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Your return?  Once you enter all of your information and hit the transmit button you are generally complete.  However, watch for an acceptance or rejection text message or email.  If it is accepted there is nothing left for you to do unless you receive a letter from the IRS.  If it is rejected, then you will need to follow the instructions to make the correction and resubmit. 

If you are being paid to host the exchange student, you may need to report the income, possibly as self employment income. But can then deduct the expenses  directly against the income, rather than as itemized deductions. 

Enter the distribution and tax amounts in TurboTax as they appear on the 1099-R. Both distributions are taxable in 2025 because you took them both in 2025, even though one was for 2024. The tax that was withheld will be applied to your total 2025 tax liability. The tax is not linked to a specific distribution. If you paid more tax than necessary the excess will be included in your overall refund.  

To delete a form in TurboTax Online follow the steps below.  You will need to delete any supporting worksheets first. To delete in the desktop version simply switch to forms mode and then select delete.  From the left rail menu in TurboTax Online, select Tax Tools (You may have to scroll down on the left rail menu.) On the drop-down select Tools On the Pop-Up menu titled “Tools Center,” select Delete a Form  This will show all of the forms in your return  Scroll down to the form you want to delete  Select the Form  Click on Delete.  Always use extreme caution when deleting information from your tax return.  There could be unintended consequences.     

Is it possible that you entered the same 1099-R twice?  You can check this by going to Wages and income summary in the Income section on the left side menu in TurboTax online.  If you are using TurboTax Desktop, you click on the Personal tab, then Personal Income.  On the Income Summary page, scroll down to the Retirement Plans and Social Security screen, and click Start or Update to the right of the IRA, 401(k), Pension Plan Withdrawals (1099-R) section.  If you have a duplicate 1099-R on the Your 1099-R summary screen, you can click on the trashcan icon to the right of one of them to delete it.   If a withdrawal from your retirement accounts meets or exceeds your RMD requirement, you won't be getting assessed a penalty for not having withdrawn the correct amount of RMD.  If you have multiple traditional IRA accounts, you aggregate the total amount of those IRA accounts to determine the RMD.  You are allowed to withdraw from only one account to satisfy that RMD - the important thing is to be sure to withdraw at least the minimum amount to satisfy the RMD.   When you enter an 1099-R in TurboTax that has an RMD requirement, you get to a screen Let's get more information about your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD).  If the withdrawal is equal to the RMD, then you enter the Box 1 amount in the RMD due by Dec. 31, 2025 box.  On the next screen How much of this distribution applied to your December 31, 2025 RMD? you would check The entire distribution applied to the December 31, 2025 RMD, then Continue.  This will give TurboTax the information it needs to show that your distribution will be free of a penalty.

You may want to Delete Schedule E and step through the Property Profile again.  Be sure to indicate property was 'converted from personal use to rental' (or vice versa) and on the following screen, number of days rental use.  Don't enter a number for 'personal use' as you didn't use the property as a primary home during the rental period.     Then enter total mortgage interest and TurboTax will allocate based on number of rental days.     As far as the home screen displaying 'Not Started' or 'Needs Review', as long as your tax forms are correct, this should disappear when you complete the Income/Deductions sections, or close/re-open the program.    Here's more info on Personal/Rental Mortgage Interest Deduction.    @user17757433649 

Line 6e of Part I is where you enter the employer contribution if you are not using the Maximize function.   If you are using the Maximize function, your employer contribution would be the amount on line 21 of Part III minus your regular elective and catch-up contributions.  You generally allocate the net earnings first to elective deferrals and catch-up contributions, then to employer contributions, but it's possible do a different mix as long as the employer contribution does not exceed the amount on Part III line 13 and the regular and catch-up elective deferrals do not exceed the permissible maximums.    

Agreed...but I've used Turbotax business each year for this return, and have only encountered errors in this year's distro.  The gist is, I populate the grantor's core information (name, address, SSN) when prompted.  When asked if the grantor will be signing the return, I choose "no", and populate with my information (trustee).  Information that is then produced on federal and state (Pennsylvania) forms shows the grantor's information rather than mine in fiduciary segments.  When those segments are manually edited, the printed forms revert back to original (incorrect) versions.  Super buggy behavior.  I've tried importing last year's file as a starting point and also entering from scratch, both with the same result.   -J-

What kind of tax advocate do you need to speak to? Someone from the IRS' Tax Advocate Service? See Tax Advocate Service here.   Are you waiting for transcripts for your federal tax returns (see "Get Transcript" here).   Otherwise, please clarify what your request is about.

We don't understand the question.    You want to pay for what? Your TurboTax fees? Your tax due?   And with what license code? The product license key? Your drivers license?   We need some clarity on what you are really asking for.