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You probably answered something incorrectly in MY INFO.   Go back to MY INFO, click the child’s name  and go through all of the interview questions carefully and slowly.  Read every screen top to bottom.     Make sure you have entered your child as a dependent in My Info, and that you have entered the child's Social Security number.    Careful— do not say that your child’s SSN is not valid for employment.  If your child was born in 2025 make sure you said he lived with you the whole year.  There is an oddly worded question that asks if the child paid over half their own support.  Say NO to that question.

@jpdelobel You are posting to a thread that has no activity for about a year.   Unless you have entered a qualifying dependent you cannot file as Head of Household.   Am I Head of Household?   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-filing-status/qualify-head-household-2021/L0NxUtVc2_US_en_US?uid=m5x19jkx What is a "qualifying person" for Head of Household?   If you qualify as Head of Household, when you enter your marital status (single or married filing separately) into MyInfo, and then enter your qualifying dependent, TurboTax will offer HOH as your filing status.  

@bcody1 wrote: I can try forms mode, or just not import last years data.  But, this appears to have been a bug since at least 2021, its frustrating the TT is ignoring it. Understood and, of course, it's not the first bug or anomaly that's been ignored.

Are you the custodial parent?   ONLY the custodial parent can enter the childcare credit.   Are you the custodial parent?  Do you have an agreement with the other parent to allow the other parent to claim them--due to divorce or that you live apart and share custody?  Did one of you sign a Form 8332?   If there is a signed 8332 then the custodial parent retains the right to file as Head of Household, get earned income credit and the childcare credit.  The non-custodial parent gets the child tax credit for children under the age of 17.  If the child is 17 or older the non-custodial parent gets the $500 credit for other dependents.   If you and the other parent have a signed agreement, you need to indicate in MY INFO that you have such an agreement.   As far as the IRS is concerned, the custodial parent is the one with whom the child spent the most nights during the tax year--at least 183 nights.  

@taxmodern wrote: Pretty much all professional tax software has an option to specify that rental income is non-passive, and that will cause the Schedule E tax loss for that activity to bypass form 8582.   Yes, Intuit really needs to program their TurboTax software to accommodate that scenario.

This message usually indicates that you are trying to file a return that contains a form that has not been finalized yet. the form number would normally show up when you do a review.     You can check Federal & State tax forms that are available here.   The IRS is not accepting tax returns until 1/26/26.  You can try waiting a few more days to a week, and then refile your tax return(s).

@rfhokie wrote: Now they are trying to monetize every element (like eliminating ItsDeductible and charging $30+ for Deductible Duck) to gouge long-time customers.   I am looking for alternatives Deductible Duck is NOT an Intuit product and there are no alternatives. You're just SOL.

Adding myself to the list. I received the email, updated my software and it is still unavailable. It might have been better if in the email it stated that the updates were rolling out over a period of x days and may not yet be available.

Your housing allowance is not deductible from your taxable income. You may see the housing allowance listed in box 14 on your W-2 form, but it is not included in your wages listed in box 1, so no deduction from wages is allowed.   You enter the value of your clergy housing allowance after you enter you W-2 form, on the screen that says Ok, tell us about your clergy housing. You will see this screen only if you check the box for religious employment on the screen that says Let's check for uncommon situations, which you will see after you enter your W-2 form.   On the same screen, you are instructed to enter Qualifying Expenses associated with your housing allowance. The difference between your housing allowance and expenses will be entered on line 1(h) on your Form 1040 Other earned income if your housing allowance is more than your qualifying housing expenses. Otherwise, the housing expenses are not deductible so no entry would be made for them on your tax return.