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I purchased Turbotax Deluxe with State.  I completed my federal and State (Missouri) returns and  filed them.   I also did my daughters returns but had to wait for her to be here to hers because I did not have her band and drivers license numbers.  Yesterday I went in Turbotax to print out her copies for our file and it said I needed to update.  I got several messages about it not being able to update and after attempts I was told I needed to uninstall and reinstall 2025 but it would not affect my file.  I did the uninstall and reinstall but it did total remove my daughters file as well as my own so I had to put all her info back in but when I got to the state it said It needed to load the state.  I said okay, it said it was done but when I tried to move on to my daughters state form it said the state needed to be installed again.  I said yes again, it said it was installed again but when I tried to go forward it repeated it need to install state.  I tried manually installing state from your site but the same thing happened.   

I'm working on my 2025 taxes and itemized deductions.   In my 2025 form 1098, box 1 (mortgage interest received), my lender -reported prior year interest applied in 2024 in addition to interest applied in 2025.   They have a summary at the bottom of the 1098 form specifically calling out that box 1 includes both 2025 and 2024 interest applied.   Total interest applied in 2025: $11K 2024 Interest Applied (Prior Year): $2.6K   2025 Net interest payments reported to IRS: $13.6K (reported in Box 1)    The $2.6K was interest paid and applied in December 2024 on my refinanced loan which they reported the majority of on my 2024 form 1098, that I claimed for 2024 taxes in itemized deductions. I am unsure why they are including it on my form 1098 Box 1 for 2025 taxes (maybe it's the total inception to date interest on the refinanced loan 2024-2025 cumulative total).   I'm going to ONLY report the 2025 interest applied of $11K for my itemized deductions and not include the 2024 interest that the lender listed on the 1098. There is also a box in Turbotax to check if the amount reported differs from the form 1098 with a convenient comment box section.  Is this the appropriate reported amount - should I attach the form 1098 from the lender with my turbotax electronic submission? Any other considerations that I should factor in? thank you!

I have a semi-unique scenario based on my research. To provide clarity the scenario is as below:   1. I received guardianship/conservatorship over my fully disabled mother in 2025 after her husband (my father) passed away in the beginning of 2025.  2. She receives social security as well as a survivor annuity from when my father retired from work. Which from my research doesn't let me claim her as a dependent because the income is too high. 3. My mother passed away in mid 2025 as well. 4. She was left with nursing home bills in which we were trying to get her eligible for medicaid but she had too many assets and weren't able to. After her passing I paid a nursing home bill that was about $40,000. The payment was done out of my account.   My question is can I claim this as a medical expense even though I'm not going to be to claim her as a dependent that I see?