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I'm working on 2025 taxes. I used to be able to take the deduction. I can't now as I didn't make enough income. There is no "Federal Tab" that I can find. Can you clarify the steps here? Self employed, one person, llc, never had employees. But I was able to deduct ½ the health care premiums. 

No, Sales tax on a vehicle purchase would get entered in the Deductions and Credits section of TurboTax.  After you get to that section:   Scroll down to the Estimates and Other Taxes Paid section and click on that to expand it. Click Start to the right of Sales Tax You can now choose to estimate sales tax or Enter the amount paid - useful if you made several big ticket purchases in 2025. If you select Enter the amount paid, you will total up all your sales tax and input in the field on that screen.  You can always go back and use the estimate sales tax feature if you don't know the actual amount or can't get that information. After you enter the amount and click Continue, you will be able to select whether you want to deduct your sales tax paid or your state and local taxes - the larger of the two amounts will be automatically selected. Unfortunately, you can only deduct either sales tax or the state and local taxes and not both of them.   The State tax and the local tax on your Motor Vehicle Title Receipt would be the only parts deductible as sales tax.   You may be able to deduct the part of your motor vehicle registration that is a tax on the value of the car under the Personal Property Tax section of TurboTax.  See Is your Car Registration Deductible? for more details about this deduction.

When I go to Sch A form and scroll down to 8c, points not reported on Form 1098, the program allows me to make an entry directly. No override, no issue. It adds to the Sch A and for has no problem for me. As long as you enter the correct points from 2024, the ones allowed to be written off and matching your worksheet, your return is correct. Once you enter the number, go back through in the step by step just to make it part of the program.

Diane, thank you for your thorough response. It answered my questions completely.  Sorry for my delay in acknowledging your comments.  I had submitted it earlier but for some reason wasn't going through.  Thank you again.

@Rob_Dog wrote: Does Intuit think all these dumb badges will keep customers?  Maybe I can put them on Marketplace 🐵 You're more than welcome but what badges? Do you mean the community badges?    I believe someone who was hired to promote TurboTax via social media or something like that came up with the idea for this community and those idiotic badges (and ranks and stuff) came along for the ride. They are truly ridiculous, but it is what it is at this point. 😉

Yes, it is possible for your "Senior Bonus" to be only $6,000, even if you are married, and your income is under $150,000.     The deduction is $6,000 per qualifying individual. To get a $12,000 deduction for a couple, both spouses must be age 65 or older by December 31, 2025. If only one of you was 65 by the end of 2025, TurboTax will correctly limit the bonus to $6,000.    

No one is going to call and you shouldn't publish your phone number in a forum such as this. If you are working in a return, there should be an expert assist or Expert Help button.   If you are using TurboTax Online The "Expert Help" Button: Look at the top right of your screen. You should see a button labeled Expert help or a Question Mark (?) icon.  Type your request: In the search/help box that opens, type "Talk to a specialist" or "Contact an expert." Select your method: You will be prompted to choose between Chat or a Callback. This is where you would request a callback. Note: If you are using the "Free Edition," you may be prompted to upgrade to a paid version If you are using TurboTax Desktop Look for the Live Tax Advice button in the top navigation bar or under the Help menu. If you haven't already purchased the Live add-on, the software will ask you to pay a one-time fee (typically around $60 in 2026) to unlock unlimited consultations for that return. Once activated, you can click "Connect with an expert" to schedule a callback.

Hi, thanks for the response. Since posting the questions, I've also tried to efile my return and got rejected as well, with the code IND-452 (The IRS has already accepted a tax return filed with your Social Security number for this year), so unfortunately it does seem that someone else has filed the return using my SS# and we'll have to file everything by mail.   However, due this issue, I'm not able to file electronically for NY state tax return, even though in the turbotax printout it states that "New York State requires this income tax return to be filed electronically" -- my efile has been rejected due to the IRS rejection. How can we efile NY state tax return in this case?   Thank you!