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It depends.  If you were open for business (ready for customers and actively seeking them-whether or not you made any money) in 2025 and then got your LLC in 2026, yes, you would be able to deduct your expenses on your return.  Your expenses would be based on the timing of you opening your business, not the date you formed the LLC.  If you are a single member LLC, unless you elected to be treated as a S-Corp, you would file a  Schedule C which is part of your overall tax return. This also means you will be subject to the 15.3% SE Tax so it may be a good idea to make estimated quarterly payments to avoid penalties.   If you were NOT open for business, and the expenses you incurred were all start up expenses, then no, you cannot deduct them on your 2025 return.  You would include them on your 2026 return as start up expenses.  You would not need to file a business return for the business expenses in 2025 if you were not opened for business and did not have any income.   You can deduct up to $5,000 in start up business expenses and $5,000 in organizational costs in the first year with the remaining expenses deducted over the next 15 years if your total expenses were under $50,000.  Equipment such as a computer, desk, or things like tools would not be part of the start up costs, they would be listed as assets.    To do this in TurboTax, when entering your business profile, you will check the box that says you started the business this year. Then TurboTax will ask you about the expenses.  Taking Business Expense Deductions   Start-up Business Tax Tips   If you elected to be treated as an S-Corp, your income and expenses would be reported on an 1120-S, which can be done using TurboTax BUSINESS. This will generate either a k-1 or a W-2 which you will then enter on your personal tax return.

The letter may have come from North Carolina, but the system will work the same way.   You have been subject to a tax refund offset. "The Department of Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS) issues IRS tax refunds.   Through the Treasury Offset Program, the IRS may reduce your refund and offset it to pay: Past-due child support; Federal agency nontax debts; State tax obligations; or Certain unemployment compensation debts owed to a state (generally, these are debts for Compensation paid due to fraud, or Contributions owing to a state fund that weren't paid)." It sounds like your refund was an offse and "has been applied against your ineptness to a North Carolina county /and or city."

It sounds like you qualify for Free Edition; SSA-1099s and 1099-Rs are included.    Here is a listing of what is included in the Free Edition >>  Forms in Free   A simple Form 1040 return is one that’s filed using IRS Form 1040 only (no schedules, except for EITC, CTC, student loan interest, and Schedule 1-A). Roughly 37% of taxpayers are eligible. If you have a simple Form 1040 return only as described above, you can file for free yourself with TurboTax Free Edition, or you can file with TurboTax Expert Assist Basic at the listed price. If your return doesn’t qualify for TurboTax Free Edition, we have other paid options to file using TurboTax.

Online is only good for 1 return per account.  Don’t use your account or you will overwrite your return and it will be gone.  And you have to pay for each account separately so it might get expensive.   You can start another return in TurboTax Online by: Logging out if you are in your account Choose what TurboTax Online product you want to use for the second return Create your account screen Set up a new login for the second return Start working on the new return   The Desktop program can do unlimited returns and efile 5 federal for free.  You can buy the Desktop Download program directly from Turbo Tax TurboTax® 2021-2022 CD/Download Tax Software, Compare Desktop Tax Preparation For 2025 You will need Windows 11 or Mac OS Sonoma 14 or later

The "solution" proposed by TT to sort my charitable contributions list does not work...as another also posted. I can't even copy and paste the list in its current order. When I go to the forms list I do not have a charitable contributions worksheet either. I have separate pages for each contribution with all their details. I only want a list of the charity and the amount donated in alphabetical order. Can TT Premier do this? If so, how?  

The program is asking you to combine the numbers and report a total amount instead of entering two lines for the same state. Review your entries for Form 1099-NEC to be sure you didn't accidently start another state for Line 5 by mistake.   @drsharper 

You should be able to access the underpayment penalty worksheet (Form 2210) in the TurboTax Online version. However, the forms may not show if you didn't complete the Underpayment Penalty questionnaire.    Select Other Tax Situations from the left side menu, and look for Underpayment Penalty under Additional Tax Payments. Go through the Underpayment Penalty section and answer all the questions. This should ensure that the forms appear in your return. Depending on your situation, it could also affect the calculation of the penalty.   Navigate to Tax Tools on the left menu, select Print Center, choose Print, save, or preview this year's return, and select the option to Include government and TurboTax worksheets. You will need to have paid for your Online product in order to print these forms.    See this help article for more information.  

I have a similar issue.  NJ tax taken on W2. 6 month resident in NJ, 6 month resident in PA.  What is the order in which I need to file?  Because I did the NJ residency form for the 6 months I lived there and got a Turbo Tax credit, then it took me to PA ending with a negative balance but wanting to delete my NJ form.  I don't even see how to fit a NJ non resident into the mix.  I don't understand if there a reciprocal agreement between NJ and PA, why cant they just assume the tax that was paid on one sheet.