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What business tax form are you using, and do you have net income from that business activity that has been entered.  179 is generally limited to the net income from that business activity before the deduction. If you have a loss or have not entered the income and expenses, then you get your 0. There could be other reasons. We can not see what you have entered. 

If you have not worked since 2020, what income are you trying to enter on a 2025 tax return?   Do you have taxable income to enter---like some retirement income, investment income, rental income, etc. etc. etc.?   The online Free Edition can only be used for very simple 2025 returns that only require Form 1040 without any extra forms or schedules.   

What do you mean by the 2024 documents are "empty?"    I'm not sure what "empty" means in that context.   Does that mean you cannot find evidence of the 2024 return?  Did you prepare the 2024 return in Online TurboTax?    If so, I'll assume you are logging in, opening your current 2025 online return and at the Tax Home page scrolling down to "Your Tax Returns & Documents".   If your 2024 return is not found among the prior years there, then you may have multiple accounts.  NOTE:  any return prepared with desktop software will not be in an online account.   How to look for multiple accounts: You can have up to 5 accounts that use the same email address for notification purposes.  A User ID may be an email address, but it doesn't have to be.  It might be only part of an email address, or it can be anything at all.   To get a list of your User IDs, reset password, and recover account access, etc., you can use the tool at the link below.  When using the Account Recovery tool, try using your phone number first if you can still access it.   After that, if necessary, then run the tool on your email address(es) you can access. NOTE: Before running the account recovery tool below, log out of all Intuit accounts including this user forum, or you might end up in a loop.  Then clear your browser Internet cache, close your browser, then reopen it, and go to the link below.  You may wish to copy this link so you can paste it into the new browser session. https://myturbotax.intuit.com/account-recovery If still no luck after running that on your phone number you can still access and email address(es) that you can access,  here's another method: Go back to the tool again, but this time leave the data field blank, scroll down a bit, then choose the small blue link that says "Try something else", and it will look you up by other parameters.

Estimated tax payments shown on your return come from entries you make in the tax payments section. They should not include withholding.  if the IRS/state is asking for proof of payments claimed, you have to get them from the source, such as a bank statement or a credit card statement.  Hopefully, you did not pay using a money order and did nt keep the documentation. 

        Not quite sure what you mean by "my schedule c documents."  If you mean your tax returns and the pdf's of the worksheets and schedules:     You have to access your own account and/or  print it for yourself using exactly the same account and user ID that you used when you prepared the return.    https://myturbotax.intuit.com/   Start a 2025 return online and enter some personal information  so that the menu on the left opens up and lets you access your past year returns.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-access-my-prior-year-return/01/27010     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m5y4ch1y   Many people have multiple TT accounts and forget how to access them.  Log out of the account you are in now.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/many-intuit-accounts-turbotax/L9aVfKS1Z_US_en_US?uid=ll5g6zcx Account Recovery     Or did you use the desktop version of TurboTax?  If so, the files are on your own hard drive or any backup device you used like a flash drive.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/find-last-year-tax-data-file-tax-file-computer/L0XJvPaJr_US_en_US   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/data-systems/find-tax-data-file-mac/L4VNGm33S_US_en_US?uid=m6guhab0   You can get a free transcript from the IRS or for a fee of $30, an actual copy of your tax return. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf       SAVE YOUR TAX RETURNS ! EVERY year before mid-October you should save a copy of your tax return as a pdf and print a copy of it for your records.  That way you will not be searching online frantically when you need it for a lender, FAFSA forms, your next tax return, etc.    https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m6guj526   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m78eb8pc In order to transfer a past year return to the new return you need the tax file   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-turbotax-online-return-tax-data-file/L4xwOG3LF_US_en_US?uid=m6guk3xl   NOTE:  TurboTax and the IRS save returns for seven years.  Returns older than seven years are purged.       If by "schedule C documents" you mean copies of 1099NEC's----TurboTax does not have those.  TT does not keep copies or images of your tax documents.  TT only has the information you entered and you will find the information in your saved worksheets.   If you need an actual copy of a tax document you have to obtain it from the original source.

