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If you have completed the Delaware nonresident state tax return first, follow these steps:   Check that the income is not double reported on your Pennsylvania return: In the PA State Interview, go to the Income and Adjustments section. Look for a Compensation Summary page. If you see two lines for the same employer (one PA and one DE), edit the DE line. Mark it as "non-taxable in PA" to prevent doubling your income. This ensures the credit applies to the single, correct income amount.   If it is still not being subtracted, try this: In the PA State Interview, navigate to Taxes and Credits. Look for "Credit for Taxes Paid to Another State" Check that TurboTax has entered the Delaware tax paid here.  

Here in the Community, we are happy to answer users' questions in this forum, but we don't have access to telephone agents. Please see the information below and in the referenced help article. If, after reviewing this information, you still need live assistance, please see this help article and this one for instructions on how to contact TurboTax customer support depending on which product you are using.   In many states you can file a joint federal return in TurboTax even if living in separate states, but you will likely need to file separate state returns. Each state has its own rules regarding this topic. For example, Arizona allows couples to file separately even if they filed a joint federal return, whereas Colorado does not. California doesn't allow it either, with the exception of active-duty military and certain nonresidents. Before proceeding further, make sure this is allowed by your state's tax laws.   Use one address for the federal return, then prepare "mock" separate federal returns in TurboTax to correctly generate each state's filing. See this help article for detailed, step-by-step information.  

Claude and Gemini have both shared the following about the error I'm getting in the 5329-T form: The "Red Box" is a known TurboTax bug The reason Line A in the Waiver Smart Worksheet stays red even after you type the explanation is that the 2025 TurboTax Desktop version has a saving error. The Glitch: When you enter an explanation in Forms Mode, the software fails to "commit" that text to the database. It sees a waiver amount but no explanation, so it keeps the line red to flag it as "incomplete". The "Interview" Failure: You weren't getting the prior-year prompt because the 2025 interview logic is currently failing to trigger for Inherited IRAs when the 1099-R code doesn't explicitly flag a correction.

Thanks.  After working with a TurboTax CS agent, I found out that even if you click the “Bailey” box on the Federal 1099R screen, the 1099 amount isn’t applied to the State taxable income until the very end of completing the STATE tax form.   So….an incorrect state tax amount is shown until the very end of the process.

Print your return and then Ctrl + F search for "Schedule D" and (if applicable) "8949" to see how your capital gain/loss income is being calculated on the form(s). To print:    To see or print a PDF of your tax return, select your product and follow the instructions. TurboTax Online Open or continue your return. Select Continue or Start on Tax Home to enter your return. Select Tax Tools from the menu. Select Print Center, choose Print, save, or preview this year's return, and follow the instructions. If you haven't yet paid your TurboTax Online fee (or registered, if you're using a free version), you'll need to do so before you can save the PDF. TurboTax Desktop Open or continue your return. Select File. Select Print/Save for Your Records. Choose to either Save As PDF or Preview Print Copy.

There is a problem with your online payment app.  When I try to enter an expiration date of 09-12 the program won't allow, it only goes to 08 for month.  this has previously been reported by other users and has not been fixed.  I believe it is an effort to force frustrated people to have the fee taken out of their refund which has a $40 additional processing fee.  This is crap, ready to use a different tax program next year!

I am using turbotax 2024, 2025 desktop version.  The 2024 saves in .tax2024 file.  The PDF is NOT the turbotax file extension.  I was able to import .tax2024 to turbotax 2025 and the new file is .tax2025.   If you can locate your .tax2024, that should help.  If you use a PC, open the "This PC" and in "Search This PC" (top right corner), type *.tax2024".  Hope you find your .tax2024 file.   Hope it helps.

You can enter your cost basis and depreciate your rental property by navigating to the rental property section and selecting add an asset to claim depreciation.    Here's how to do this in TurboTax Online:   Navigate to Federal > Income > Wages & Income Summary > Rentals, Royalties, and Farm > Rental Properties and Royalties (Sch E) Edit the rental using the pencil icon, or create a rental if not yet started. Choose add expense or asset, chooses Rental property in the list of asset options, then continue. Now, navigate to Assets in the expense list, choose the pencil icon next to Rental property.  Choose Add to add assets.  Enter information about the property, selecting Rental real estate property form the dropdown in the box titled Select an asset category. This selection depreciates the property over 27.5 years. Here is some information you may find helpful: Rental Real Estate and Taxes