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This seems a good place to post the clarification that the 6-digit IP PIN is tied to the FILING YEAR, not the tax year. TbT's instructions are as follows, and they are INCORRECT: "Enter the IP PIN issued for tax year 2025. Do not use an IP PIN from another year, or the IRS will reject your return." TbT's AI spews the same misunderstanding. Even a TbT expert with whom I spoke, though correct in advising me to use the new PIN, incorrectly referred to it as the "2025 tax year PIN." No, it is the 2026 FILING year PIN. You can confirm this by looking at the IRS's FAQ on the subject, Q14. (And the 5-digit signature PIN is a completely different thing.)

You will post the amount you paid in estimated taxes directly into the program. Open TurboTax Online Under Federal Select Deductions & Credits Scroll to Estimates and Other Taxes Paid In the drop down pick Estimated Tax Payments [Start] Select the proper conditions for the payment. In this case Federal estimated taxes for 2025 (Form 1040-ES)  [Start] Did you pay federal estimated taxes for 2025? [Yes] Post your quarterly payments. Change the date of payment if necessary.

Yes.  Dental work that is  necessary is deductible as an itemized medical expense. Medical expenses are deductible for the amount that is over 7.5% of your AGI.  This means if your AGI is $50,000, you would deduct $3,750 from your total medical expenses then the excess amount is what would go to your itemized expenses.    Itemized expenses include mortgage interest, gambling losses within limitations,  charitable contributions, state and local taxes up to $40,000, medical expenses in excess of 7.5% of your AGI and federally declared casualty and losses.   Then your total itemized expenses would need to be greater than your standard deduction below in order to benefit from your expenses.  The 2025 Standard Deductions are as follows: Married Filing Joint (MFJ)              $31,500 Married Filing Separate (MFS)      $15,750 Head of Household (HOH)             $23,625  Single                                                 $15,750                                 Blind or over 65 and MFJ or MFS add $1,600 Single or HOH if blind or over 65 add $2,000 Standard Deduction vs. Itemized Deductions: Which Is Better?      

Form 1099-NEC is for non-employee compensation (services). Passive lease bonuses and rents should be on Form 1099-MISC, Box 1.  You can report as Rental/Royalty income.  This method places the income directly onto Schedule E as passive income.  In TurboTax: Go to the Federal Taxes tab and select Wages & Income. Find the section for Rentals and Royalties (under Rental Properties and Royalties (Sch E)) and click Start/Update. Add a new property and describe it as Land or Royalty (specifically "Oil & Gas" if for minerals). When prompted for income, do not select that you received a 1099-NEC. Instead, enter the amount as Rent Received or Cash/Other Income.  

Thanks for this info: "A carryover from a prior year does not require filing. The IRS knows and holds it to 10 years."   My carryover had been properly filed every year until now. I'm filing an automatic extension, so maybe I'll get lucky and TurboTax will have fixed this bug by October, lol.

TurboTax forces an amount in Box 17 (State Information) of a 1099-MISC, it is usually because Box 16 (State Tax Withheld) has a value (even a $0.00 entry). To fix this, delete any zeros in boxes 16–18, ensure the state information is blank, or use the TurboTax Support forumto check for missing state IDs.