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If you are talking about your pay stub for your current payroll, ask your employer.   If you are talking about your W-2, then all the items you mention should already be removed from your box 1 wages.  In addition, the HSA (but not the 403b or 457) is also removed from your box 3 and box 5 wages.  If you think your W-2 is wrong, you need to contact your employer.     Then in turbotax, even if your HSA contributions were removed from your box 1 wages, they will be added back to your taxable wages on form 1040 unless you complete the HSA interview to certify you were enrolled in a qualified HDHP.  Make sure you complete the entire HSA interview, you can access it on the Deductions and Credits page under health care. 

At the screen We strongly suggest entering sales one by one, you have the option of:   Enter sales totals instead, or Enter one by one. When the software sees that you have employee stock, it immediately thinks it will be necessary to adjust a cost basis and recommends the One by one method.  The keystrokes may have changed from last year but the software is performing in essentially the same way.     You may continue to enter covered sales in summary fashion.   You may continue to enter non-covered sales on a One by one fashion.  

You are correct that the third line on the page "Enter Box 20 Code E Amounts" should be labelled as "Placed in service during 2024." Enter your current construction costs in the box for "2020-2022 construction" as this will report the amount on the correct line of the underlying form.   Confirm this by reviewing the Schedule K-1 Partnership Additional Information worksheet that is included in the PDF of your complete return.   This has been reported to the development team for further investigation.

"I am on SSI."   If your only income has been Social Security you are not required to file a tax return unless you have a 1095A for marketplace health insurance.      SSI and Social Security are not the same thing.   Which did you have?   WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND SSI? https://www.ssa.gov/ssi/text-over-ussi.htm     If you had SSI, you do not enter it on a tax return at all.  

Received 1099-MISC for selling eggs. Turbo Tax automatically generated a Schedule C. The first question during review was, “Is this a qualified business under 199A?”  I said No.    Then in Section A there is a place to fill in principle business or service. I entered “Sold human eggs”.   Now the form seeks a Principal Business Code in Section B.  This is my original question. I am not sure what to do here.  I left Section C and D blank per the form’s instructions if no business name or EIN.  Right before Section E the form requests a business street address. Is that supposed to be my residence if I do not have a business?   I will likely need an answer for Section F:  Accounting Method. Is this the manner in which I was paid? Cash, Accrual, or Other?

If you are self-employed with all of your income reported on Form 1099-NEC, then you should be filing a Schedule C Business Income and Expenses to report your income and associated business expense.  If you used TurboTax for 2023, then your Schedule C should have transferred into your 2024 return so that you would not need to start from scratch again.     Use the following TurboTax help article as a guide to go to the Schedule C section of your return.  If you see a business already listed there, then Edit it and enter your income and expenses.     Where do I enter Schedule C?   @wildwoodgirl1973 

As fanfare said, there is no option to undo a Roth conversion.   Regarding the "reverse" rollover that DanaB27 suggests, since you have already converted to Roth in 2025 and amount equal to your basis in nondeductible traditional IRA contributions, you would have to roll over to an employer plan all of your remaining traditional IRA funds.  That would cause all $14,000 of your basis to be applied to your $14,000 of Roth conversions.  If you can't do this rollover, only about 12% of your Roth conversions will be nontaxable and 88% of your basis in nondeductible traditional IRA contributions will remain in your traditional IRAs to be applied to future ordinary traditional IRA distributions.  Not what you originally intended, but not necessarily a huge mistake since it just means you will be paying some additional taxes with your 2025 tax return instead of paying taxes on this amount in the future.

TurboTax calculates depreciation based on your entries. If you enter only the improvements that can be depreciated as the basis of the property and the subsequent improvements as separate assets, the program will calculate depreciation for each asset.    Land value is never entered as a rental asset because it is not depreciated. The value of the land only comes into play when you sell the rental.

If your return was already accepted then you will need to file an amended return. Please see How do I amend my federal tax return for this year? It is best to wait until your original filed return has been processed before submitting your amended return.

Was thaer an error code associated with the rejection? As you describe it you should have two 1099-R's. The Verizon pension was probably paid monthly, and the 401-K was a lump sum. Both are taxable. If you are 59 1/2 or older there should not be any penalty. If you are 73 or older, you must take RMDs Required Minimum Distributions. You can view your tax return and see how the retirement revenue is taxed   You can preview your tax return by going to:   On the menu bar on the left that shows. Select Tax Tools On the drop-down select Tools Tip: If you don't see the dropdown for Tools, Minimize the federal and state options using the down arrow. On the popup menu Select View Tax Summary On the left sidebar Select Preview my 1040. Se lines 4 A&B and 5A&B Some key numbers on your 1040 tax return are: Line 9 - Total Income Line 11 - AGI Line 15 - Taxable Income Line 19 - Child Tax Credit Line 24 - Total Tax. Line 25 d - Withholdings. Line 26 - Estimated tax payments Line 27 - Earned Income Credit Line 28 - Additional Child Credit Line 33 - Payments including Credits. Line 34 - Overpayments. Line 37 - Tax owed.   If you have a clarification, or an additional question, please contact us again.

Sometimes you need to clear your cache (that is, remove these temporary files) because a full or corrupted cache can cause problems in TurboTax.  You can try these steps if you are using the online version:   Clearing your Cache and Cookies Using a different browser Opening an Incognito Window Please reach out again if your problem persists.

What version of TurboTax are you using?  Are you using the Online version or the Desktop version?  Reporting of IRS form 1099-B and IRS Schedule D requires Premium version.   The posting of IRS form 1099-K for personal item sales is a two-step process.     First, you post the IRS form 1099-K amount of box 1a.   Second, you post the IRS form 1099-B Proceeds From Broker and Barter Exchange Transactions to report the sales proceeds and the cost of sales. Make sure that the amount reported on the IRS form 1099-K box 1a equals the Proceeds reported for the multiple entries of IRS form 1099-B.