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To report interest income received - Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home & Business) Click on Wages and Income (Personal Income using Home & Business) Click on I'll choose what I work on Under Interest and Dividends On Interest on 1099-INT, click on the start or update button

In New York, the first $20,000 of retirement income is excluded from state tax.  If you add a 1099-R with less income, it won’t be taxed.  But if you have more than one 1099-R, you will start paying tax when the total goes over $20,000.  

It depends. If you do not know the date acquired, then you must know the holding period (shown below). In this case you would select 'Something other than a date' and then select the correct period. It is up to you to know what you paid for the investment.    Holding Periods: Long term is a holding period of more than one year (one year plus one day) and receives capital gain tax treatment (0%, 10%, 15%, 20% depending on your regular rate of tax) Short term is a holding period of one year or less and receives ordinary gain tax treatment (your regular rate)Enter the information in TurboTax by using the steps below.  Open your TurboTax Online return: Select Tax Home on the left panel > Select any Income category or Pick up where you left off Select Tax Tools > Tools > Select Topic Search > Type 1099b  > Select GO (should be landed on 1099b) Select Add Investments if your 1099-B is not yet present in your list Continue to follow the prompts to enter the information yourself Open your return in TurboTax Desktop: Select Personal Income > Scroll to Investment Income > Select Stocks Cryptocurrency, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other Start or Update > Continue to follow the prompts to enter your 1099-B details The sale of any investment is required to be included with your tax return, gain or loss.  Information from the link below may be helpful What is Form 1099-B: Proceeds from Broker Transactions? 

You can change the email address associated with your account through your account settings.   Intuit uses a single sign in system for all Intuit products, so changing it here will also update it for any other Intuit products you use, such as QuickBooks or Credit Karma.   To Change Your Email Address: Select Intuit Account located in the lower-left corner of your screen (near the Sign Out button). On the Account Manager page, select the Sign in & security menu. Select the Email address section. Enter your new email address and then enter it again to confirm. Enter your current password when prompted to verify the change. Select Save. Check your new email inbox for a verification link from Intuit and click it to finalize the update. If you can't sign in at all, you can go to the Intuit Account Recovery page. This requires you to upload a photo of a government-issued ID to verify your identity.

We anticipate the more complex depreciation calculations within the software should be updated after February 13, 2026. These updates should include the entries for Special Depreciation. Our tech team is working hard to release the updates before that date.    @Gbrad 

Do you have a Form 1095-A?  YES Did you get the number from Box 2 of that Form?  YES Does the Policy number exceed 15 digits? YES (I entered in the last 15 digits) What is the form 8962? How do I submit that with my 1095-A?

Go back to My Info on the left side of the online program screen. Edit the dependent and carefully check your answers to the questions. Note - A child born in 2025 is deemed to have lived in your home for the entire year. Make sure you select them as your Child, that you selected that they lived in your home for the Whole Year, temporary absence for education is deemed living in your home. That they did NOT provide over one-half of their own support (You Did), that you indicated there was no one else in the household providing support to them, and that you did NOT check the box labeled Not valid for employment in the Social Security number section.   If all your answers are correct then delete them as a dependent and re-enter.

You are seeing this because the amount of Medicare taxes withheld in box 6 is not exactly 1.45% of the Medicare wages in box 5, due to rounding.   DoninGA found that if you remove any cents for the Medicare wages (Box 5), this will clear the need for Form 8959.   Double check your entries for your W2s. You could have a Box 6 withholding error or misplaced decimal point in Box 5 (e.g., entering $50,000.00 as $500,000) will trigger the form. Go to Wages & Income and select Edit/Add next to your W-2. Check Box 5 and Box 6 for every W-2 entered. Ensure Box 6 is exactly 1.45% of Box 5. If it is off by a few cents (e.g., the W-2 shows $145.01 instead of $145.00), rounding it to the nearest dollar may remove the form requirement. If the amount in Box 6 (Medicare tax withheld) is more than 1.45% of the amount in Box 5 (Medicare wages), TurboTax must generate Form 8959 to claim a refund of that overpayment. Even a discrepancy of $1 due to employer rounding can trigger this.   If your W2 entries are correct, delete the form: Select Tax Tools from the left menu, then Tools. Select Delete a form. Find Form 8959 and click Delete. Note: If the data in your W-2 still points to an overpayment, TurboTax will automatically re-generate the form during the final review.

Literally me, 5am. I dont know what’s going on but i really wish I could cancel my returns with TT and do it elsewhere. Im almost positive I’ll be rejected again but like hurry up and do it so i can move forward. Smh

The TurboTax Free online edition is for very simple tax returns that do not require any other form or schedule other than the Form 1040.  If your tax data requires entry on any other form or schedule then you must upgrade to the Deluxe edition or higher.   If you have not paid for the online edition you are using, have not filed your tax return or registered the Free edition, then you can clear your return and start over with a lower priced edition. Click on Switch Products on the lower left side of the program screen while working on the 2025 online tax return. Click on Clear & Start Over   Go to this TurboTax website for the Free online edition - https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/online/free-edition.jsp   Please Note - TurboTax Online: Important Details about Filing Form 1040 Returns with Limited Credits A Form 1040 return with limited credits is one that's filed using IRS Form 1040 only (with the exception of the specific covered situations described below). Roughly 37% of taxpayers are eligible. If you have a Form 1040 return and are claiming limited credits only, you can file for free yourself with TurboTax Free Edition or TurboTax Live Assisted Basic (if available), or you can file with TurboTax Full Service at the listed price. Situations covered (assuming no added tax complexity): W-2 income Interest or dividends (1099-INT/1099-DIV) that don’t require filing a Schedule B IRS standard deduction Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Child Tax Credit (CTC) Student loan interest deduction Situations not covered: Itemized deductions claimed on Schedule A Unemployment income reported on a 1099-G Business or 1099-NEC income Stock sales (including crypto investments) Rental property income Credits, deductions and income reported on other forms or schedules