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Not sure why you are asking about a "household member" if you are not claiming them as a dependent.   There is no place on a tax return to enter a "household member" that you are not claiming as a dependent.   What are you trying to do?   Why are you asking about mental and physical disabilities?    

5 years; you are allowed to "recover the cost" of this vehicle by taking depreciation expense on your tax return for a 5-year period.   The term "5-year property" includes -- (i) any automobile or light general purpose truck Depreciation code section 168.   Learn more: TurboTax - Business Use of Vehicles

  You have to access your own account and/or  print it for yourself using exactly the same account and user ID that you used when you prepared the return.    https://myturbotax.intuit.com/   Start a 2025 return online and enter some personal information  so that the menu on the left opens up and lets you access your past year returns.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-access-my-prior-year-return/01/27010     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m5y4ch1y   Many people have multiple TT accounts and forget how to access them.  Log out of the account you are in now.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/many-intuit-accounts-turbotax/L9aVfKS1Z_US_en_US?uid=ll5g6zcx Account Recovery   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/many-intuit-accounts-turbotax/L9aVfKS1Z_US_en_US?uid=ll5g6zcx   Or did you use the desktop version of TurboTax?  If so, the files are on your own hard drive or any backup device you used like a flash drive.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/find-last-year-tax-data-file-tax-file-computer/L0XJvPaJr_US_en_US   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/data-systems/find-tax-data-file-mac/L4VNGm33S_US_en_US?uid=m6guhab0   You can get a free transcript from the IRS or for a fee of $30, an actual copy of your tax return. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf       SAVE YOUR TAX RETURNS ! EVERY year before mid-October you should save a copy of your tax return as a pdf and print a copy of it for your records.  That way you will not be searching online frantically when you need it for a lender, FAFSA forms, your next tax return, etc.    https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m6guj526   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m78eb8pc In order to transfer a past year return to the new return you need the tax file   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-turbotax-online-return-tax-data-file/L4xwOG3LF_US_en_US?uid=m6guk3xl   NOTE:  TurboTax and the IRS save returns for seven years.  Returns older than seven years are purged.    

If you are self-employed then your expenses are entered in the section for Self-Employment.   If you are a W-2 employee then none of your employee business expenses are deductible on a federal tax return due to the tax code changes in effect for tax years 2018 thru 2025.

If you are a W-2 employee, work-related expenses are no longer deductible as part of your Federal return (unless you fit a very specific category of worker).  You can still enter the expenses in case your state may allow a deduction.   See the following TurboTax help article to learn more, including where to enter the expenses:   Where do I enter job-related employee expenses? (Form 2106)  

TurboTax gets no information from the IRS after you file your tax return.  No one at TurboTax knows why the IRS has adjusted your refund or why they say you owe.   Only the IRS can explain it to you.     One possible guess: USER ERROR WITH SOCIAL SECURITY ENTRY We have seen a lot of people who made a user error with the entry of their SSA1099.   The screen right after you enter the SSA1099 asks you if you lived in certain foreign countries in 2025.   If you skipped past that screen or answered incorrectly, your Social Security was not taxed correctly.   Look at your Form 1040 and see if line 6b was left blank due to that mistake.  The IRS is catching those mistakes and correcting them by reducing your refund or increasing your tax due.   It is really so important to read every screen slowly and carefully from top to bottom as you prepare your tax return to avoid errors.  

When you use online TurboTax software you get one return per fee.   Each return needs its own email, account and user ID.   If you use the same account and user ID for a second return, the second one overwrites the first return and it is lost forever.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/using-turbotax/help/how-do-i-start-another-return-in-turbotax-online/00/25596 https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/online/file-your-own-taxes/

ACCURACY GUARANTEE   TurboTax provides do-it-yourself tax software.  TurboTax guarantees the calculations done by its software.   The information entered into that software is data entered by you, the user.   TurboTax cannot and does not check that information against any outside sources, so TT cannot know if you entered your information completely or correctly.   It is up to you to enter all of your information correctly and completely, and to check your tax return before you file it.  If you forget to enter some income, or enter it incorrectly, enter it in the wrong place, etc. then you may end up owing additional tax to the IRS and/or state.  TurboTax does not pay the additional tax you owe.   If TurboTax’s calculations were incorrect, and you owe penalties and/or interest, then TT will pay the penalties and interest.  The tax due is always owed by you, and must be paid by you.   If you need to enter a claim for the accuracy guarantee:   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/intuit-account-billing/submit-claim-turb...

