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See this TurboTax support FAQ if your spouse is a nonresident alien - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-credits-deductions/file-taxes-spouse-nonresident-alien/L4AuRKrMd_US_en_US

I had an issue with an imported 1099-INT (from ALLY) where the imported put a bunch of 0.00 values in various boxes.....particularly box 17 for state.   The software had a particular issue with the 0.00 in box 17, and making that box blank fixed it ....but I went ahead and deleted all the other 0.00 values too, to avoid any other possible issues.

In the My Info section of the program you enter her as a dependent.  Click on My Info on the left side of the online program screen.  If the child is under the age of 19 then they can be claimed under the Qualifying Child rules.   To be a Qualifying Child - 1. The child must be your son, daughter, stepchild, foster child, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother, stepsister, or a descendant of any of them. 2. The child must be (a) under age 19 at the end of the year, (b) under age 24 at the end of the year and a full-time student or (c) any age and permanently and totally disabled. 3. The child must have lived with you for more than half of the year. Temporary absences while away at college are considered living with you. 4. The child must not have provided more than half of his or her own support for the year. 5. If the child meets the rules to be a qualifying child of more than one person, you must be the person entitled to claim the child as a qualifying child. 6. The child must be a U.S. citizen or U.S., Canada or Mexico resident for some portion of the year. 7. The child must be younger than you unless disabled.

If the other parent incorrectly claimed the child for 2024, then you need to file (or amend) a 2024 tax return that claims the child and let the IRS sort out the duplicate use of the child's SSN.   The other parent who should not have claimed the child will be subject to repayment of child-related credits they should not have received.    The other parent could get ahead of this by amending their own tax return to remove the child as a dependent.   As for 2025----if you are the custodial parent:   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.    

This was answered in another thread.  https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/turbo-tax-is-not-allowing-me-to-input-qualified-education-expenses-from-my-529-plan-withdrawals/00/3749003

It happened to me  this year, but i was able to get it hour of trying different things. When I picked to use credit karama card, I  then clicked the back option when it was on the page with arrow to confirm and connect to my account. so instead of hitting continue I clicked back and the offer popped up for the refund advance. I hope it works for someone else.

thanks, we did not have an appraisal done, we sold it for what our realtor said we should sell it for. and we sold it several months after my dad's passing. We each (4 sisters) split the proceeds and we each got a 1099-s to use for our own taxes. So I enter my payout of $100,000 and then turbo tax asks for Fair Market Value so do I enter the sale price of $400,000 or do I split the fair market value by 4 and enter $100,000?   Thanks

The “senior deduction” is added automatically by the software based on the date of birth and filing status you entered into MY INFO.  You do not need to take any extra steps to enter it. (And…the new senior deduction has nothing to do with whether you are getting Social Security)     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)     For 2025 through 2028 there is an extra  deduction amount of up to $6000 per individual 65 or older filing Single, MFJ, or HOH which is phased out for taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income over $75,000 for single filers and $150,000 for joint filers.   (The deduction phases out completely at $175.000 Single or HOH, or $250,000 joint)   The $6,000 senior deduction will be calculated on 1040 Schedule 1-A page 2 Part V Enhanced Deduction for Seniors which goes to 1040 line 13b. It is separate and in addition to the Standard Deduction or your Itemized Deductions on 1040 line 12e.  Turbo Tax automatically includes it. IRS Schedule 1-A https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-dft/f1040s1a--dft.pdf   Need to see it? https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/preview-turbotax-online-return-filing/L77WCkvnu_US_en_US?uid=m681fkhr

To fix this in TurboTax:   Open or continue your return. Navigate to the 1095-A section: TurboTax Online/Mobile: Go to 1095-A. TurboTax Desktop: Search for 1095-A, then select the Jump to link. Answer Yes and enter your 1095-A info on the next screen. Enter the information from the form Once you add the form, you can resubmit your return.