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Hello:     Have "Needs Review" warnings cleared at this time.  When I submit my return, I may learn more.         I worked with the forms directly, saw what was not complete or incorrect. Made changes on the form.       The step by step was flagging my entries, indicating missing or incorrect info., that was / is a good thing.       Thank You for all your efforts.              Bye for now, 

The IRS must have issued you or someone on your tax return an Identity Protection Pin (IP PIN). which is a 6-digit number that the IRS provides to taxpayers to validate their identity, it must be used to avoid rejection. If you don't remember getting one, you will need to contact the IRS to get it.   Refer to the following TurboTax Help articles What's an IP PIN? Do I need one? and How do I get my 6-digit IP PIN? for additional information.   Go on the IRS website Retrieve Your Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN) for instructions for a replacement.

@mark_van wrote: Am I still disgusted with Turbo Tax forcing this turmoil in the first place? Can we presume you will be similarly disgusted with H&R Block later this year (or early next year) if they stop supporting Windows 10 for the 2026 tax year? That is a likely scenario so I'm just asking.

Thank you for your response. I re-tested based on your suggestion hut I am not seeing the behavior you are able to see. I tested this with a dummy property and in order to keep the figures simple, I entered the following in TTax. Price of Property = 120,000  Cost of Land =20,000. Cost of Improvements =100,000   The basis of the property correctly gets set to $100,000 and the SL deprecation calculates to $3499.  So far so good. Then I went back into the property's asset/depreciation section and selected "add an asset" . Under Rental Real Estate Property I chose "Rental property appliances, carpet , furnishings". This leads to another page where I chose the category for this asset as " Appliances, Carpet, Furniture". Further options ask you enter description, cost , date acquired etc. I added $50,000 as cost for Furnishings. When all data entry is completed, TTax  adds this as a Furnishings depreciable asset and offers you a choice between a Section 179 deduction or a SDA deduction. Choosing the SDA deduction yields a total of $26,000 extra depreciation which brings the total depreciation to $29499. So under the assets summary this is what shows up  Now I am expecting TTax to reduce the basis of the Improvements by $50,000 due to furnishings asset because the total basis of the improvement excluding land was $100,000.   When I look at Form 4562 I see that furnishings $50k has been added to original basis of the $100,000 bringing the total basis of the property to $150,000. Form 4562 AMT worksheet shows this very clearly     Why is TT allowing a special Depreciation but not decrementing the total basis by that amount?  Is it ok if I manually subtract the $50,000 basis from the property and make the value of improvement only $50,000 as then the total basis would be correctly reflected as $100,00   Any thoughts ?   Thank you for your time    RK  

I tested entering a sale of a second home. I don't see where TurboTax lists it as a 1099-B. But it doesn't matter how it appears in a TurboTax summary as long as the actual tax forms are correct. The sale is reported on Form 8949 just like a sale of any other investment. The Form 8949 that lists the sale of the second home has box F checked, which means "not reported to you on Form 1099-B." You have to add the cost of improvements to the "Total amount paid" (otherwise known as the basis). Unfortunately TurboTax does not give you any guidance about that.  

@UserOTP603  Congratulation and wish you a very happy and peaceful married life. Now your questions and answers thereto ---  answers in Italics: 1. Can she still file late returns for prior years using Form 1040-NR? She needs to file and bring her account current. Because she was NRA -- she is taxed ONLY on US sourced / connected income.  She files on form 1040-NR  ( TurboTax does not support , use something like SprinTax or use a  tax professional to do all the  years --assuming that multiple years are involved ) 2. Is there a penalty risk for filing late, and how significant is it typically for au pair income levels? For late filing there is interest and penalties ( failure to pay and failure to file ). However, while the interest charge cannot be abated, the penalties can often be -- send a letter of apology  explaining that there was no intent to ignore the law etc., requesting abatement. 3. Would TurboTax support the 1040-NR for prior tax years, or do we need a third-party service like Sprintax? TurboTax does not support 1040-NR, use SprinTax or Tax Professional 4. Given that she is now married to a U.S. citizen, does her filing status or the form she needs to use change? When did you actually get married ?  AS a NRA married to a US person ( citizen/GreenCard/ Resident for Tax purposes ), she can request to be treated as a Tax resident for the whole  -- you both have to sign  and send in a request ( while filing MFJ ) that you both want her to be treated as a tax resident for the whole year.  Note that  unless her immigration status is adjusted,  this  request is a kind of one way street --- you can cancel / reneg. it only once in her life time.  Of course this will never be your cased.   All my answers are assuming that your spouse  was lax only for one year  ( since Au-Pair s are usually for none months ( I thought ).  If she is in trouble with multiple years, it would be best to seek professional help ( legal and tax ).  IMHO   Does this answer all your questions/doubts etc. ?   Which country is she from ? Is there more I can do for you ?  

No.   When you use TurboTax, the information flows from the federal return to the state return.  You cannot use TurboTax to prepare a stand alone state return.   You can try going to your state's tax site to see if you can prepare a state return there.   You will need information from your federal return.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/state-taxes/contact-state-department-revenue/L9qVToi02_US_en_US?uid=m6e06um0  

Not sure what you mean by "if TurboTax requests for an additional form to be uploaded..."----once you file your tax return, TurboTax does not get any information from the IRS.    Did you e-file your tax return?   Was the e-file accepted or rejected?   Who asked you for another tax form?    What form were you asked for?   And what did you do to provide it to the IRS?