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Please clarify your question.   What are you experiencing? Are you in the program? Is there any area that you're stuck in? What are you trying to do? Please contact us again to provide some additional details.       

Yes, children or full-time college students with unearned income of greater than $1,300 need to file a return, because of "kiddie tax."   Typically, the first $1,300 worth of a child's unearned income isn't taxed, the next $1,300 is taxed at the child's rate, and anything above $2,600 is taxed at the parent's rate. This is calculated on Form 8615.   See: What is IRS Form 8615: Tax for Certain Children Who Have Unearned Income for more information.

Thank you for that detailed response.  However, I have always had the form 568 come up when I file to be mailed in so I didn't realize the system didn't create my 568 before I emailed.   When I went to forms it was not created and when I searched I only find a blank one     I want Turbo tax to fill it in so my information matches prior years.   Do I need to file an amended return since California has accepted my original return in Turbo Tax, then follow your instructions above to create the form and then mail it in? 

Unemployment is not included in the TurboTax free edition.   You would have to use Deluxe. You can see the different packages on these websites. TurboTax Desktop Products TurboTax Online products  You can Compare the IRS free website

Yes, since AZ is a community property state, you'll need to report half of your wife's income and taxes withheld on your return. She will also need to report half of your income and taxes withheld on her return.

No, adding lines 3 and 4 is correct.     The percent of business use of the home office is missing from the calculation and therefore the result is that the calculation shows a loss for your business.   When you go through the Federal Review of your return, this error will be flagged and you can enter the amount on that review screen.  The amount to enter is the percentage of time that you spend in your home office making money for your business.  If all of your time is spent working in your home office for your business, then enter 100%.   You can also make the correction to the calculation using Forms Mode.  Use these steps:   Click Forms on the top row of TurboTax. Go to Form 8829. Scroll to the section titled Line 8 Calculation Smart Worksheet and enter your percent of business use of the home office on line B. Click Step-by-Step at the top of the screen to go back to the input screens.

I called Turbotax Customer Service and was told that the free Audit Defense provided with the Advantage plan can be used only for the return of the registered purchaser and not not for any other person's return prepared using that purchased product. I recall in 2023 being able to elect not to use it for my return and use it for my daughter's return (both returns were prepared using the product for which I was the registered purchaser). When I mentioned this to the specialist I spoke to I was told that the rules may have changed in 2024. Although I did not read all the fine print when I signed up for the automatic purchase of the download every year, I would think a change in policy made this year such as this should have been communicated or posted to subscribers.  So, short answer is that I got a clarification but not a satisfactory answer.

It depends.  In order to claim volunteer firefighting expenses, you would need to claim them as charitable contributions on your itemized return.  If you are not itemizing you would not be able to claim the expenses.  Itemized expenses include mortgage interest, gambling losses up to winnings,  charitable contributions, state and local taxes up to $10,000, medical expenses in excess of 7.5% of your AGI and casualty and losses in excess of 10% of you AGI with the first $100 not counting towards the loss.    Then your total itemized expenses would need to be greater than your standard deduction below in order to benefit from your expenses.    The 2024 Standard Deductions are as follows: Married Filing Joint (MFJ)              $29,200 Married Filing Separate (MFS)      $14,600 Head of Household (HOH)             $21,900  Single                                                 $14,600                                 Blind or over 65 and MFJ or MFS add $1,550 Single or HOH if blind or over 65 add $1,950     Standard versus Itemized Deduction  

No.  If your grandson has been in the Navy since June, you would not be able to claim him as a dependent as he would be over 18 years old, and not a full time student, which means he would need to earn less than $5,050 for the year in order to claim him.  To claim someone as a Qualifying Relative, they must be: Your child ( including step children, adoptive children and foster children) or a descendent of them Your sibling (including half siblings) or a child of your sibling or a sibling-in-law Your parent or grandparents, including step parents and in laws Any other person that lived with you for the entire tax year Not a qualifying child of another taxpayer Someone that you provided over half of their support for during the tax year Has less than $5,050 in income (not counting social security) The following criteria must be met to claim someone as a qualifying child: Your child (including adopted and foster children), your sibling, or a descendent of any of them. Age 18 or younger at the end of the tax year OR under 24 (and younger than you and your spouse) if they are a full-time student Lived with you for more than 6 months during the tax year They did not provide more than half of their own support (social security does not count) They did not file a joint return, unless it was to claim a refund Have a social security number that is valid for employment