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For your Grand Rapids return, the mailing address is:   Grand Rapids Income Tax PO Box 347 Grand Rapids, MI 49501   Income Tax Guide for Individuals For your Walker return, the mailing address is:   City of Walker Income Tax Dept PO box 153 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0153   Tax Forms   @Janna-Vandenburg 

Go to the State Taxes tab. Go to the Credits and Taxes section. Under Business and Investment Credits, select Pass-Through Entity Elective Tax Payment Credit. Make sure the box on the first page is empty.  Select Continue.    Turbo Tax needs to fix their code so that this may be edited directly from the error check tool. 

I did that once in 2023 California.  Wish I hadn't but t hat is a long story.     To apply a state refund it will be on one of the last screens before you file state. Go to State Taxes tab and keep continuing and stepping though the interview about a dozen or more screens and it will finally ask how much you want to apply. It is probably one of the last questions in the state section.

You can depreciate your rental property improvement for the bathroom renovation over 27.5 years by navigating to the rental property section and selecting add an asset to claim depreciation.    Here's how to do this in TurboTax Online:   Navigate to Federal > Income > Wages & Income Summary > Rentals, Royalties, and Farm > Rental Properties and Royalties (Sch E) Edit the rental using the pencil icon, or create a rental if not yet started. Choose add expense or asset, chooses Improvements, furnishings, and other assets in the list of asset options, then continue. Now, navigate to Assets in the expense list, choose Start, Edit, or the pencil icon next to Improvements, furnishings, and other assets.  Now go through the interview.  If the improvement is not qualified to expense, you'll add the asset.  The asset category should be selected as "Rental real estate property." This selection depreciates the property over 27.5 years. Here is some information you may find helpful: Rental Real Estate and Taxes

The above suggestion does not work, but this does:    Go to the State Taxes tab. Go to the Credits and Taxes section. Under Business and Investment Credits, select Pass-Through Entity Elective Tax Payment Credit. Make sure the box on the first page is empty.  Select Continue.    Turbo Tax needs to fix their code so that this may be edited directly from the error check tool. 

If you can't see the "Continue" button on your screen, try reducing your screen resolution.  You could set your monitor resolution to at least 1024 X 768.   You can also go to:  Windows Settings System Display Change "Scale and layout" down to 100% or 125%.  

Answer no when asked if you had health insurance through the marketplace and file your return.  If the return is accepted, there's no further action needed.  If the return gets rejected and the reason for the rejection is because you need Form 1095-A, that is your indication that you had health insurance through the marketplace during the year and will need to get your 1095-A.   The following link provides more information on how you can retrieve your Form 1095-A, if you indeed had health insurance through the marketplace during the year: Where do I get my 1095-A form?

You should be able to sign in to your TurboTax online account and check "Your tax returns & documents" in the Tax Home section.  make sure that you are using the exact same username/account as when you prepared the return. If you can't find your account, you can use this tool account recovery tool to find your user ID or password. Try clearing your cache and cookies. ‌Please click here for instructions on how to clear your cache. Please click here for instructions on clearing your cookies.  Try using incognito mode.  You could also try clicking on Add a State to try to force the tax return to open. If you are using the Desktop/CD version, search your computer files for the .tax202y file extension.  You can contact TurboTax Customer Support using this link: Turbo Tax Customer Support  See also: Why can't I find my return in Tax Home or My Docs™?  If you have any additional questions or information, please return to TurboTax Community and we would be glad to help you.

You will not get the childcare credit until (unless) you enter income earned from working.   The credit does not work unless you enter your income first.   If you are filing a joint return you must show income for both spouses, or show that one or both of you was a student or disabled.   If you have self-employment income and show a loss you will not get the childcare credit.  You will not get the credit if you are filing married filing separately.     If you have entered all of your income and you have entered your dependent(s) then work on the childcare credit by entering the Tax ID or Social Security number of your childcare provider and enter the amount you paid for the childcare.   One of the most common mistakes that messes up the childcare credit for people is listing all of the earned income under only one name on a joint return.  Make very sure that your incomes are listed under each of your names.  It’s pretty easy to check.  Go to the Income section, and click “update” on Wages and Salary.  That will take you to the W-2 Summary.  Do you see income listed under both of your names?       The person receiving the care had to be 12 or under or qualified as mentally or physically disabled. To claim the childcare credit you need to be filing as Head of Household or Married Filing Jointly. (NOT married filing separately)    If your child was born in 2025 make sure you say the child lived with you all year. The credit is a percentage of your expenses based on your AGI (the higher the income, the lower the percentage)  You must provide the Social Security number for each child you are claiming, and the Social Security number or Tax ID for each care provider.    In the case of divorced or never-married parents—only the custodial parent can use the childcare credit.     And remember that the childcare credit is a NON-refundable credit.  It can reduce your tax owed down to zero, but it is not added to your refund.       https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/taxation/child-dependent-care-credit/L8h8A5Klg_US_en_US?uid=m5yifys1

Go to the State Taxes tab. Go to the Credits and Taxes section. Under Business and Investment Credits, select Pass-Through Entity Elective Tax Payment Credit. Make sure the box on the first page is empty.  Select Continue.    Turbo Tax needs to fix their code so that this may be edited directly from the error check tool.     

AnnetteB6 Let’s be clear about what we’re even talking about. A taxpayer over 59½ made an excess contribution to a Roth IRA and then timely withdrew both the contribution and the associated earnings. Here’s what I understand from your post in short: if a taxpayer makes an excess contribution and then timely returns the contribution and the earnings, you’re treating the returned contribution as an excess contribution, but the returned earnings as an early distribution. Your own IRS citation treats both the contribution and the associated earnings as early distributions if the taxpayer is under 59½. By the same logic, if the person is over 59½, both are not early—they’re just normal distributions. Obviously, both could still be treated as excess contributions; that has nothing to do with age. It makes no sense that a contribution would be treated as timely, but the earnings on that same timely contribution would suddenly be treated as “early.” That’s a logical contradiction. Please provide any reference—IRS or otherwise—where a Roth IRA or IRA contribution is treated as timely (for a taxpayer over 59½), but the associated earnings are treated as early (as if under 59½).