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Hi all,    My wife and I got married last year, but we worked in different states and hence will need to file joint federal taxes but separate state taxes. I am using desktop, premier version. I filled out MFJ and copied to create 2 more versions for state filling.    For IL Husband will remove wifes data and vice versa for wifes NJ filing   Will file federal first, e filling followed by e filling for wife and husband.  Is there anything I am missing? Also we had HSA and several forms like INT,DIV, B, 1099 SA and both of our W2 from jobs. For HSA ill put all under husband as he did it. For rest we will just put the gains under their respective owners. 

If I claim my dependent on my California tax returns but not my federal tax returns, does my dependent need to check the box "Another tax payer can claim you on their tax return" on TurboTax 2024?    Also, as a corollary question, in what situations would a dependent be claimed on California tax return but not federal tax return?    The reason for my questiond is that California allows a person to claim a dependent even if that dependent is not claimed as dependent on federal tax returns. 

Hi! I am attempting to file my backdoor Roth and think I just made an error. I added $6500 for my 2023 taxes in March 2024 and converted it to my Roth within the same month. However, it had $550 in losses from my investments.   In September, I contributed $7000 in my traditional IRA account and converted it to my Roth account without any losses.   I got my 1099-R from Fidelity that showed that I contributed a total of $12998 in 2024.   I realize that I most likely need to amend my 2023 taxes to reflect my losses, but I don’t even know how to go about it’s I also don’t know how I should fill out my 2024 taxes in such that I won’t have to amend it also in the future.  Please help! 

I filed federal and state taxes in 2022 and 2023 and received state refunds for each year in 2024. The state was very late in issuing the 2022 refund (which should have arrived at the end of 2023) and it arrived in January of 2024 with interest for the delayed refund. The 2023 state refund arrived later in 2024 with interest for the delayed in refund.  Entering the two 1099-int for the two refunds was easy. However, while I did not take the standard deduction in any of the years, neither of the refunds should be taxable as the limit on my SALT salt deduction far exceeded the $10,000 limit for both years. Entering the 2023 state refund results in no extra tax for this year. However, when it askes if I have another refund and I enter the state and the year 2022, it just says it is taxable without asking any questions. How do I enter the 2022 state refund in TurboTax without it erroneously thinking it is taxable? There is no option for entering them together and entering more than one year. It just asks the tax year of the refund. 

As I am completing my 2024 taxes, the system is saying my spouse had a lapse in coverage from the high deductible plan, which is not correct. How do I fix? Also where do I put in the balance of my hsa at the end of 2024 so I my hsa contribution is not considered as income in my tax return. Thanks

I use my car (Leased) only for business purposes.  I understand I can deduct the down payment (broken up over each year of the lease) .  Can I deduct the entire monthly payments for the year as well? I have heard that I can....

I can't delete an item of Other Wages Received that I had mistakenly entered. I have now correctly entered the item under "Other reportable income." However, even though I selected the Update button for "Other Income not already reported on a Form W-2 or Form 1099" and then selected "No" to "Did you receive any other wages?" under "Less Common Income" and "Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A, 1099-C" the number still reflects the total of both entries. As a result, the software is generating an unnecessary Form 8919, which I only noticed when the Smart Check process said that I had neglected to enter a reason code.