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You can file a joint return, even if your spouse had no income for the year. Make sure all of your spouses W-2 and 1099 income forms are included in the return before you file.    To change your federal filing status to Married Filing Jointly using TurboTax Online: Go to the Personal profile screen, and under Your info select your name, then select Revisit. Continue until you reach the About your household screen. Under Married, change the selection to Plan to file jointly. Select Continue and follow the instructions.   TurboTax FAQ 

The TurboTax online editions are only for tax year 2025 and cannot be changed.   To complete and file a 2022 tax return using TurboTax you would need to purchase, download and install on a personal computer one of the 2022 desktop editions from this website - https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/past-years-products/   A 2022 tax return can only be printed and mailed, it cannot be e-filed using TurboTax.   If filing the 2022 tax return for a tax refund, the envelope must be postmarked on or before April 15, 2026 or the refund will be forfeited. 

Yes, you can file a tax return for tax year 2022. Here's a link to download the correct software. https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/past-years-products/2022/ However please note that you are usually unable to efile older-year tax returns using Turbo Tax. You will need to print the return and mail it into the taxing authority. Our e-filing window for non-corporate and non-partnership returns goes from January to mid-October of the calendar year that immediately follows the tax year.  

Your AGI on the 2025 tax return is on the Form 1040 Line 11a.   You can view your Form 1040 plus Schedules 1, 2 and 3 at any time using the online editions. Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen. Click on Tools. Click on View Tax Summary. Click on Preview my 1040 on the left side of the screen.

You can only deduct the "premium" portion of your pay, so you can compute this by taking one-third of your total time-and-a-half earnings and one-fourth of double-time earnings. You will then combine these 2 amounts for your total deductible overtime.   Here is some information you may find helpful:  No Tax on Overtime Explained: Qualified Overtime Deduction Rules for 2025

Q. my daughter is in college and she is my dependent. I pay for her rent , utilities and college tuition. is this construe as dependent SUPPORT? A. Yes, that is support for purposes of determining if the student qualifies as your dependent.   What you don't say is whether she lives with you. That is, is the rent you pay where she permanently lives or is that her off campus "room"/"housing", while away at school.    There are two types of dependents, "Qualifying Children"(QC) and Other ("Qualifying Relative" in IRS parlance even though they don't have to actually be related). There is no income limit for a QC but there is an age limit, student status, a relationship test and residence test. The support test is different for each type. The support test, for a QC, is only that the child didn't provide more than half his own support. The support test for a Qualifying Relative is that the taxpayer provided more than half the relative's support. A child of a taxpayer can still be a “Qualifying Child” (QC) dependent, regardless of his/her income, if: He is under age 19, or under 24 if a full time student for at least 5 months of the year, or is totally & permanently disabled He did not provide more than 1/2 his own support. Scholarships are excluded from the support calculation He lived with the parent (including temporary absences such as away at school) for more than half the year   So, it doesn't matter how much he earned. What matters is how much he spent on support. Money he put into savings does not count as support he spent on himself. The support value of the home, provided by the parent, is the fair market rental value of the home plus utilities & other expenses divided by the number of occupants. The IRS has a worksheet that can be used to help with the support calculation. See: http://apps.irs.gov/app/vita/content/globalmedia/teacher/worksheet_for_determining_support_4012.pdf See full dependent rules at: https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/Family/Rules-for-Claiming-a-Dependent-on-Your-Tax-Return/INF12139.html

No, you cannot E-file a 2022 tax return with TurboTax. However, you can file the 2022 return by downloading the Desktop software. You woud then Print Sign and mail your tax return.Your Federal tax return goes to a different location depending on the state that you live in.  See this list to determine the location for you. Where to File Paper Tax Returns (irs.gov)  

If TurboTax's federal review keeps asking "Who's your mortgage lender?" but you have no mortgage, it could be due to a previous answer or a default setting requiring mortgage info for certain deductions, like mortgage interest or real estate taxes. To resolve this: 1. Review your entries under Deductions & Credits related to homeownership or mortgage interest. 2. Make sure you have not entered any mortgage interest deduction or related info by mistake. 3. If you entered real estate taxes, verify that you didn't mistakenly trigger mortgage questions. 4. If no mortgage interest is entered, look for a checkbox indicating you have no mortgage and confirm it. Clearing or confirming these details should stop the prompt during federal review.

To enter an investment sale - Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business) Click on Wages and Income (Personal Income using Home and Business) Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown) Under Investment Income On Stocks, Cryptocurrency, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other, click the start or update button

Hello @NCperson, and thanks again.    per "3) providing less than 50% of their own support."  Granddaughter has provided 100% of her own own support through part-time work, grant, loan and scholarship.  She also worked one year before starting grad school, so may also have used savings.   My granddaughter received the AOTC credit in 2023 for her senior year of college.  I found the Turbo question concerning this very confusing:                        Claimed the Hope or American Opportunity Credit in a previous year                        Check this if a parent claimed this ... (in fainter type) I assume I was to check it in either case, so I checked it and provided the info that she had received AOTC once.   After answering the other questions, Turbo Tax said that she does not qualify for any educational credits.  I believe this is because she received a grants + a scholarship that exceeded her tuition costs. Message says she does not qualify because Somebody else can claim Samantha as a dependent on their return There were no net qualified education expenses I will revise her mom's return to see how much that affects mom's refund.   Thanks for all your help!

Have you clicked Refresh Calculations at the bottom of the page?   In TurboTax Online, when entering IRS form 7203 information, I am able to enter a line 28 entry and click Refresh Calculations at the bottom of the page.   In addition, Nondeductible expenses reported in Part I are entered above on line B Nondeductible expenses.  Then click Refresh Calculations at the bottom of the page.