Foreign Tax -exempt pensions are not listed in this section as an add-on.

Bond income tips:  When you go through the NY screens and it asks how much to allocate to NY, you must enter zero.  In the federal section, be sure you didn't mark that interest was earned in NY after entering the form. 

If you had a credit on your tax return like the Earned Income Credit, as XmasBaby0 mentions above, or the Child Tax Credit and Additional Child Tax Credit, the processing time is a little longer.   The delay is due to the PATH Act or Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes, and it requires the IRS to hold refunds for returns claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) or Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC) until at least February 15.   If you used the pay with refund service, your refund will go to that bank first to process and then it will go to your bank for processing the deposit, which will add some time for your refund to appear. You can use this IRS tool Where's My Refund? to check on the status of your refund. It provides updates regarding the processing of your tax return.    You can also call the IRS: 1-800-829-1040 hours 7 AM - 7 PM local time Monday-Friday. Make sure to have a copy of your tax return available.   These things can delay a refund: Your tax return has errors, is incomplete or is affected by identity theft or fraud. Your tax return needs a correction to the child tax credit or recovery rebate credit amount. Your tax return has a claim filed for an earned income tax credit, additional child tax credit, or includes a Form 8379, Injured Spouse Allocation PDF. Your bank may take longer to post your refund to your bank account.   The IRS will contact taxpayers by mail if it needs more information to process their return.     Click here for "Why Is My Tax Refund Delayed? 7 Common Reasons"   Click here for "How to Track an Income Tax Refund"   Click here for   Why it may take longer than 21 days for some taxpayers to receive their federal refund   Please return To Community if you have any additional information or questions and we would be happy to help.  

To enter depreciation for your rental property , you will need to do it in the section where you report the assets for your rental.  To get to that section in TurboTax:   Go to Wages and Income and select rental income Select Start or Update next to Rental Properties and Royalties (Sch E). Answer Yes to the question Did you have any income from rentals or royalties? Follow the on-screen instructions Enter your property information in the section called Expenses/Assets (Depreciation) Where do I enter income and expenses from a rental property?    

Wow. Bummer. Now I have no idea what's wrong with the form. Well, we'll see if the March 6 update changes anything. Regardless, based on the numerous problems I had each of the 3 times I contacted a TurboTax "expert," I'll be giving my money to H&R Block in the future. I would try to file a claim under the Accuracy Guarantee but the submission rules require that you have to incur a penalty from the IRS before you can file a claim, which, of course, would never happen in the case of a tax credit the software doesn't allow you to claim.  I have neither the time nor the patience to try to get TurboTax to allow me to file a the claim that this situation necessitates.

We have been advised that Koinly Gain/Loss .pdf's may be uploaded into TurboTax Online.   It is common that TurboTax asks you to Review the entries that have been uploaded or imported.  This is a routine step to check whether the transaction information has been correctly entered.  Is this what you are referring to?  Or something else?  Please clarify.   In TurboTax Online Premium, following these steps:         Down the left side of the screen, click Federal. Down the left side of the screen, click Wages & Income. Scroll down to Investments and Savings and click the down arrow to the right. Click Start / Revisit to the right of Stocks, Cryptocurrency, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other. Click Add investments. At the screen Save time and connect your financial accounts, click Enter a different way. At the screen How do you want to add your docs?, select Upload.  

Please describe what "cannot use" means, and what is it that you are experiencing?   Are you trying to transfer a *.tax2024 data file from your computer into Online TurboTax for 2025? If so, is there an error message?  Does it say the file is either not a tax file or is "corrupted" or password-protected?  Was the *.tax2024 data file prepared on a Mac or Windows PC?

There is a box that you check in TurboTax that indicates that the provider was a foreign care provider.  When you enter your child care provider's information: When the program asks for the care provider's information, answer that you don't have an ID for the provider In the next screen select that the care provider is in a foreign country After this you will be able to enter the providers information and the amount you paid.     How do I get to the Child and Dependent Care Credit in TurboTax?