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You wrote "Fidcial".  Is that supposed to be National Financial Services?    That's a subsidiary of Fidelity and does provide some 1099 payment services for Fidelity, and is often listed as the "Payer" on a Fidelity 1099. if you have a regular Fidelity Investments account, are you sure you aren't supposed to be importing directly from the routine Fidelity Investments brokerage account?   If you're not sure, you may wish to give a quick phone call to Fidelity (they're easy to reach) and ask them which one you're supposed to be using for importing into TurboTax.    The fact that you don't recognize "Wealthscape Investor" makes me think you may have a regular Fidelity brokerage account instead of an account set up at National Financial Services itself.    How do you normally view your holdings and download a 1099 PDF online or conduct other account management--is it through the Fidelity website?

2/19/26 Update:  I am using the TT Home and Business for Mac and the update was released overnight.  After downloading, installing, and restarting the program the Depreciation and Amortization section is now functional.  I just entered a rental property sale without any issues.

@ctkthue19 wrote: I realized that I made a mistake in my 2025 tax returns. I efiled the returns and it was accepted. Should I amend it as soon as the IRS opens to accept amendments on Feb 19, 2026? That date has unfortunately been moved back a week.  The TurboTax amending process will not be ready until either late on Feb 25 or morning of Feb 26, when the Form 1040X is expected to become available in TurboTax.   In the meantime, do NOT make any changes in your return.  When you start the amending process, it has to start off exactly as originally filed.   If you were due a Federal refund, it's generally recommended to wait for your original return to fully process at the IRS and that you have received the refund.    If you amend the Federal return, you may also have to amend the state return (if applicable.)

@ Benson-Davis  Oh, you didn't mention if your efiled return was accepted.   To be sure you successfully efiled, log into your Online TurboTax and look at the Tax Home page and check the efile status there.    

@Benson-Davis wrote:  I had a projective date when my refund should be deposited directly into my account. 02-12-2026 was the date, and I still haven't received it. Is the projective date provided by TurboTax valid No.  It's an estimated date based simply on the common average processing times at the IRS.  The IRS says most filers who efile and choose direct deposit will receive their refunds within 21 days.   Everyone in TurboTax gets a 21 day date.   You should go by what you see at the IRS "Where's My Refund" tool to monitor your refund.   It should go through 3 stages: Return received Refund approved Refund sent and an expected deposit date. https://www.irs.gov/wheres-my-refund   Also if you had any options such as "pay fees out of refund" or "up to 5 days early refund" offer, or Refund Advance, etc., those options involve a third-party bank which receives your refund first.

I agree that, in some areas, TurboTax is lacking in at least abbreviated explanations. But consider that the latest tax act is about 1,000 pages. Explanation of these provisions runs thousands of pages more and this is just one tax bill. 

I'm really hoping that is online as well.  I find it amazing it took 8 pages of comments before someone realized what they dropped from the application.  Obviously, someone really screwed up in the testing.   By the 27th is the deadline, otherwise, I'm finding a new software.  Right now I'm $1800 over where I should be.  Not good!

The amending process has not yet opened up for 2025 returns.  The preparation of Form 1040X is expected to become available late on Feb 25 or morning of Feb 26.   In the meantime, do NOT make any changes in your return.  When you start the amending process, it has to start off exactly as originally filed.   If you were due a Federal refund, you should wait for your original return to fully process at the IRS and that you have received the refund.   Before you prepare your amended return, also see the info in this FAQ and video:   FAQ:  How do I amend my Federal tax return for this current year? https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/amend-federal-tax-return-current-year/L7eS6o1qh_US_en_US   If you amend the Federal return, you may also have to amend the state return (if applicable.)

This answer assumes your previous returns were prepared in Online TurboTax.   Any return prepared in desktop TurboTax will not be in an Online account.  Here's how one would normally find past-year online returns and how to troubleshoot for multiple accounts (User IDs) if necessary.  Many people end up with more than 1 account.  The pathway to download the PDF or tax data file depends on whether or not you have started an online 2025 return.  I provide both scenarios below, so choose which one is appropriate for your situation.   If you have not yet started a 2025 online return: Sign in to your account.   What you see next depends on whether or not you have already started a 2025 return in that account.   If your left column menu is minimal, and does not have a Tax Home tab displayed, that would imply you have not started preparing a 2025 return in that account.  If you haven't yet started a return, it will start asking you some questions.  Answer those preliminary questions on a few screens (you don't actually have to prepare a return), and then when you are far enough into the process, the left menu column will change, and you'll then see a Tax Home option in the left menu column.  Do not click the Documents tab.  Instead, click on Tax Home.  Then on the Tax Home screen, scroll way down to the bottom to "Your Tax Returns & Documents".  Expand that section and choose the past year you want.   If your past returns are not shown there, then you likely have multiple accounts and signed into the wrong one.  I'll tell you below how to troubleshoot.   If you have already started a 2025 online return: Log in, and if you've already started a 2025 return in that account, then it may already open at the Tax Home.  If not, click the Tax Home tab in the left column menu.  Do not use the Documents tab.  At the Tax Home scroll down and expand "Your Tax Returns & Documents."   If the past returns are not there, see the steps below.   If you do all that and can't find the past return, here's how to look for multiple accounts: You can have up to 5 accounts that use the same email address for notification purposes.  A User ID may be an email address, but it doesn't have to be.  It might be only part of an email address, or it can be anything at all.   To get a list of your User IDs, reset password, and recover account access, etc., you can use the tool at the link below.  When using the Account Recovery tool, try using your phone number first if you can still access it.   After that, if necessary, then run the tool on your email address(es) you can access. NOTE: Before running the account recovery tool below, log out of all Intuit accounts including this user forum, or you might end up in a loop.  Then clear your browser Internet cache, close your browser, then reopen it, and go to the link below.  You may wish to copy this link so you can paste it into the new browser session. https://myturbotax.intuit.com/account-recovery If still no luck after running that on your phone number you can still access and email address(es) that you can access,  here's another method:          Go back to the tool again, but this time leave the data field blank, scroll down a bit, then choose the small blue link that says "Try something else", and it will look you up by other parameters.

GLD is classified as collectible no matter if it is short term or long term gain.  U r correct in saying the tax calculation method is the same if it is short term gain and u treat it as ordinary income; but not the same if it is long term gain subjected to a max tax rate of 28% and not treated the same as normal stock long term gain.