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 Yes t hat area should be updated on Jan 21.     See Expert Marilyn's post here for the 1/21 date and that they know about the form 3909 glitch https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/when-will-the-ira-401-k-pension-plan-withdrawals-1099-r-form-1099-r-section-be-available-the-program/00/3718837  

Q. One $2K unrestricted scholarship we reclaimed from the 529 – after it was applied to R&B on direct bill. Can we still count this (if paying taxes on it) toward allowed 529 expenses (R&B)? A. Yes.  Look at it this way: for QEE accounting, the taxable scholarship didn't pay for anything. It's just income. You're free to allocate $2000 R&B to the 529 distribution. It's a qualified expense for the 529 distribution.    Q. So does that increase 529 QEE out of $14,693 total distribution? A. Increases it.     Q. Another ~  $2K unrestricted scholarship we took as a refund direct from the college and applied to living expenses. If taxed on it, does this increase or reduce our 529 QEE out of total distribution?  A. Increases it. Because the $2k  is taxed, it's only income. It does not have to be allocated to any expenses at tax filing time.   Q. Also, since our kid has tax-free scholarship more than triple the amount of 529 NQEE, I assume there's no 10% tax penalty on 529 NQEE?   A. Yes.  But, better yet, just allocate the expenses to the 529 distribution, not the scholarship taxable income.          

I was more hoping to see if there is any advantage to using Intuit/ TT for deductions or breaks in the filing with RITA.   I've actually already filled out the return with RITA, I'm just hoping to find a way of paying them less.

How to downgrade to a lower version. https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/downgrading/help/can-i-downgrade-to-a-lower-priced-version-of-turbotax-online/00/25591   If you started your tax return in TurboTax Free Edition (Form 1040 with limited credits; roughly 37% of taxpayers qualify), you won't need to clear and start over. You can select Switch to Free Edition instead. In the Turbo Tax Free Edition, information that you can enter is very limited now. Why do I have to upgrade from the Free Edition? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/upgrading/help/why-do-i-have-to-upgrade-from-free-edition/00/26379 If the only reason you are getting upgraded to Deluxe is for the Retirement Savers Credit you can remove that. Go back to My Info and say you are a student. Then it won't give you the retirement savings credit.

@jy-estrada   I found 2 other articles on Divorced instead of that one for Alimony Getting Divorced article https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/marriage/getting-divorced/L20NC66cf Video tips for Divorced couples https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/marriage/video-tax-tips-for-divorced-couples/L8YqvF7p5    

 There is a tax “loop hole” available to claim an education credit, for the parents of students on scholarship. The student reports all his scholarship, up to the amount needed to claim the American Opportunity Credit (AOC), as income on his return. That way, the parents  (or himself, if he is not a dependent) can claim the tuition credit on their return. They can do this because that much tuition was no longer paid by "tax free" scholarship.  You cannot do this  if the conditions of the grant are that it be used to pay for qualified expenses. Using an example: Student has $10,000 in box 5 of the 1098-T and $8000 in box 1. At first glance he/she has $2000 of taxable income and nobody can claim the American opportunity credit. But if she reports $6000 as income on her return, the parents can claim $4000 of qualified expenses on their return. Books and computers are also qualifying expenses for the AOC. So, extending the example, the student had another $1000 in expenses for those course materials, paid out of pocket. She would only need to report $5000 of taxable scholarship income, instead of $6000. The IRS actually encourages use of this technique. From the form 1040 instructions: “You may be able to increase an education credit if the student chooses to include all or part of a Pell grant or certain other scholarships or fellowships in income. For more information, see Pub. 970, the instructions for Form 1040 and IRS.gov/EdCredit".  PUB 970 even has examples of how to do the “loop hole”.

See Expert Marilyn's post here for the 1/21 date https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/when-will-the-ira-401-k-pension-plan-withdrawals-1099-r-form-1099-r-section-be-available-the-program/00/3718837

You mentioned "cloud storage", but we don't know which one that means.   So if you haven't already, check to see if the files could have ended up in OneDrive.   The default location in Windows for TurboTax files is the Documents\TurboTax folder.   You said you looked in Documents, but also be sure you looked in the TurboTax folder that is in Documents.  Maybe you already have.  

How were the prior returns prepared?   If prepared Online, they won't be on your computer (unless you downloaded them) but would be in your online account.   If prepared in desktop software, perform an automated search of your entire system for any files ending in *.tax2024 and also look in the Recycle Bin.   If you have more than 1 Windows user local account, such as an Admin account or other Windows user account,  log into each one and perform the searches in each Windows account.   

For Business check this table.  Looks like MN is all available https://care-cdn.prodsupportsite.a.intuit.com/forms-availability/turbotaxbusiness_states_windows_selector.html    UPDATE:  you didn't mention it is for a trust.  Sorry Fiduciary isn't listed under MN on that list.  I just saw that all the business returns listed say available.  

Which program are you using? Are you preparing an individual income tax return (1040) or a return for an entity (e.g., corporation or partnership)?   If you're using TurboTax Business, you need to purchase the state from within the program. If you're using a personal version of TurboTax without a free state, then you need to pay for the state first and then the program will download it for you.    You need to provide more details.