Hi, if you log back into the program, at the top of TurboTax Online in the upper left corner, you'll see two numbers: Federal refund and State refund (or Federal due / State due). If the numbers are green, that is a refund amount you're set to get back.    But if the numbers are grey, that's a tax bill that you owe. See below for examples:  

Lottery winnings are gambling income.   To enter the W-2G  or other documents For your Gambling winnings--   Go to Federal>Wages & Income>Less Common Income>Gambling Winnings   You can enter your winnings, and then keep clicking through the interview to enter gambling losses.   https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/how-do-i-claim-my-gambling-winnings-and-or-losses   Gambling winnings are taxable income.  Losses are an itemized deduction.  If you do not have enough itemized deductions to exceed your standard deduction, your losses will have no effect. https://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/income-and-investments/how-are-gambling-winnings-taxed-8891/  

Federal and state refunds come from completely separate entities,  There is no rule as to which one will come first or how much time there will be between their arrivals.  Some states process returns quickly and some are very slow.   STATE RETURN Make sure your state return was accepted:  https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/efile-status-lookup/   To track your state refund:       ttps://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/track-state-refund/L3jgO8PGs_US_en_US?uid=lt447ebr https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/state-taxes/contact-state-department-revenue/L9qVToi02_US_en_US?uid=m6e06um0

I am on windows.  All windows updates are done and up to date.  I have rebooted several times.  I've cleared cache and cookies in MS Edge each time also.  Still crashes.  Open Turbotax, click Help, TurboTax Help Center, it opens a popup browser window for a split second, window is blank, then crashes and restarts Turbotax again.  Same thing happens when it tries to open popup windows.  Was working fine until last update.

It depends. It seems you indicated this should be reported as wages from your employer and not self employment income.  Review your answers to the questions when you entered your 1099-NEC. The following will be helpful for the 8919 form.  If you believe you answered questions incorrectly, you can delete the Form 1099-NEC to re-enter it AND delete Form 8919. Review the information below before you decide to delete.   Use the link below for your version of TurboTax to delete a form. If you're using TurboTax Online software and need to delete a form, click here. If you're using TurboTax Desktop software and need to delete a form, click here. Options: If you are an employee of the same company who paid you and issued a 1099-NEC you can request a corrected W-2 or you can actually report it as though you were an employee and then the IRS will go back to your company for the employer share of social security and medicare tax. You will pay your half on your tax return. IRS Form 8919, "Uncollected Social Security and Medicare Tax on Wages," is used by workers misclassified as independent contractors to report their share of taxes (7.65%) when they should have been treated as employees. Filing this form allows workers to pay only the employee portion of FICA tax, avoiding full self-employment tax (15.3%). If you were not an employee and thought you were or should have been you can file Form 4852, Substitute W-2, with the same tax ramifications as in number 1. above but creating your own W-2. The IRS will collect the employer share of social security and medicare from the employer as well. Form 4852 (Substitute for Form W-2) is used when you are a recognized employee but did not receive a W-2 or received an incorrect one. Report the income as though you were self employed and continue with the entry of your 1099-NEC. Form 8919: Code H Complete the steps (entered below for your convenience). The IRS will go back to your employer for their share.     Scroll to Less Common Income Start next to Miscellaneous Income  Start next Other income not already reported on a form W-2 or Form 1099 Yes to did you receive any other wages Continue through to Did you earn any other wages? and answer Yes Select Employee compensation that was not reported on a W-2 Continue > Report your wages, employer information and select reason code H This will report your wages and you will also see the information for the SS-8 along the way. You will pay only the employee share of social security and medicare taxes. Form 8919 will be included with your return, see the link below. What if Form 8919: Uncollected Social Security and Medicare Tax on Wages? The Form SS-8 helps to differentiate between an employee and an independent contractor (self-employed).  

You tried to add income after you e-filed?  You just messed up your tax return.  Remove the changes you made immediately.     You cannot change or add anything on the return that you just e-filed, nor can you stop it.  It is too late, just like when you put an envelope in a US mailbox on the corner.  The IRS does not allow you to take it back.   If you left out a W-2, a 1099G, or a dependent, or a 1099 etc…DO NOT change your return while it is “pending.”  The changes will go nowhere.   Now you have to wait until the IRS either rejects or accepts your return.  If your return is rejected, you will be able to go into your account and make the necessary changes to your tax return and re-submit your return.    Sometimes—not always— the IRS corrects your mistakes, while they are processing your return.    If the IRS accepts your return, however, then you have to wait longer until it has been fully processed and you have received your refund.  THEN you can prepare an amended tax return and e-file or mail  it in. You have to be able to work from that return exactly the way it was when it was e-filed originally.  You will need to use a form called a 1040X.     Meanwhile, DO NOT go in and start changing anything on your return in the system, or you will make a mess for yourself.  Sit tight and wait until you see what the IRS does with the return you just e-filed