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@GabiU    Perhaps you and the CHAMPS should review this in your private discussion area.   The way this wording has been changed for 2025, may lead to a lot of  unnecessary confusion and missteps by a few hundred thousand folks with 1099-Rs to enter. ________________ I just checked the 2025 Online software for that follow-up question, and it is worded the same as desktop. _______________________ I made changes to the current 2025 "Online" question, to change that page to what it was more like in the 2024 software, and pretty sure it should be reused that way.    

Yes I understand that.  Did you understand my question?   I said the way it is being calculated is incorrect for 2 seniors with income over 150k.  6% deduction should be reduced from 12000 not from  6000 and multiplied by 2.  

If the service was provided to you by an incorporated consulting company, you do not have to file a 1099.   You generally must provide a 1099-NEC if all of the following are true:   You paid them $600 or more during the year Vendor is an independent contractor (not an employee) The contractor is not a corporation (with some exceptions)  

Did you click that big orange button that said “Transmit my return now?”  If you did that, you cannot do anything to fix it yet.  You have to wait for the email that tells you if your return was accepted or rejected.   Since the IRS will not begin to accept/reject returns until January 26, you are going to be waiting in “pending” for awhile.  Your return is sitting on a server, where you cannot fix  it or get it back.   You cannot change or add anything on the return that you just e-filed, nor can you stop it.  It is too late, just like when you put an envelope in a US mailbox on the corner.  The IRS does not allow you to take it back.   If you left out a W-2, a 1099G, or a dependent, or a 1099 etc…DO NOT change your return while it is “pending.”  The changes will go nowhere.   Now you have to wait until the IRS either rejects or accepts your return.  If your return is rejected, you will be able to go into your account and make the necessary changes to your tax return and re-submit your return.     If the IRS accepts your return, however, then you have to wait longer until it has been fully processed and you have received your refund.  THEN you can prepare an amended tax return and e-file or mail  it in. You have to be able to work from that return exactly the way it was when it was e-filed originally.  You will need to use a form called a 1040X.     Meanwhile, DO NOT go in and start changing anything on your return in the system, or you will make a mess for yourself.  Sit tight and wait until you see what the IRS does with the return you just e-filed   The Form 1040X you need becomes available in late February,  But wait until your return has been processed.

Although you might be able to view or print your information from the website, most banks, brokerages and other financial institutions do not have the data formatted for import into tax software before sometime in February.  So if you are wanting to enter it sooner, you have to key it in by hand.   Or….wait until it is available for import.   If you want to enter it manually, click the option that says “I’ll type it in myself”   If your bank or financial institution is not on the drop down list, click the words “I’ll type it in myself” and key in your information by hand.     See if your financial institution is on the Partner List - If not, you will have to enter the information manually.    

If you go through every section in the Deductions and Credits section, you come to the auto interest questions under the Cars and Other Things You Own area.   As long as you have not submitted your return, you can go back and add the information.      Vehicle Loan Interest Deduction   Path to Vehicle Interest Deduction