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Form 8960 instructions:   If the amount reported in box 14, code H, of Schedule K-1 (Form 1041) is a positive number, enter it on Form 8960, line 7, and increase your MAGI on Form 8960, line 13 (or Form 8960, line 19a), by the same amount. If the amount reported in box 14, code H, of Schedule K-1 (Form 1041) is a negative number, and the trust has indicated some (or all) of the adjustment also requires a MAGI adjustment, enter it on Form 8960, line 7, and make the applicable increase or decrease to your MAGI on Form 8960, line 13 (or Form 8960, line 19a), as necessary.

It's not a MAC issue.  I bought a new Macbook last year specifically to do taxes.  It worked like a charm.  This year, no data transfer.  Perhaps there is an update coming.  who knows but disappointed that it will take so much longer.   

does H&R store your data on cloud, where, as someone else posted, it stays forever to be harvested? and it is nonetheless disappointing that Turbo rushed to exclusively go to a not-ready-for-primetime W11 with no fallback to W10 other than risky online version. deja-vu of years of stubborn misjudgments by Turbo

No, Average Share Price is not the same as Comparative Sales.  Average Share may be used instead for inherited stock values, however.   Key Reasons for Using Comparative Sales Prices: IRS Compliance: The IRS requires that stocks, bonds, and donated items be valued at their Fair Market Value (FMV) on the applicable date, which often translates to using specific, comparative selling prices rather than averages. Accuracy in Reporting: For non-cash charitable contributions (Form 8283), for instance, the valuation is based on what a willing buyer would pay for a similar item (comparative sales/FMV), not the average price of all items sold, to ensure precise, individualized valuation. Transaction-Level Detail: TurboTax has adopted stricter, transaction-level reporting on forms like Form 8949 to align with the IRS's emphasis on tracking individual, accurate transactions rather than averaged data, which is considered a more accurate representation of the taxable event.      @TinkerToyRonnie 

Once it's in an IRA, it largely loses any identity it used to have.   This can sometimes be very important, because it might lose certain tax benefits.  Since you seem to be working on a New York State return, it is important to know that in New York, retirement benefits paid to former state employees are tax-free in the state, while any other retirement benefits are only tax-free for the first $20,000 per year.   In your case the answer is none of the above, because no matter where the money came from 3 years ago, it is in an IRA now.  And it since it is an IRA rolled over from a 457 plan, it is not an IRA rolled over from a pension.   If you are a former NY government employee, I would not do any more rollovers until you get tax advice from someone expert in New York tax law.  I don't know if the Roth conversion would have been taxable or tax-free (in NY) if you did it directly from the 457, but it will be taxable now.  Be very cautious about future rollovers that take money out of the 457 and put them in some other plan unless you talk to a tax advisor first. 

Charitable donations go on Schedule A with other itemized deductions such as mortgage interest and property tax.   Unless you have enough itemized deductions to exceed your standard deduction, the charity donations have no effect on your refund or tax due.   2025 STANDARD DEDUCTION AMOUNTS SINGLE $15,750  (65 or older/legally blind + $2000) MARRIED FILING SEPARATELY $15,750  (65 or older/legally blind +1600) MARRIED FILING JOINTLY $31,500  (65 or older/legally blind + $1600) HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD $23,625 (65 or older/legally blind + $2000)