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The Form 5695 for Home Energy Credits is available when using the TurboTax online editions.  If you are currently signed onto the online account, sign off and then sign on again.   The Form 5695 has not yet been finalized for the TurboTax desktop editions.  It may be available sometime next week.

You can buy Turbo Tax at several stores like Costco, Sam’s, etc.   Where can I buy Turbo Tax Desktop program?  I saw  Costco has a sale now https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/choosing-a-product/help/where-can-i-buy-the-turbotax-software/00/25893 You can buy the Desktop Download program directly from Turbo Tax here, https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/cd-download/   For 2025 You will need Windows 11 or Mac OS Sonoma 14 or later   2024 & 2025 Turbo Tax System Requirements TurboTax® Desktop 2024-2025 System Requirements   Then  How to install and Activate the Desktop Download program with a License Code How to install TurboTax CD/Download software with license code  

"Income" can be either taxable or nontaxable.  TurboTax's Income summary shows the sum of taxable and nontaxable income, reflecting the gross amounts entered from Forms 1099.  This sum is mainly useful for evaluating whether you inadvertently omitted some Form 1099.

MAX has nothing to do with how you receive your refund or pay your fees.   MAX is an add-on feature that you pay for.   WHAT IS MAX   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/intuit-product-orders/max/L0Bc4Ve2l_US_en_US?uid=m76e6cmo   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/charges-and-fees/help/why-can-t-i-deduct-my-turbotax-fees-from-my-refund/00/25621   If your refund is enough to cover your TurboTax fees PLUS the extra “refund processing” fee of $40 ($45 in CA) and your forms are ready then when you are in the FILE section you can choose to have your fees deducted from your federal refund by a third party bank, who will take out your fees and send you the rest of your refund after the IRS issues the refund.    Please make note that if your refund takes too long to arrive (IRS delays, etc.) then you will also be agreeing that the TurboTax fees can be extracted from your bank account even before your refund is issued by the IRS.  This comes as an unpleasant shock to many people every year.      If you can possibly pay your fees upfront using a debit or credit card, it will save you that extra fee and even more importantly, the possible aggravation and delays that are often the result of poor handling/poor customer service by that third party bank.  We see way too many instances where refunds are delayed for months when users choose refund processing. There have been lots of complaints; there are a number of things that can go wrong when you use refund processing.  I suggest avoiding that situation if at all possible.     And....you can never pay state tax due from a federal refund, so do not expect that.   The state tax due has to be paid directly to your state.     What is Refund Processing Service?     How can I see my TurboTax  fees?      https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/intuit-account-billing/review-fees-turbotax-online/L1XnIzgzg_US_en_US?uid=m682vq7k         Please see these links for form availability dates Federal form availability   Forms availability        

https://turbotax.intuit.com/   Top left - File Your Taxes > Turbotax Desktop   Check authorized retailers (amazon etc) for better discounts at the moment   Check system requirements - need Win 11, or Mac OS 14 or above

No one can see your tax return   Look at it for yourself.   A federal refund is shown on line 35a.    If instead of getting a refund, you owe---the amount you owe is on line 37.   PREVIEW 1040 https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/preview-turbotax-online-return-filing/L77WCkvnu_US_en_US?uid=m681fkhr  

You shouldn't have to do this ... there's an offer for 2025 where you can switch a desktop license to ONLINE PREMIUM for FED+STATE for no extra cost (any version so just buy deluxe I assume).  This offer shows up when you install the s/w on Win 10 machine and get the dialogue below (not tried it as I am on Mac and not sure if there's another way to activate it).   Note online is not the same as desktop, there is no Forms mode and you can only prepare 1 return per account.  Normally it's more expensive but this offer mitigates that for 2025 unless you have multiple returns.   See details here   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/download-products/end-support-windows-8-...   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/articles/community-news-announcements/turbotax-windows-10-desktop-...   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/marketing/ty25-ttd-direct-offer/L0aUgksJ...      

That code is to be used on 2026 W-2, not on the 2025 W-2.  That amount should have been entered in box 12 should have been entered in box 7 of the 2025 W-2.   TP—Total amount of cash tips reported to the employer. “Cash tips” includes tips received in cash, charged, or under a tip-sharing arrangement. Use this amount when determining the qualified tip deduction in Part II of Schedule 1-A (Form 1040)   Contact your employer to see if you can get a corrected 2025 W-2.

We are all live humans in the user forum.     Phone support is not provided with the Free Edition.  If you are using a paid version of the software or if you purchased PLUS you can get phone support when customer support is there.  Otherwise, post your question here and someone will try to help.   To call TurboTax customer support https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/contact-turbotax/L2y9ZKpQB_US_en_US?uid=m5s9l2vh  

Thank you so much for the quick, concise, and understandable answer! SO, all we as the parents need to do is claim $4,000 education expenses? We don't have to put anything else from the 1098T into our tax return? We just say we had 4000 in educational expenses and then our son claims the scholarship as you described?   Quick question about that, though. If we are saying we paid 4000 of it, why doesn't he take the 4000 off of what he's claiming as income from the scholarship?