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If you provided legal services, this income may be subject to self-employment tax.     To enter self-employed income, follow these steps:   Navigate to the self-employed income section: TurboTax Online/Mobile: Go to the Self-Employment screen under Wages & Income. Answer Yes on the Did you have any self-employment income or expenses? screen. If you land on the Your 2025 self-employed work summary page, select Review next to the work you're adding income for. Answer the questions on the following screens until you arrive at Let's enter the income for your work. Select the form that applies to your situation and select Continue. You can enter the info from your 1099 form on the following screens. @earthling96

Forms 1099-A and !099-C are used to report Acquisition or Abandonment of Secured Property and Cancellation of Debt. If you do not have this income, you can follow these steps to delete Form 1099-a or 1099-C:   Open your return. Go to Tax Home Select Tax Tools in the left menu Click on Tools A pop-up will come out called Tool Center Select Delete a form Select Delete next to the form that you want to delete If you are using TurboTax Online, please follow the instructions in this TurboTax Help article to delete a form.   If you are using TurboTax Desktop, please follow the instructions in this TurboTax Help article to delete a form.   How do I delete a tax return that was created in TurboTax Desktop for Windows? How do I view and delete forms in TurboTax Online?

Are you entering the first 3 characters as "IDU" from the doc number? The doc number shouldn't include "IDUSA".  Some other users experienced errors with incorrect issue and expiry dates, so double check they are correct and not swapped as well.    For more information, see Where do I find my document number so that I can e-file my New York return?

If you're referring to uploading documents so that you don't have to type them, you can follow these steps:   Log into TurboTax On the left sidebar under Federal Go to Wages & Income  Select Add/Edit next to "Job (W-2)," or the form you want to enter Enter the employer's EIN (Box b) to see if it can be imported automatically.  Then follow the interview. If auto-import doesn't work, you can upload a PDF, JPEG, or PNG file from your computer or use the mobile app to take a photo.   See TurboTax article How do I import or enter my W-2?  

The free filing using TurboTax is only if you are using the mobile app and you did Not use TurboTax for the 2024 tax return. See this - https://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/tax-news/e-file-is-now-open-why-you-should-file-your-taxes-early-21087/   Otherwise, if your tax return has tax data that is not supported by the TurboTax Free online editions then you will have to upgrade to either the Deluxe or Premium online edition.  The state program when using either Deluxe or Premium is an additional $39.   If you have entered any type of investment income, rental or royalty income, a Schedule K-1, or self-employment income and expenses using a Form 1099-MISC or Form 1099-NEC you would be required to use the Premium edition.   If you have not paid for the online edition you are using, have not filed your tax return or registered the Free edition, then you can clear your return and start over with a lower priced edition. Click on Switch Products on the lower left side of the program screen while working on the 2025 online tax return. Click on Clear & Start Over   Go to this TurboTax website for the Free online edition - https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/online/free-edition.jsp   Please Note - TurboTax Online: Important Details about Filing Form 1040 Returns with Limited Credits A Form 1040 return with limited credits is one that's filed using IRS Form 1040 only (with the exception of the specific covered situations described below). Roughly 37% of taxpayers are eligible. If you have a Form 1040 return and are claiming limited credits only, you can file for free yourself with TurboTax Free Edition or TurboTax Live Assisted Basic (if available), or you can file with TurboTax Full Service at the listed price. Situations covered (assuming no added tax complexity): W-2 income Interest or dividends (1099-INT/1099-DIV) that don’t require filing a Schedule B IRS standard deduction Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Child Tax Credit (CTC) Student loan interest deduction Situations not covered: Itemized deductions claimed on Schedule A Unemployment income reported on a 1099-G Business or 1099-NEC income Stock sales (including crypto investments) Rental property income Credits, deductions and income reported on other forms or schedules

Interest reported on Form 1065 Schedule K-1 Line 5 is portfolio interest income. Interest reported in Box 20 Code A is investment interest income. Form 4952 calculates investment income, including Sch K-1 Box 20, but does not include portfolio income.   See also: IRS About Form 4952, Investment Interest Expense Deduction   @Turbotaxer 

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TurboTax only give estimates for when the refund will be issued.   Only the IRS and your State control when and if a Federal or State tax refund is Approved and Issued.   Once a tax return has been Accepted by the IRS or a State, TurboTax receives no further information concerning the tax return or the status of any tax refund.    If accepted by the IRS use the federal tax refund website to check the refund status - https://www.irs.gov/refunds If accepted by the state use this TurboTax support FAQ to check the state tax refund status - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/track-state-refund/L3jgO8PGs_...   After the tax return has been Accepted by the IRS (meaning only that they received the return) it will be in the Processing mode until the tax refund has been Approved and then an Issue Date will be available on the IRS website.

@DaveF1006    Thank you!  Couple more questions on this, with the following background: 1099-DIV income is from RIC for form 1114 1099-INT income is from Country X for 1114 Inherited House Sale (at a significant loss for US purposes) was in Country X too. In Turbotax, what should go on the "Description of Property" - 8949 Part II Line 1 (a) ?  In Turbotax for Schedule A Line 6, should I put what you suggested earlier: "Foreign Income Taxes on income not creditable due to U.S. loss" or more country X specific language given that both the 1099-INT and inherited house sale were in the same country? You are correct, country X withheld income taxes as a flat % of the inherited property sales price without ANY regard to cost basis (original or stepped up).  That's the rule there.   Thanks!

It's likely you qualify for this California Earned Income Tax Credit. This form won't disappear. TurboTax needs more information to help make sure that you qualify for this credit.   Go to your CA return to Take a look at CA credits and taxes. Navigate down to Persona, home and family credits. Select CA Young Child Tax Credit Start Go through the process 

You cannot amend a  2024 tax return using the online editions.  The online editions are only for tax year 2025 and cannot be changed.   To amend a 2024 tax return, started with the online editions, you will need to download the 2024 tax data file.  Then you will need to purchase, download and install on a personal computer, Windows or Mac, one of the 2024 desktop editions.  Once installed you need to open the 2024 tax data file you downloaded by clicking on File and then on Open Tax Return.   To access your current or prior year online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the User ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/ Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and on the section Your tax returns & documents.  Click on the Year and Click on Download .tax file   To complete and file a 2024 amended tax return using TurboTax you would need to purchase, download and install on a personal computer one of the 2024 desktop editions from this website - https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/past-years-products/   A 2024 amended tax return can only be printed and mailed, it cannot be e-filed using TurboTax.