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Putting this in perspective, here is what might be limiting your credit. Your Foreign Tax Credit is determined by multiplying the US tax rate by the ratio of Foreign income/total income from all sources.  With this in mind,  the standard deduction may have wiped out your US tax liability for this year.   If your total income (U.S. + Foreign) is relatively low, your Standard Deduction might have already reduced your U.S. tax liability to zero. Since the Foreign Tax Credit is a non-refundable credit, it can reduce your tax to zero, but it cannot give you a "refund" of money you never owed the IRS in the first place.   Even if you believe that your tax liability increased after you reported the German income, it may have been enough to break the income threshold where income exceeded the standard deduction.    @TheresaSiev                   

No one in the user forum can connect you to your ""Live" expert who assisted you with 2025.  The "Live" experts do not help with past year returns.  But you can try contacting them if you want to. https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/product-setup/connect-tax-expert-turbotax-live/L73wOZD5D_US_en_US?uid=m8zw1pbb  

Two ways - 1) Go back through the Form 1095-A section and delete the Form 1095-A  2) Go to your tax return list, find the 1095-A and delete it   1) To enter, edit or delete your Form 1095-A - Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business) Click on Deductions and Credits Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown) Scroll down to Medical On Affordable Care Act (Form 1095-A), click the start or update button 2) Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen Click on Tools Click on Delete a form   Note - There may be multiple pages of your tax return forms and schedules so click on the page number or right arrow (>) shown at the bottom of the federal tax return forms.

No, you cannot pay for online using the license code.  Seek a refund for the desktop download and you will pay the online fee at the end after you are done preparing your return.   To request a refund for a TT product https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/intuit-refunds/request-refund-turbotax-product/L834M6uyW_US_en_US?uid=m6meybc2  

I could never actually track down the 8937. I found the $10.01 in a plan summary document issued by my company. It is not clear to me at all that this is actually the basis that should be used for tax purposes - it may just be the value used to calculate the performance of my shares since vesting (going back to when they vested as company A shares). I am hesitant to use this as the cost basis for the actual calculation of capital gains. Although I suppose the fact that the plan summary document shows an allocation date of Oct 27 2025 is some evidence that this may be the correct basis to use.

Yes, you can bundle your 2025 expenses into 'start-up costs' and report when you also have some 2026 income .  Here's more info on Business Start Up Costs.  For current year 2026 regular expenses, consider Business Mileage and Home Office.    @TuckerdogAVL 

All of the expenses on line 48 are going to subtract from your self employment earnings.  And line 48 gathers a multitude of expenses.  Does the amount that was entered match an amount that you entered for anything?  Or is it a bunch of things that you entered that have all joined together?   You should go back through the expenses that you have entered as a review to see what is there.  When you come to the end and are ready for filing the return you will be able to view the complete list of what is on line 48 and is being sent to the IRS BEFORE you file the return.  You should make certain that everything that is on that list is correct and ready to go.