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@ eric1903 wrote: I've been trying to download all evening.  I go to https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/cd-download/install-turbotax/ and it just spins - nothing downloads and no page comes up. I turned off my VPN and my Windows is fully up-to-date.  Chrome is fully updated as well.  I also tried with Edge - no luck. Please advise. I can't tell from your posting if you mean the webpage at that link is spinning, or if you mean you go that page, but after you choose a product and then indicate Windows or Mac, it then spins while downloading the installation file?   In other words, what is failing--the very first webpage at that link you posted or the file download after you choose a product?   If you can't even get the page at that link to display, try using your browsers in Private Browsing mode, aka Incognito Mode.   Also, are you using any script blockers or overly-restrictive ad blockers or exuberant browser security settings?

Same problem, Error 2 when trying to file Form 1041.  After 4 tries at different times of the day, I read this thread.  My 8453-FE had been formatted as PDF by Adobe Acrobat and failed to file every time.  Size about 900 KB.  After reading this I attached the JPG version of the same file, about 800 KB.  TTax Business then formatted it to PDF before sending.  Filing was successful.

IF CLERGY HOUSING ALLOWANCE IS IN W-2 BOX 14 - IF YOUR ACCOUNTANT PUTS YOUR HOUSING ALLOWANCE IN box 14 on your W2, put it in box 14 on TurboTax, PICK Other - not classified, continue. LET'S CHECK FOR UNCOMMON SITUATIONS: Check Religious Employment, continue LET'S DIG INTO YOUR RELIGIOUS EMPLOYMENT: Check Clergy, continue OK, TELL US ABOUT OUR CLERGY HOUSING: Parsonage or housing allowance = 0 (put nothing or zero). Do fill in your qualifying expenses, continue. NOW TELL US ABOUT YOUR CLEARGY SELF-EMPLOYMENT TAXES: Pay self-employment tax on my housing allowance. You'll know you did this right if your housing allowances shows up right on your SE.   IF CLERGY HOUSING ALLOWANCE IS **NOT** IN W-2 BOX 14 - IF YOUR ACCOUNTANT OMITS YOUR HOUSING ALLOWANCE FROM box 14 on your W2 but GIVES YOU A LETTER INSTEAD, leave that box blank, Continue LET'S CHECK FOR UNCOMMON SITUATIONS: Check Religious Employment, continue LET'S DIG INTO YOUR RELIGIOUS EMPLOYMENT: Check Clergy, continue OK, TELL US ABOUT OUR CLERGY HOUSING: Parsonage or housing allowance = put in your housing allowance here. Do fill in your qualifying expenses, continue. NOW TELL US ABOUT YOUR CLEARGY SELF-EMPLOYMENT TAXES: Pay self-employment tax on my housing allowance. You'll know you did this right if your housing allowances shows up right on your SE.   DO NOT DO THIS: 1. Search for other reportable income and select the Jump to link. 2. Answer No to Did you receive any other wages? and select Continue. 3. Scroll to the bottom of the Let's Work on Any Miscellaneous Income screen and select Start next to Other reportable income. 4. Answer Yes, and on the Any Other Taxable Income screen, type Clergy Housing Allowance in the description and enter it as a negative number (precede it with a minus sign) -- YOUR RETURN WILL LOOK VERY WRONG WITH NEGATIVE NUMBERS ON Schedule 1 box Z, and the SE box 2. It will also mess up your STATE.  

Box 16 of your 1099-R is the state distribution, which  may be a required entry in TurboTax depending on the state you live in.  If box 14 is blank, you can leave boxes 14-16 blank.   You can put the amount from box 2a in box 16.  If box 2a is blank, you can use the amount from box 1.      

IF CLERGY HOUSING ALLOWANCE IS IN W-2 BOX 14 - IF YOUR ACCOUNTANT PUTS YOUR HOUSING ALLOWANCE IN box 14 on your W2, put it in box 14 on TurboTax, continue. LET'S CHECK FOR UNCOMMON SITUATIONS: Check Religious Employment, continue LET'S DIG INTO YOUR RELIGIOUS EMPLOYMENT: Check Clergy, continue OK, TELL US ABOUT OUR CLERGY HOUSING: Parsonage or housing allowance = 0 (put nothing or zero). Do fill in your qualifying expenses, continue. NOW TELL US ABOUT YOUR CLEARGY SELF-EMPLOYMENT TAXES: Pay self-employment tax on my housing allowance. You'll know you did this right if your housing allowances shows up right on your SE. IF CLERGY HOUSING ALLOWANCE IS **NOT** IN W-2 BOX 14 - IF YOUR ACCOUNTANT OMITS YOUR HOUSING ALLOWANCE FROM box 14 on your W2 but GIVES YOU A LETTER INSTEAD, leave that box blank, Continue LET'S CHECK FOR UNCOMMON SITUATIONS: Check Religious Employment, continue LET'S DIG INTO YOUR RELIGIOUS EMPLOYMENT: Check Clergy, continue OK, TELL US ABOUT OUR CLERGY HOUSING: Parsonage or housing allowance = put in your housing allowance here. Do fill in your qualifying expenses, continue. NOW TELL US ABOUT YOUR CLEARGY SELF-EMPLOYMENT TAXES: Pay self-employment tax on my housing allowance. You'll know you did this right if your housing allowances shows up right on your SE. DO NOT DO THIS: 1. Search for other reportable income and select the Jump to link. 2. Answer No to Did you receive any other wages? and select Continue. 3. Scroll to the bottom of the Let's Work on Any Miscellaneous Income screen and select Start next to Other reportable income. 4. Answer Yes, and on the Any Other Taxable Income screen, type Clergy Housing Allowance in the description and enter it as a negative number (precede it with a minus sign) -- YOUR RETURN WILL LOOK VERY WRONG WITH NEGATIVE NUMBERS ON Schedule 1 box Z, and the SE box 2. It will also mess up your STATE.