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TurboTax requires a valid U.S. domestic 10-digit phone number for text messages, and e-filing. Foreign phone numbers aren't accepted and will trigger an error. You can leave the field blank, enter the number for a trusted friend or relative, or enter a “dummy number.”    To update your phone number in TurboTax:   Sign in and open your return. Select My Info and update your phone number.   You can also turn off the two-step verification feature in TurboTax that sends a text verification code. 

Thanks for the suggestion. Looks like as long as I don't hit the "Done with income" button, I can proceed to the credit and other sections. I will keep the "form mode " suggestion and hopefully I don't have to dig  through the forms. Thanks

From another Communities post, that is my understanding.  To make sure that all of the calculations are correct. what I hear is that you will have to open the 1099-R section from the Wages/Income tab, once it is available, and 1) follow the prompts and 2) verity that they entries you made via the form are still there and are exactly as you desire then do the usual Confirm, Save, etc.   Kind of a pain, but glad (like myself) that using Forms helped you get a refund glimpse.  Well done!

Double-check your entries and make sure you have provided accurate information. If your son was in a juvenile facility, it may be considered as a temporary absence and you may put that he lived with you the whole year. If that's not the case, you should be able to mark that he lived with you for more than 6 months base on the date that you provided. You may be able to claim your child as a dependent depending on meeting specific IRS criteria, including: time of residency, age, student status, disability rules and that you provided more than half of his support for the year. Here are some reasons to consider that may not let you claim your son as a Dependent:   Someone else claimed him: if someone else has already filed a tax return and claimed him, your return will be rejected automatically. Custody/residency rules: Your son must have lived with you for more than half of the year. Incorrect SSN: Issues with a SSN (even one missing digit) will result in a rejection. Make sure you typed the correct SSN. Age rules: He must be under 19, or under 24 and a full time student, or any age if permanently disabled. Support test: He can't provide more than half of his own support (rent, food, bills) Filing status: If your son filed his own tax return and marked “someone else can claim me as a dependent” Incorrectly, can cause some issues.   See the link below for additional information:   requirements to claim a child   Edited [01-18-2026 at 07:27 P.M. ET]  

OOF! are you ever WRONG. "The amount of medical expenses that go on Schedule A is 7.5% of your AGI from line 12 of your Form 1040." The 7.5% of AGI is a FLOOR! Medical expenses (plus other itemized) that exceed the 7.5% AGI amount are your deductions. Then compare that to the standard deduction. Don't answer a question if you don't know what you're talking about...

Thank you, I have entered long term non covered, and found where I enter I inherited it.  Almost there, but Turbotax is asking for the cost basis, but no cost basis is listed on the 1099B. Apparently it is the date of death value --this is not on the 1099B. I have entered 0 on TurboTax Box 1e, even though there is no 1e on the 1099B, but TurboTax still seems to want a number other than 0, so I am stumped. Thanks for this last bit of help to enter correctly. Kathy 

first of all I think you misunderstood the question of what I said it second about who are you talking to because that’s not what I said about saving 112 and I did not share my screen because it’s my personal information so I just would rather you not answer the question have a good day

Shot in the dark ----- Have you tried starting to enter the W-2 and then switching to Forms Mode to enter the rest and then switching back to Interview Mode? Maybe some variation of that would work also.

@dmlogan69    If your DocID has 6 numbers, Some folks have been told to enter the number with leading zeros (3 of them??) to make a total of nine digits...but have no idea if it works.  Other folks say that didn't work.   Call Customer Support during the weekdays if it doesn't. How do I contact TurboTax?