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Normal maintenance returns the property to its original condition, or to the state where the property can be rented again. Most expenses incurred between tenants fall into this category.   If you choose to upgrade furnishings or appliances during this time, you would report those as Improvements for depreciation. Note that you can expense certain improvements under the Safe Harbor Election. See this article for more information: What can I expense or depreciate with the business safe harbor election?

Try closing TurboTax, clearing your cache and deleting your cookies. Review the TurboTax Help article How to clear your cache and How do I delete cookies? for specific instructions for your browser. Also, reboot your computer.   Also, try turning off all anti-virus software, as it may be a connectivity issue not allowing your import.  Here's How to Turn Off Anti-Virus Programs.    If you’re still having issues, please share what happens when you try to import.  

Absolutely!  This was a management decision, not a coder's decision. And I think this is instructive as to Intuit's attitude about their customers. I think many people will abandon TT even after they get a machine that will run Windows11. After all, what other user hostile decisions will be made in the future similar to this one?  Burn me once, shame on you.. Burn me twice, shame on me.

 @mhoffland1994  I will try this later and hopefully it will take care of it. What kind of other income did you have, if I may ask. I had a class action lawsuit that was won from my employer and I am wondering if it is the same issue with mine as it was with yours.

Effective for 2025 through 2028, individuals may deduct interest paid on a loan used to purchase a qualified vehicle, provided the vehicle is purchased for personal use and meets other eligibility criteria. (Lease payments do not qualify.) If the RV you purchased qualifies, you can enter it where you saw the entry for cars.   Please see this TurboTax tips article and this IRS news release for more information about the OBBBA and your taxes.   Effective for 2025 through 2028, individuals may deduct interest paid on a loan used to purchase a qualified vehicle, provided the vehicle is purchased for personal use and meets other eligibility criteria. (Lease payments do not qualify.) Maximum annual deduction is $10,000. Deduction phases out for taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income over $100,000 ($200,000 for joint filers). Qualified interest: To qualify for the deduction, the interest must be paid on a loan that is: originated after December 31, 2024, used to purchase a vehicle, the original use of which starts with the taxpayer (used vehicles do not qualify), for a personal use vehicle (not for business or commercial use) and secured by a lien on the vehicle. If a qualifying vehicle loan is later refinanced, interest paid on the refinanced amount is generally eligible for the deduction. Qualified vehicle: A qualified vehicle is a car, minivan, van, SUV, pick-up truck or motorcycle, with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 14,000 pounds, and that has undergone final assembly in the United States. In the alternative, interest for RV's can be claimed as an itemized deduction as interest on a second home if the RV qualifies. The 2025 version of TurboTax Desktop doesn't directly ask if the property is an RV in the Mortgage Interest section.  At the entry screen, "Let's get the details from your 1098", there is a link you can click, "What if I don't have my 1098?". The following explanation appears if you click on the link:   "That's OK. You can get your mortgage info by going to your lender's website. Other documents, like your monthly mortgage bills and your closing disclosure (or HUD-1), will also have some of this info...". and other info relating to 1098's.    Below this explanation, another link appears, "Are there exceptions?" Click that and more explanations appear, including "If you have a loan on an RV, travel trailer, tiny home on wheels, or a boat that you use as a home, your lender won't send you a 1098, but you might still be able to claim this interest."    If you have a qualifying RV, you can still enter the interest in the Mortgage Interest section.    A mobile home, RV, house trailer, or houseboat that has sleeping, cooking, and toilet facilities counts as a main or second home, and as long as it meets all the other requirements for deducting mortgage interest, you can claim the interest like an immovable home.   See IRS Publication 936 for more information on mortgage interest deductions.  

You can include in medical expenses amounts you pay for special equipment installed in a home, or for improvements, if their main purpose is medical care for you, your spouse, or your dependent. The cost of permanent improvements that increase the value of your property may be partly included as a medical expense. The cost of the improvement is reduced by the increase in the value of your property. The difference is a medical expense Operation and upkeep. Amounts you pay for operation and upkeep of a capital asset qualify as medical expenses as long as the main reason for them is medical care. This rule applies even if none or only part of the original cost of the capital asset qualified as a medical care expens

First, if everything else is correct on the form except the spelling of the contractor's name I would issue a corrected copy to the contractor but not bother to send one to the IRS.  They will find the correct contractor with their identification number.   If you are determined to submit the correction to the IRS, however, it is easier to mail the correction in.  Since you are only changing a name and it's spelling the TurboTax system will have trouble submitting it electronically.

It’s available. I use the Mac desktop version (download) and when it did not automatically come up with updates a week ago, I launched the program and looked for “check for updates”. It’s in the top left corner of the Mac screen, in the drop down menu under TurboTax.  I just launched the program again today, however, and it did alert me to updates to install. 

TurboTax free version is available, but only if you meet the criteria.  Situations covered by TurboTax Free Edition:   W-2 income Interest, dividends or original issue discounts (1099-INT/1099-DIV/1099-OID) that don’t require filing a Schedule B IRS standard deduction Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Child Tax Credit (CTC) Student loan interest deduction Schedule 1-A deductions for qualified tips, overtime pay, car loan interest, and seniors (65+) Taxable qualified retirement plan distributions   Also see, What qualifies as a simple tax return for TurboTax Free Edition?  

Sorry I was attempting to reply to individual users but I see every post is a reply to the thread in general.  Another great feature of TT.  I would be interested to know from anyone who refiled with success today, whether you had one or two prior rejections, whether you did anything to alter your return or just re-submitted it, and whether you re-transmitted states at same time (and any positive result?)  I have two prior rejections for this (submission dates 1/28, 1/31); I am somewhat superstitious but more importantly I don't want to do the same thing for the third time and expect a different result unless we're sure it's been fixed for good.  All of this because I wanted to be honest and report $15 of class action payout in "other income".