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If your ONLY income was Social Security you do not need to file a tax return unless you have a 1095A for marketplace health insurance.     Who has to file? http://www.irs.gov/uac/Do-I-Need-to-File-a-Tax-Return%3F  

The IRS W-2 for tax year 2025 is exactly the same as the W-2 for tax year 2024.  What are you looking at?   W-2 (2025) - https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw2.pdf W-2 (2024) - https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/fw2--2024.pdf

@pk Thank you very much. that makes a lot of sense, but what threw me off was that I keep receiving every 3 months a letter from the IRS stating that "we need more time to response to your inquiry" and they give themselves 90 days and then comes another similar letter. But now after reading your post, that makes sense.  I appreciate your response. Thank you. 

the answer to your question is it's clearly a business decision, they determined there wouldn't be enough users left on Win 10 to make it worth their while to support their s/w on an end-of-life OS.  they don't owe anyone software.  they could pull the plug on Mac any year now for example if not desktop s/w entirely.

When you start a new joint return, you can only transfer one of your past year returns, so choose the most complex one to transfer.  The information for the other spouse must all be entered from scratch.   Keep a record of how to access that old return just in case you need to look something up, etc.   TurboTax and the IRS save returns for seven years.       How to start a new joint return   You will not be able to merge two previous TT account to start your new joint return.  You can transfer ONE of your 2024 returns into a new 2025 joint return, so choose the most complicated one.  The other spouse’s information needs to be entered manually.  The first name you enter will be the “primary” taxpayer——and in subsequent years you need to keep the names in that order—do not try to change the order of the names.     When you enter the primary spouse’s information in My Info, you have to answer the question "Were you married?"  If you click the button for Married, then a drop down will appear that asks, "Do you want to file this return together with your spouse?"  Then you choose YES to file a joint return.  You enter your spouse's information into My Info.  Whenever you are entering income information there should then be a spot for you and for your spouse's income information.  WATCH for the names as you enter income on the screens.  Or when you click to add income it will prompt you to choose which spouse had the income.   When you prepare a joint return you include all the information for both spouses on the SAME tax return.  Include all of your personal information, all of your income from every source, all dependents (if any), all credits and deductions for both of you.  You get ONE refund with both names on it.     Best Wishes!

You can postpone the update and receive windows updates for a year (from Oct 10, 2025) for free. But it still begs the question; if I can legitimately use windows 10, then Intuit should honor that time frame.

@user17672869738 , I understand your situation. On the question of  FICA/SECA --- absent a totalization agreement   between US and your spouse's home country ( please tell me the  country or you can  google or visit Social Security Admin  regarding "totalization agreements), she will have to pay SECA -- she is considered  self-employed for purposes of SSA and Medicare. Just for your reading pleasure , please see the statute here -- applicable section is 6013(g)--> 26 U.S. Code § 6013 - Joint returns of income tax by husband and wife | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute   Is there more I can do for you ?