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I am an IHSS live-in provider filing for 2025. My W-2 has Box 1 = $0.00 and Box 3/5 = [amount], which is correct under IRS Notice 2014-7. I followed the current TurboTax recommended steps per these official TurboTax articles: https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/form-w-2/qualified-medicaid-waiver-payments-w-2-show-earned/L1XZa89dh_US_en_US?uid=m6scnxra https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-ihss-live-in-provider-zero-income/01/3466131/highlight/false#M1281396 https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-ihss-live-in-provider-zero-income/01/3467820/highlight/false#M1282133 Steps followed: Left Box 1 as $0 Checked "Nontaxable Medicaid waiver payments that qualify as difficulty of care payments" under uncommon situations Entered the full Box 3/5 amount as the difficulty of care amount This correctly excludes the IHSS wages from federal taxable income. However TurboTax is blocking e-filing with this error: "One of the W-2s doesn't have an amount in box 1 or the amount is less than $1." The older workaround of copying Box 3 into Box 1 allowed e-filing but is now explicitly discouraged by the links above.   My questions: Is paper filing truly the only option when following the current correct method with Box 1 = $0? Is there any other workaround that keeps Box 1 = $0 while allowing e-filing? For example: Is it ok to enter $1 in Box 1 of W2, and enter the amount from box 3 into  Checking "Nontaxable Medicaid waiver payments that qualify as difficulty of care payment "?   Thank you!

My ex-husband and I sold our house last year, closing in February after our divorce was finalized in September 2024. The title was not in my name, nor was the mortgage, but per our divorce decree, I got half of the equity from the sale. A check was cut to me directly from the title company, but I had to get him to give the okay to the title company to release the sale settlement to me for my records. I am having an extremely difficult time figuring out whether I truly need to file a 1099-S form for my portion of the equity. I was not involved in the closing, I was never sent a copy of the form, and I have been told several different things by different sources. The IRS page is, as is to be expected, extremely convoluted and difficult to discern. Does anyone have any insight into this? I realize I'm down to the wire here, but the continuous confusion around this has been terrible. Thanks in advance.

I am a concert pianist. I file a schedule C for my business. I purchased 2 pianos in 2025. The cost was $3,300 and $28,500. TurboTax is asking whether I want to take the section 179 depreciation or Special Depreciation Allowance but it is not explained very well as to which is better. Can anyone explain the pros and cons in layman's terms?

I have an off-the-grid electrical system with solar panels, batteries, and inverter/battery chargers. I added solar panels, and replaced the batteries and inverters with upgraded technology, costing about $72,000. I think I should get a 30% tax credit for this. When I began the deductions section in turbo-tax it asked if I was eligible for any clean energy tax credits, but then never asked me to enter any details.