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Where do I find my AGI?   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/agi/help/how-do-i-find-last-year-s-agi/01/25947   Your 2024 tax return shows your 2024  Adjusted Gross Income  (AGI)  If you filed a joint return then the AGI is the same for each of you.   Form 1040        line 11   If entering the amount from your 2024 tax return does not work, then try entering “0” instead.  If that does not work and you still cannot e-file, then print, sign, and mail your tax return.   You can get a free transcript of your past return from the IRS:   https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript Note: If you filed late or amended your return, your correct 2024 AGI may not be in the system.  https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1944348-how-do-i-print-and-mail-my-return-in-turbotax-online Note:  If you mail your federal return, you will also need to mail your state return.  You will not be able to e-file your state return.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/printing/help/how-do-i-print-and-mail-my-return-in-turbotax-online/00/26258 it is a good idea to use a mailing service that will track it like UPS or certified mail.  Then you will know the IRS received it.     If you used the wrong AGI, your e-file  be rejected.  When you get the rejection notice, correct it and re-file. https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/agi/help/where-do-i-correct-my-agi-in-turbotax-online/00/26311

I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE IRS/STATE     TurboTax does not receive any information from the IRS or your state after your return was filed, so no one at TurboTax knows about a letter you received from the IRS or the state.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-audit/turbotax-audit-support/L6AcMoNFD_US_en_US?uid=m5z7by9u     https://intuit.taxaudit.com/audit-defense/help/contact     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/internal-revenue-service/got-cp2000-notice-irs/L7Da6em2t_US_en_US?uid=m4of6ngd

Thanks Volvo Girl and others....did hit the "visit" all and no luck on my desktop version. I want to respect everyone's time and hope Thursday AM the 22nd will update most functions. I am able to enter business income and expenses, so those are working. Be well.  

In case anyone else is as confused as I was by the obtuse language on that form, I'm going to answer my own question. I finally realized the CA FTB means this:   1) If one's last use of a property, regardless of when, was as a principal residence, then the sale of that property is not subject to withholding. 2) However, if one's last use was as a rental, vacation home, etc., or anything other than a principal residence, then one must satisfy the rule of having primarily lived in the home for at least 2 out of the 5 years prior to the sale in order to be exempt from withholding.   This would have been far clearer had they even reversed the order of Part III Lines 1 and 2.

Sorry--no.    The refundable additional child tax credit is not available if you did not earn at least $2500 from working.   You might be able to get a very small amount of earned income credit, but realistically----is there someone else who supported you that can claim you and the children as dependents?

Oh right, sorry about that, it is code "D" for Elective deferrals to a section 401(k) cash or deferred arrangement. Also includes deferrals under a SIMPLE retirement account that is part of a section 401(k) arrangement. 

Yes.  Just the Desktop download program needs Windows 11.   Online system & browser requirements https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/product-system-requirements/turbotax-online-system-requirements/L7zfcGG5b_US_en_US   2024 & 2025 Turbo Tax Desktop System Requirements TurboTax® Desktop 2024-2025 System Requirements

Ahh.   Well, the 1099-R stuff is supposed to be released manana.  If you want to know the impact and are not going to file until you return, and if TurboTax does not release the 1099-R upgrade tomorrow, desktop users can go into the 1099 Form and do manual entries there.  That is what I did to get some idea of the impact for myself.   I do not know if the 1099-R Form option is available for online Turbo Tax folks or not.   Of course, do not file just using the Form for 1099-R.  You will need to revisit any entries made there through the usual 1099-R, IRA, etc. option on the Wage and Income section for verification.   FWIW.

Once you are logged into TurboTax, the easiest way to start is to open a new tab and to go to the Quick Employer Forms site.   For more information, see:  How do I create W-2 and 1099 forms for my employees or contractors? What is Quick Employer Forms?

yes. However, the choice is between state and local sales taxes and state and local income taxes. Itemized deductions must exceed your standard deduction. TurboTax optimizes between the two. The standard deduction for a joint return is $31,500. 

Well the income is $0, I don't typically file. So as hobby, it would go under Schedule 1- 8J, correct? So the AGI is only $604.10, as there is nothing else to put. And then I wouldn't owe anything at all because I am under my state's limit, which I believe is $11,950 for an individual. Looking at your page on the factors of whether it's a business. 1. I don't maintain books or records at all. The only info I have is whatever is shown on Vine itself in my history. Which is also subject to change at any time, as some of the items for 2025 are delisted on Amazon now and no longer available at all. Even to view or look at. 2. I don't put any more time or effort than necessary. I put in a basic review randomly within a few days or weeks after receiving the product. 3. I don't depend on it for livelihood or anything, since there is no revenue. 4. It's not really relaxing, it's most just to get some items that might be useful where I live (ie, a soap dispenser) 5. Nothing to fund the activity. I'm using an old PC to do it, and a home internet via a free hotspot from the phone my Medicaid insurance qualifies for. 6. I don't have any profit or loss, I would think. There is no revenue. 7. I don't do anything differently than I ever have. I randomly check Vine when I think about it. Get something that looks interesting. Nothing scheduled or on a fixed timetable. 8. I doubt I have the knowledge to carry this out as a business. 9. Never made a profit doing it, because I don't sell it for cash. Unless items themselves count as a profit? I'm not sure how this would work.  10. I don't expect any of this stuff to gain in value. It's either bad items that weren't worth the ETV to begin with, or it's items that'd be used until they are ready to be discarded.