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If you are filing as Married Filing Separately you are not eligible for the deduction.  If you are Single and your AGI is over $175,000 or Married Filing Jointly and your AGI is over $250,000 you are not eligible for the deduction.   If you are age 65 or older and meet the requirement, the additional deduction is automatically added on your federal tax return.   Standard deductions for 2025 Single - $15.750 add $2,000 if age 65 or older Married Filing Separately - $15,750 add $1,600 if age 65 or older Married Filing Jointly - $31,500 add $1,600 for each spouse age 65 or older Head of Household - $23,625 add $2,000 if age 65 or older   New Bonus Standard Deduction (OBBB): An additional $6,000 deduction for taxpayers 65 and older. This is per eligible individual, meaning a married couple both over 65 could get $12,000. Important: This bonus deduction is temporary, lasting from 2025 through 2028. Income limitations: It phases out for taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income over $75,000 for single filers and $150,000 for joint filers. The amount is calculated on Schedule 1-A, Part V, with that amount flowing to Form 1040 Line 13b Look at your Form 1040 - You can view your Form 1040 plus Schedules 1, 2 and 3 at any time using the online editions. Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen. Click on Tools. Click on View Tax Summary. Click on Preview my 1040 on the left side of the screen.

I reviewed your redacted diagnostic file and was able to view and print Form 1040X.   If you are using TurboTax Online. Try closing TurboTax, clearing your cache and deleting your cookies. Review the TurboTax Help article How to clear your cache and How do I delete cookies? for specific instructions for your browser. Also, reboot your computer. Hopefully, you will be able to print after this.   If you still can't print, reply back.   You can check the status of your amended tax return at Where’s My Amended Return?

If it didn’t transfer over from last year then Enter a Capital Loss Carryover under Federal Taxes or Personal (Home & Business) Wages and Income Then scroll down to Investment Income Capital Loss Carryovers - Click Start or Revisit You enter the full amount that carried over, not just the 3,000   The carryover loss from last year will be on Schedule D line 6 (Short term) and line 14 (Long term). The current carryover loss to next year. Schedule D doesn't actually show the carryover amount. To find your Capital Loss Carryover amount you need to look at your return schedule D page 2. Line 16 will be your total loss and line 21 should be a max loss of 3,000. The difference between line 16 and 21 is the carryover loss. Then there are 2 worksheets…. Capital Loss Carryover worksheet showing the carryover from the prior year and the current amounts. Capital Loss Carry Forward worksheet showing the amount transferring over to next year. In the Online version you have to save your return with all the worksheets as a pdf file to your computer to see the Capital Loss worksheets. In the Desktop program you can switch to Forms Mode and open the worksheets.  

If you are filing as Married Filing Separately you are not eligible for the deduction.  If you are Single and your AGI is over $175,000 or Married Filing Jointly and your AGI is over $250,000 you are not eligible for the deduction.   If you are age 65 or older and meet the requirement, the additional deduction is automatically added on your federal tax return.   Standard deductions for 2025 Single - $15.750 add $2,000 if age 65 or older Married Filing Separately - $15,750 add $1,600 if age 65 or older Married Filing Jointly - $31,500 add $1,600 for each spouse age 65 or older Head of Household - $23,625 add $2,000 if age 65 or older   New Bonus Standard Deduction (OBBB): An additional $6,000 deduction for taxpayers 65 and older. This is per eligible individual, meaning a married couple both over 65 could get $12,000. Important: This bonus deduction is temporary, lasting from 2025 through 2028. Income limitations: It phases out for taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income over $75,000 for single filers and $150,000 for joint filers. The amount is calculated on Schedule 1-A, Part V, with that amount flowing to Form 1040 Line 13b Look at your Form 1040 - You can view your Form 1040 plus Schedules 1, 2 and 3 at any time using the online editions. Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen. Click on Tools. Click on View Tax Summary. Click on Preview my 1040 on the left side of the screen.

I've taken another look at your token and your return does not include a form 8606.  Also the $1000 is showing up as taxable on your return.  Maybe you changed something such that this distribution is now being recognized as taxable(?).  Unfortunately, I cannot see your original 1040 in the token because the process of amending also changes the information on the 1040 so that it gets corrected to the updated information.  The $1000 of added income in itself is most of the increase in income on the 1040-X.  In addition to that, you have the dividend income that your added and there was also a $62 reduction in the level of the deduction for seniors because of the income increase.  Overall it is an increase in income of $1084.  Your level of income makes this taxable at a level of 22%.  So most of the $245 increase would be due to this increase in income.  Your original return is showing a $1248 payment (based on the 1040-X) and the revised amount due would be $1493 (excluding penalty), so the difference between these numbers would be the $245 extra payment.   Feel free to post any additional information or questions you may have.

Thank you, the State already refunded my money as I tracked it.  It was approved and refunded on 03/10;  now that is was refunded when can I expect it from cross river.  I spoke to someone last week and they said it would be deposited to me on 3/17; however, I don't have it nor any information.

That doesn't answer my question.   Lets look at the questions Turbo Tax askes under "My info"   First question: 1. Were you a member or former member of the US Armed Forces (active, reserve, or National Guard) in 2025?   Answer: Yes (I was in the military in 2025)   Next question:   2. What was your military status as of December 31, 2025? Answer: Former member (Retired, veteran, etc.) - I left the military in 2025, before December 31, 2025   Answering the second question that I'm a "Former member" ends the question and the "free version of TurboTax for members of the military" is not included.   Now, to get to the 3rd question: Did you enter or leave the US Armed Forces in 2025?" you'll need to lie on the second question and and say "Active duty military", Reserves", or "National Guard" and then you can check "I left the military in 2025." That doesn't make any sense when the second question gives a date of 31 December 2025, saying you already left the military in 2025.        

They must have changed it. After language choice there isn't a choice for number 2 for Personal Income Tax which means I can't progress any further. It just keeps going on circles and nothing I do gets me to a live person!! It is totally frustrating!!!!!!

Two things to try: Start with step by step in the business information. The program asks SSN or EIN and it sounds like SSN is trying to fit in EIN space due to the extra hyphen. Look for anything in step by step to describe this odd behavior and correct. Since you are using desktop, switch over to Forms mode. Since data source isn't taking you anywhere, let's try a temporary override.  Override the value causing trouble.  Switch to step by step and go through that section again.  Return to forms mode and cancel the override. Hopefully, the program will hold the correct answer. If you need to reply again, please let us know which form and line.