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The Business Code is a 6 digit number for your activity. If you can't find a code that applies, you can enter 999999. Here are the IRS instructions for Schedule C. Business codes start on page 19. http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040sc.pdf See the FAQ on Business Codes, https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/business-taxes/business-code-used/L6QD0xQke_US_en_US?uid=m8362hnn

Just called Schwab (kudos to them working on a Sat.) and they said they don't support previous year's import, at least not after the October extension filing deadline.  They person did not sound very technically-savvy but at least we have a confirmation that it's not supposed to work with Schwab.

No the import files are special files, not the same as a pdf or txf file.  They have to leave the pdf files so you can access them and most people don't get paper statements in the mail anymore.  You can print out the prior y ear pdf files to manually enter into a tax return.  Did you call Schwab or any broker to see if they have the old import files?  

You don't go directly to a 1040X.  You do the amending process.     If your first return was efiled and Accepted or you mailed it, then you need to do an Amended tax return to correct or add new info. You need to wait for the original return to be fully processed and you get the first refund or paid the tax due. Then you can Amend. Be sure to save a copy of your original return before you start the amended return. The Amended return will overwrite the original return. How to Amend the current year https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/amend-federal-tax-return-current-year/L7eS6o1qh_US_en_US?uid=lfunevhk   If you don't see a button for Need to Amend a Filed Return? on your home screen then you can get to it here. Go to: Federal Taxes -or- Personal (for H&B) Other Tax Situations last section, Other Tax Forms Amend A Return - Click the Start or Update button

Wait until your original return has been fully processed before you amend, and make sure you have saved a pdf of the original return before you amend. (If you do not save it as a pdf, the amended return will overwrite the original, and the original will be lost forever)     See this TurboTax support FAQ for amending a tax return -   CURRENT YEAR https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/amend-federal-tax-return-current-year/L7eS6o1qh_US_en_US?uid=lfunevhk   Do not expect quick results from amending. It can take four months or more for the IRS to process an amended return.     You can watch for information here: https://www.irs.gov/Filing/Individuals/Amended-Returns-(Form-1040-X)/Wheres-My-Amended-Return-1  

Note that my old TDA Tax statements dating back to 2015 (9 years ago) are all accessible in PDF format on Charles Schwab's website.  Storage space doesn't seem to be a concern for them -- thus that led me to thinking that the information for import, which is essentially the same as what's in the PDFs, has not been purged (at least not for space reasons). The consolidated 1099 forms are identified by a (unique) Document ID. And I could no longer retrieve this old one via Turbotax import (IIRC, I did succeed doing this before in a prior year).   I use  the Windows desktop version of TT, and I also tried turning off the Defender Firewall as suggested in https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/tdameritrade-1099-import-issues/00/3544581 but that didn't work for me.  Please give it a try if you also use Windows.   Wonder if anyone has the "official word" from either Intuit or TD Ameritrade/Schwab stating whether this should work for prior years or not, so that we don't have to keep guessing or waste time trying?

That has never been true.   You must be  mis remembering what you did in the past.    Like in 2023 you could import your 1099s from 2022.  The companies usually take down the special prior year import files when the new year comes out.  

Because taking the withdrawal may push you into a higher tax bracket when you add it to your total income.  You will get a 1099R at the end of the year to enter into your return.  The Gross amount shows up on 1040 line 5a and the taxable amount on 5b. The withholding will show up on 1040 line 25b. It has to break out and show the 10% penalty separately on your return (schedule 2 line 8 which goes to 1040 line 23). Then you get credit for all the withholding taken out on 1040 line 25b.   Now what about a IRA?  You have 60 days to roll over some of it to a IRA.   That will reduce the tax on it so if the withholding was on the full amount you may get a refund on your tax return.  When you enter the 1099R it will ask what you did with it.  You can enter the amount you rolled over to IRA.    

Information flows from the federal return to the state return, so even if you are not itemizing deductions on your federal return, enter the charity donations into the federal software so that it will flow to the AZ return.   Federal>Deductions and Credits>Charitable Donations>Donations to Charity       The following states allow you to itemize deductions on just the state return: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, and Wisconsin,   

  I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE IRS/STATE     TurboTax does not receive any information from the IRS or your state after your return was filed, so no one at TurboTax knows about a letter you received from the IRS or the state.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-audit/turbotax-audit-support/L6AcMoNFD_US_en_US?uid=m5z7by9u     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/internal-revenue-service/got-cp2000-notice-irs/L7Da6em2t_US_en_US?uid=m4of6ngd  

"Printed" means it was not e-filed.   Unless you personally printed it, signed and dated it in ink, and mailed it to the state, it has not been filed.   You will need to take care of doing that if you did not mail it.

The amount that Fidelity withholds will only be an estimate of the tax owed for the money you take from the 401k, just like the amount withheld from your paychecks is an estimated amount withheld by your employer.   If you are younger than 59 1/2 there is an early withdrawal penalty of 10% and ordinary income tax for the money you take from the retirement account.  You will receive a 1099R for that at tax time which must be entered on your tax return.      When you enter all of your income and all of the tax withheld, the software reconciles those amounts to calculate whether you get a refund or owe more.