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@GINA-MS wrote: Update:   AI info from google says that he has to be the recipient to be able to receive the deduction so I guess we will not be able to get that deduction this year.    Personally, I disagree with that.  I am a tax professional and I would take the deduction.   One thing that supports that is that the IRS says a business owner can deduct the cost of their Medicare and their spouse's Medicare as health insurance.  A spouse's Medicare would not be in the business owner's name, but the IRS specifically states it is deductible.

That did not help.  In the final review, it came up (somehow) as an item flagged for review and required me to update/review the basis, in that screen (where you have the sort of raw PDF forms you enter data into) I was able to edit the basis that no other screen would let me edit.  This is just a bug in how the data is handled, it happened for multiple 1099-Rs.

If you didn't change the Cost Basis of your Rental Property, yes, the depreciation should be the same each year.  If you had a couple months vacancy, you would just have less Rental income that year, so not sure why your say 'the income doubled'.     If you added any Improvements as an additional Asset, you could have more depreciation if you elected Bonus/Special Depreciation for that asset this year. This would increase your total depreciation, when added to the regular depreciation of the rental.  Or, if you added a new Business Vehicle, you could also have more depreciation, depending on how you claimed it.     You could step through your asset entries again from the Asset Summary page to verify this.    Here's more info on Depreciation of Business Assets and Business Vehicle Depreciation.      @Albert90029     

What?  What accounts do not send a 1099R?  You HAVE to get a 1099R for a RMD.  Did you take the full RMD for all accounts from an account that did send a 1099R?  That's ok.   For the RMD just enter the amount from box 1 from that specific 1099R even if it covers other accounts.  

@garkatzack    You don't enter them in the state section   On the Deductions&Credits page in the Federal section...there is an Estimated Taxes section...and when you go in there, you enter you Federal & State quarterly estimated taxes as separate menu items.  Then those State $$ amounts automatically transfer to the State forms.   I imagne they put them there since many people are able to deduct state & local income taxes paid a s an itemized deduction, & they need to be entered right away.

Print or view your tax return, specifically the Form 1040 worksheet (1040/1040SR Wks).   Scroll down about a third of the way, below line 15, you will find the Tax Smart Worksheet.   Line A will tell you whether you used the tax table or what worksheet(s) you need to refer to.             

No  I'm saying not to enter it on the actual form.  Go back to the Step by Step interview and make sure it works there and gives you the 2 columns.  And if it doesn't show 2 columns other things will be very wrong on your return.