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There is no hardship exception to paying your taxes, but you can request an installment plan.  When you get to the file section of TT, you will be given the option to include a request, to the IRS, for an installment plan. You don't have to pay until the IRS processes you request (the request is another IRS form that is filed with your return)

If you are married, you can file jointly with your spouse, even if you don't have her 2024 tax return.   On your 2025 tax return, you report both of your incomes.   In almost all situations, it is more beneficial to file Married Filing Jointly than Married Filing Separately.   Please read this TurboTax Help topic for more information.      

You answered correctly to the 2 questions.   However, if the distribution reported on form 1099-Q is fully justified by qualified education expenses (including room and board), you do not need to to enter form 1099-Q on your tax return. Just keep that form in your tax records along with proof of education expenses.   In your case, you can safely delete that form 1099-Q from your tax return.   Please read this TurboTax article for more information.

That box only gets checked if the dependent is 19 to 23 years old. TT will only present you that question based on the birthdate you enter.   There are two types of dependents, "Qualifying Children"(QC) and Other ("Qualifying Relative" in IRS parlance even though they don't have to actually be related). There is no income limit for a QC but there is an age limit, student status, a relationship test and residence test. A child of a taxpayer can still be a “Qualifying Child” (QC) dependent, regardless of his/her income, if: He is under age 19, or under 24 if a full time student for at least 5 months of the year, or is totally & permanently disabled He did not provide more than 1/2 his own support. Scholarships are excluded from the support calculation He lived with the parent (including temporary absences such as away at school) for more than half the year    

Box 5 line A where? What's in boxes 1 and 5 on the 1098-T? Does box 5 include any of the employer reimbursement. Some schools include, some don't.  How much was the employer reimbursement? How much was included on the W-2   By law your employer can only give you $5250 maximum, tax free. If your tuition was less than that, and you employer reimbursed it all; it’s  safe to assume it does not need to be reported. You do not even need to enter your 1098-T. You have nothing to claim.  If you got more than $5250, the amount above $5250 is usually already included in box 1 of  your w-2 and you do not need to enter any additional income on your tax return.   But, since you have paid tax on that part, it  is considered your after tax money and that amount can be used  to claim the tuition credit. For tax purposes, it’s not really reimbursement, it’s your money.   In the TT interview, when asked how much employer reimbursement you got, yo usually enter only the tax free part (usually $5250).  But, you may also need to adjust box 5 of the 1098-T, when you enter it.           

The IRS has some safe harbor rules. Meet any one of them, and there will be no federal underestimation of tax penalties. There will be no 2026 federal penalties for not prepaying enough taxes during the year if withholding and timely estimated tax payments equal or exceed 90% of your 2026 tax or timely estimated tax payments equal or exceed 100% of your 2025 tax (110% if your 2025 adjusted gross income was more than $150K) or the balance due after subtracting taxes withheld from 90% of your 2026 tax is less than $1,000 or your total taxes are less than $1,000   The second one is the easiest to meet because if you complete your 2025 taxes by around the end of March, you'll know what must be paid in - 1/4 of the required amount each period, which generally have due dates of 4/15, 6/15,9/15 and 1/15 of the following year. If you have any control over your withholding, you may be able to increase it later in the year to make up for any deficiency. The IRS rules state that you can deem 1/4 of your annual withholding to be withheld each period.  However, estimated tax payments only count for that period if paid on or before the due date.    state laws differ  

@ ttmoe421  wrote:  "How do I find PIN number in..."   Your question was cut short, so we don't know all the info.  What kind of PIN?   There are at least 2 different kinds.   When signing your return in the FILE section, you will be asked to enter a signing PIN, which is a 5-digit PIN where you select any 5 digits (except can't be all zeros.)  That PIN is entered on a screen with today's date and your birth date.   Or are you asking about an IP PIN (Identity Protection PIN), which is a 6-digit PIN provided by the IRS to victims of ID theft, or to those who elect to opt-in to the IP PIN program?    If you are asking about how to enter an IP PIN, here's where to enter that 6-digit PIN: Federal > Other Tax Situations > Other Return Info > Identity Protection PIN   Or are you asking how to retrieve a 6-digit IP PIN from the IRS website?   NOTE:   If you are referring to a 6-digit IP PIN, be sure you have your new one for 2026 that you are to use this calendar year.   The old one from 2025 won't work.   We may have additional comment, but we don't yet know which type of PIN you are referring to.