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A state return cannot be accepted until the IRS has accepted your federal e-file.   If you already e-filed your federal return, you will have to wait until the IRS accepts your return.  The IRS will not begin to accept/reject 2025 returns until January 26.   Another possibility is that many state forms are not finalized Tax form availability tool Dates are subject to change  

@ 1776OldTimer  That was also happening until recently in the personal desktop products, but an update 2 days ago supposedly cured it, and at least in the personal products it was corrected to now show 2025.   I don't know if the correction was in this week's Business Edition update or not.   Be sure you have run the "check for updates", and then also restart your computer and relaunch TurboTax.

Thank you, I misunderstood what it meant by tax liability. Yes I had to pay taxes in 2024, but had a small refund.   Thank you for clarifying that. I did import from 2024. Guess when that form is available officially, I will get a better handle of everything. At least the initial question was answered!

if using Schedule D/Form 8949, just add up those costs yourself and enter as basis. You could also use the home sale worksheet. What's regarded as a second home may qualify for the home sale exclusion if it was your principal residence for 2 out of 5 years before the sale.  The related worksheet allows you to enter various details of costs, even if it doesn't qualify.  

@Themushj wrote: ... right now if I try to click the box on form 2210 line B "Check if you had no tax liability for 2024" it won't let me. I actually had a small federal refund. I can only check the line C, "Check to have the IRS figure the penalty and send me a bill if penalty due." If you were to say you had "no tax liability in 2024", then that would be saying that you owed no Federal taxes at all in 2024. Did you not owe and pay any Federal taxes at all in 2024?   That's not referring to a final "tax due" amount, but the overall taxes you would be responsible for paying throughout the year.  Even if you had a "small Federal refund," you likely paid taxes at some point on your taxable income, which, if so, means you did have a tax liability, which you slightly overpaid.   When you started your 2025 return, did you transfer your 2024 tax data into your 2025 return?  If so, then it likely transferred the 2024 tax liability data from last year's return to be used for Form 2210 purposes.  If it did, and if you indeed had a tax liability in 2024 (that doesn't mean final tax due as explained above), then that's likely why you cannot check that you had "no tax liability."

Filing as a nonprofit requires approval of nonprofit status by filing Form 1023 with the IRS. TurboTax does not support any non-profit forms. Here is the link for a do-it-yourself preparation and filing of Form 1023-EZ https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/62759871    There are also numerous websites that can do this. Use at your own risk. Until then you may have a for profit partnership which would require filing form 1065. There is also the possibility it's operating as a hobby. As a hobby, income is taxable, but expenses are not deductible.     see this webpage from the IRS as to hobby.  https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-news/fs-08-23.pdf 

Yes, a custodial account will allow you (the custodian) to invest money for the beneficiary (your child).   The custodian (you) can withdraw money at any time, but it must be used for the "benefit of the minor."  This can include things like a first car, tuition, or travel, but it cannot be used for the parent’s personal expenses.      Note for tax purposes - If the account earns significant interest or dividends, you may have to file a separate tax return for the child.