We can't see your returns, so we can not be sure of what is happening. You seem to be saying that the state is increasing your Federal AGI by your SE income. That would seem to suggest either you are not reporting your SE income for Federal (but then the IRS would also adjust your taxes), or there is an issue when your federal AGI or income details are transferred to your state return. It might help if we knew the state. You should compare what's reported as AGI for Federal vs state. This is also a possibility that there is something else that could be causing this. For example, municipal interest reported in the federal section would not be in your Federal AGI but would be an add-back for state, but TurboTax should do this automatically if properly reported.  

 Not sure what you mean by "forgot led"---but if you already e-filed you cannot make any changes at this time.  Did you click that big orange button that said “Transmit my return now?”  If you did that, you cannot do anything to fix it yet.  You have to wait for the email that tells you if your return was accepted or rejected.   Since the IRS will not begin to accept/reject returns until January 26, you are going to be waiting in “pending” for awhile.  Your return is sitting on a server, where you cannot fix  it or get it back.   You cannot change or add anything on the return that you just e-filed, nor can you stop it.  It is too late, just like when you put an envelope in a US mailbox on the corner.  The IRS does not allow you to take it back.   If you left out a W-2, a 1099G, or a dependent, or a 1099 etc…DO NOT change your return while it is “pending.”  The changes will go nowhere.   Now you have to wait until the IRS either rejects or accepts your return.  If your return is rejected, you will be able to go into your account and make the necessary changes to your tax return and re-submit your return.     If the IRS accepts your return, however, then you have to wait longer until it has been fully processed and you have received your refund.  THEN you can prepare an amended tax return and e-file or mail  it in. You have to be able to work from that return exactly the way it was when it was e-filed originally.  You will need to use a form called a 1040X.     Meanwhile, DO NOT go in and start changing anything on your return in the system, or you will make a mess for yourself.  Sit tight and wait until you see what the IRS does with the return you just e-filed   The Form 1040X you need becomes available in late February,  But wait until your return has been processed.   @Danigirl666

this seems to indicate that the full CSV is $15K which will be compared to premiums paid. However, there may be a portion of the premiums that does not count, such as any portion for term insurance, which is common. For questions, call the company 

The 1095-A is not sent to the IRS with your 1040. The policy number is only reported if there's a policy allocation and that's entered manually in the allocation section. The IRS instructions specify a 15-character limitation 

Only the FTB can answer why it took 4 years, and what was found that wasn't reported. However, did you independently verify the phone number before calling by going to the FTB website to make sure the bill is not a scam? 

The message I got was that the crypto section is not ready. Says by February, but updates have been late. Also, I don't see anything that suggests you have anything to report. I see only buys.        

Sorry----you misunderstood.  You get one return with online TurboTax---not five.   With online software you are charged a fee for each return.   That is one of the huge differences between desktop download and online software.   Th current offer to switch from the download that you cannot use since your PC does not meet the system requirements gives you one federal and one state return.   The normal pricing structure of online is that you pay separate fees for federal and state.  Your "deal" is that you are getting federal and state without an extra fee for the state return.

Can I make a single Q4 estimated tax payment of $10,000 to cover the shortfall and still avoid penalties? Does the fact that a large portion of my income was earned in Q4 allow this even though earlier quarters were $0? As to taxable income, the default is that 1/4 is deemed earned in each period.  You can use the annialized income installment method (AIIM) for all periods if that reduces the underpayment of estimated tax penalty. see page 3 of the 2210. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f2210.pdf  As to withholding, the default is 1/4 is deemed paid each period. You are allowed to use actual for each period. As for estimates, they only count for the period for which they are deemed paid, which generally means they must be paid no later than the 15th of the month following the close of the period (the periods end on 3/31, 5/31, 8/31 and 12/31)    So the answer to your question is yes (or maybe - see below), but you must use the AIIM    I suggest using the 2210 (it's for 2024, but the 2025 form should be the same, except the years will be different) to see where you stand. Perhaps you can reduce or eliminate that estimate. Essentially, withholding and timely estimated tax payments must total 22.5% of your 2025 taxes for the first period, 45% for the second, 67.5% for the third, and 90% for the fourth. Note that the estimate must be paid by 1/15/2026, to count and then it only counts in the 4th period.