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Interior shutters would not qualify but exterior shutters meeting the requirements will. You must get a Manufacturer's Certification Statement for the specific product you purchase. This documentation is required for your tax records and substantiates that the product meets all applicable requirements for the tax credit. 

So as expected, here's what happens when the ~400MB "Windows_PC_TurboTax_Download.exe" installer finishes extracting (screenshot below).  Note that "Learn about Windows 11" button at the bottom of the dialog, which takes you straight to Microsoft (dot) com.   Now to figure out what TT is  looking for...    

If you have the License Code go here….. How to get started with Turbo Tax Desktop.  Install and Activate https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-topics/help/activating-turbotax-cd-download-software/00/852971

Ah OK I see now from the TY2024 product in my Software Library @ Amazon.com that we're supposed to go to www.InstallTurboTax.com and download the product from that page.  The instructions @ Amazon.com for the TY2025 product are pretty cryptic (only says "installturbotax.com").  Got my installer now.  Yippee!

@nscrsnoopy6967 Did you actually purchase the TY2025 item in your cart, and were you actually able to download it?  I just tried this at the official Intuit Store on Amazon.com.  I've purchased Home & Business 2025 but there's no way (yet) to actually Download the installer...

So TurboTax TY2025 "downloadable" products are now available at Amazon.com.  I went ahead and purchased Home & Business 2025 and went to my Software Library to download the installer.  An Activation Code is listed there but there's no Download button for the installer.  Nice move Intuit!  😛

I encountered this bug as well when reviewing my anticipated 2025 Schedule A, then remembered that yesterday I had seen your post about the same thing.  This early in the season we'll just have to wait and see how long it takes to get fixed.  Of course you and I have already made the correction to our files, but it could affect others who are trying to target the $40,000 SALT limit by adjusting estimated tax payments made before the end of 2025.

@BobRay  I wonder if they know who you are from this thread?  I certainly hope that someone from Intuit is paying attention here.   Also, based on that spurious charge to your CC I went ahead and checked Amazon and yes they are finally have the TY2025 products listed for sale.  Time to take the plunge and see how their "Windows 11 verification system" actually works...

I had an interesting (and maddening) experience with Intuit phone support.   They charged me for TT 2025. I don't think I "subscribed" but I could be wrong.  I tried to call to get the charge taken off my credit card.  Trying to get a human, because none of the menu options were appropriate, I pressed 0. They thanked me for calling and hung up on me.   I called back and selected one of the options. Their robot asked me if I was calling about TT. I said yes, and "she" said, "TurboTax  2025 will not run on Windows 10." Apparently they knew who I was from the survey. I said, politely, that I needed to speak to a human about the credit-card charge. She said, "I'm sorry, that's all the information I have," and hung up on me.   I did find a place to report a charge I didn't recognize. I had to enter everything about the charge, and they reported that they couldn't find it (though it's listed as a transaction on my credit-card company's site). After three tries, I gave up.   I couldn't find any way online to even talk to a human about the charge. Through Google, I did see that there is a 60-day full refund policy.  I had to fill out a form requesting the refund. We'll see how that goes. I can always dispute it with my credit-card company.    I find myself shouting at the TV whenever I hear anything about how AI is the future. Idris Elba is now dead to me. 😉

This is another weird tax rabbit hole.   The code (law) says that "An amount paid during the taxable year for medicine or a drug shall be taken into account under subsection (a) only if such medicine or drug is a prescribed drug or is insulin."  And "The term “prescribed drug” means a drug or biological which requires a prescription of a physician for its use by an individual."  §213(b).    So a drug that is available OTC is not deductible even if you get a prescription.  (Note that some drugs have both prescription and OTC formulas, and if you get a prescription for the prescription-only formula, that would be deductible.  Also note that getting a prescription for an OTC drug might get it covered under your insurance, and it can be reimbursed from an HSA or FSA.)   I see a lot of web sites that claim that getting a prescription for a non-prescription drug can (or "sometimes") make it deductible, but they never cite a code, regulation, or Tax Court case.  I think they are getting confused between the deduction and FSA/HSA reimbursement.  In 2003, the IRS ruled that OTC medicines were allowable under a pre-tax employee health plan, but in 2011 the ACA changed the rules and said that you could only use an FSA or HSA to pay for OTC medicines if you got a prescription.  In other words, getting a prescription for OTC meds was beneficial because it let you use tax-free FSA and HSA dollars.  However, the CARES Act in 2020 changed things again and allows taxpayers to buy a wide variety of OTC medical items without a prescription and use their HSA and FSA dollars.     But, this never touched the law regarding the schedule A deduction.  That law still says the medication must be a kind of medication that requires a prescription -- is not available OTC.     The reason you may need a letter of medical necessity is to allow HSA and FSA reimbursement for items that can be viewed as general lifestyle items -- supplements, for example.  Supplements and other items that are for general health benefits are not deductible OR reimbursable from an HSA/FSA.  If you get a letter of medical necessity for a supplement, for example, that lets you get reimbursement from your HSA or FSA, but still does not allow a schedule A tax deduction.         

Yes the 2025 program just came out today 11/6/25.   If you have the Advantage auto-renewal plan it came out Nov 4, 2025.  It also is on Costco today.  So it’s a little earlier than we were expecting.   

from IRS instructions for schedule A Examples of Medical and Dental Payments You Can't Include • Nonprescription medicines, other than insulin (including nicotine gum and certain nicotine patches).   i take a medicine that's available without a prescription. however, what my Dr does is write a prescription for it. it is then covered by my RX insurance and is actually cheaper than the OTC price. 

you will get a 1099-R at the end of the year (actually by the end of January 2026) and that's the Turbotax form that you will enter the info including distribution and withholding.  don't wait until the last minute to take out the RMD. it sometimes happens, such events have been reported in this forum, that the payout is not accomplished by year end. special tax procedures are allowed to avoid the onerous penalties for late RMDs, but you really never want to go that route.  

@lucyx513 another point is that the depreciation that you'll be required to take as a rental, would be subject to recapture upon sale. likely not much considering the rental would be short-term but still this comes before the home sale exclusion is applied.  if you ask too much for the rent, that could easily jeopardize any schedule E deductions. if you ask below market rent, that presents its own problems as to deductibility on schedule E. no have no assurances the market value will recover. there is always the possibility iy could decline further. Best a question posed to a local realtor.