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FLSA OT probably means overtime pay that is eligible for the new deduction for overtime. You can only enter one amount for the deduction for overtime. You have to ask your employer why there are two different entries, what they mean, and how you can determine how much of your overtime pay is eligible for the deduction.  

UPDATE:  I re-entered my tax return data, saved before doing the CA return, and ended up with the same result.  I exited TT.  When I returned and started the CA return again.  Oddly, I was asked more questions than during the previous round.  The one question that I noticed was unrelated to my rental issue - TT asked me for my Capital Loss Carryforward for CA, which is different than my Federal amount.  On my previous session, TT never asked for that and just (properly) carried the amount forward from my 2024 CA return.  After all of this, I found that my rental depreciation schedule was accurate!  I also realized that what had happened with my original return (the problem that I posted about) was that TT did not transfer the proper amount of prior depreciation - it only transferred the depreciation from 2024, not the cumulative amount from 2023 and 2024 - and it appears that this is why the 2025 depreciation is overstated.  I hope this makes sense, but one can see it in my photos.  Bottom Line:  TT was acting quirky...

Thanks again for these ideas. #1 did not work.   For #2, yes, my HSA is through my employer, so it is in Box 12 on my W2. Are you saying I'm supposed to remove that? There has to be another way rather than putting incorrect information here. There have to be millions of people who have HSAs through their employers. I have not included this information in any other section.

The data file for the Mac version and the data file for the Windows version is exactly the same. This tells me that the development has been parallel. Both the Windows binary and Mac binary are Intel based. If it was as easy as simply recompiling, I am sure they would have already done it. Since they are not even making binaries for new Microsoft Surface Pro's that have the Qualcomm ARM chip, the odds of an Apple Silicon binary is almost nil. It still runs on all Macs currently, but not all Windows Machines. Pathetic.

@pk Perfect, that's clear. Thanks again for your immense help in decluttering this. I will do paper filing only this time. One last question - During the NRA period (Jan'25-Jun'25), I don't have any "US sourced/connected income". So, should i declare "no income" for this period on 1040-NR form?