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If you haven't used Quick Employer Forms before, you'll need to set up your company first. This program is separate from TurboTax so none of your company information is shared. You need to enter the information from scratch.

At the current time, there does not appear to be a situation with the home office deduction that would require a patch.   It could be that the combination of income attributable to your home office and the other business expenses are limiting your home office expenses.  The key may be the answer to the question about the percentage of time spent conducting business in the home office.      If the home office expenses are limited and not allowed to be taken on the current year’s return, then they are carried forward to the next year as long as the actual home office expenses were being used and not the simplified method based solely on the square feet of the office.    There are some examples below that will illustrate this limitation a little better.  Take a look at these with respect to your own situation and see if the end result is what it should be.   Income Earned from Home Office   The IRS limits the total of certain kinds of home office expenses - the ones you would not be able to deduct anywhere else on your tax return, such as your utilities and repairs - to the income earned from activities in your home office. Although these expenses cannot themselves create a loss on your business, you can carry over any unused portion to next year's home office deduction.   Here's how it works. Let's say  - Your business income before any expenses was $10,000  - All business expenses that would not limit your home office deduction were $4,000, and  - The home office expenses were $3,000   1). If 90% of your income came from business conducted in your home office, then you can deduct all of your home office expenses:  - $10,000 X 90% of income from the home office = $9,000 from business use of the home  - $9,000 - $4,000 other expenses = $5,000 available for home office expenses  - $5,000 is greater than $3,000 home office expenses, so you can deduct all of them.   2). However, if 60% of your income came from business conducted in your home office, then your home office expenses will be limited:  - $10,000 X 60% of income from the home office = $6,000 from business use of the home  - $6,000 - $4,000 other expenses = $2,000 available for home office expenses  - $2,000 is less than $3,000 home office expenses, so you can deduct $2,000 of them this year, and carry the remaining $1,000 to next year.   3). In addition, if 30% of your income came from business conducted in your home office, then you would not be able to deduct any of them this year:  - $10,000 X 30% of income from the home office = $3,000 from business use of the home  - $3,000 - $4,000 other expenses = $0 available for home office expenses (this will never be less than zero)  - You cannot deduct any home office expenses this year, but you can carry the entire $3,000 to next year.   @Biscotty4 

@mjheindel    Sorry, shut down last October. TTX staff have said they will start including a similar valuation help procedure in their software, in one of the future updates to the tax software.    No current suggestion as to when that might occur, or whether they've decided it to skip it this season.   IF not done by the end of February, you might have to make yore best guesses based on a re-visit to a Goodwill or Salvation Army store to see similar items

The Schedule 1-A is included with the TurboTax software.  Click on Forms and you can view all the forms, schedules and worksheets included in your tax return.   Standard deductions for 2025 Single - $15.750 add $2,000 if age 65 or older Married Filing Separately - $15,750 add $1,600 if age 65 or older Married Filing Jointly - $31,500 add $1,600 for each spouse age 65 or older Head of Household - $23,625 add $2,000 if age 65 or older   New Bonus Standard Deduction (OBBB): An additional $6,000 deduction for taxpayers 65 and older. This is per eligible individual, meaning a married couple both over 65 could get $12,000. Important: This bonus deduction is temporary, lasting from 2025 through 2028. Income limitations: It phases out for taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income over $75,000 for single filers and $150,000 for joint filers. The amount is calculated on Schedule 1-A, Part V, with that amount flowing to Form 1040 Line 13b

Asegúrese que su hija cumpla con los requisitos del IRS para poder calificar como dependiente. Entre estos requerimientos están:   Edad: Que sea menor de 19 años de edad o menor de 24 años si es estudiante a tiempo completo o cualquier edad si está incapacitado de forma permanente o totalmente. Residencia: que haya vivido con usted más de la mitad del año. Sustento: Que usted haya aportado más de la mitad de su apoyo financiero. Puedes chequear el siguiente enlace en español para conocer más detalles: IRS Dependientes  

I also have Windows Home & Business .   It works in mine.  It’s automatic depending on your birthdate.   Go back to Personal Info and check your dates.   Or you have a AGI over 175,000 (250,000 Joint) so you don’t qualify.   Or you are filing MFS.  If you are married you have  to file a Joint return.    You can switch to forms mode and find it.  If it doesn’t show Schedule 1-A in the list of forms you can open it using Open Form at the top of the left column.   

According to the Arkansas  Department of Finance and Administration:  “If you received a traditional IRA distribution after reaching the age of fifty-nine and one-half (59 1/2), the first $6,000 is exempt from tax. Premature distributions made on account of the participant’s death or disability also qualify for the exemption. All other premature distributions or early withdrawals including, but not limited to, those taken for medical expenses, higher education expenses, or a first-time home purchase do not qualify for the exemption.   If TurboTax does not automatically apply the $6,000 exemption then you can make the adjustment in the State Tax Section, "Subtractions from Income" or Arkansas Pension Deduction"

@izycurtis  None of us can see what you've done. Edit every form you entered and make sure the state boxes are entered with the proper amounts.   If you imported a Picture or PDF of any form, delete that form and re-enter it manually  (Type it in myself). _________________________ Did you miss entering some state withholding...or maybe you just owe.   A few hundred $$ isn't unusual,  but tens of thousands is, unless abnormal circumstances. ________________________ Customer Support, weekdays: How do I contact TurboTax?  

If it says Pending, it was filed and is pending acceptance by the IRS Is that what you wanted to do. It is pending because the IRS will not start processing 2025 tax returns until January 26th, 2026.