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No.   Sewing machines do not count as a "major purchase" for sales tax.   Sales tax is an itemized deduction.  Unless you have enough other itemized deductions to exceed your standard deduction the sales tax will have no effect on your tax due or refund.   “Major purchases” that you can enter for the sales tax deduction include:   Motor Vehicles (cars, trucks, motor homes, RV’s, sport utility vehicles and off-road vehicles Aircraft or boats Mobile homes Manufactured housing Building materials for major home improvements You cannot deduct: furniture, jewelry, home electronics such as TV’s or computers    

If you are age 65 or older and meet the requirement, the additional deduction is automatically added on your federal tax return.   Standard deductions for 2025 Single - $15.750 add $2,000 if age 65 or older Married Filing Separately - $15,750 add $1,600 if age 65 or older Married Filing Jointly - $31,500 add $1,600 for each spouse age 65 or older Head of Household - $23,625 add $2,000 if age 65 or older   New Bonus Standard Deduction (OBBB): An additional $6,000 deduction for taxpayers 65 and older. This is per eligible individual, meaning a married couple both over 65 could get $12,000. Important: This bonus deduction is temporary, lasting from 2025 through 2028. Income limitations: It phases out for taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income over $75,000 for single filers and $150,000 for joint filers. The amount is calculated on Schedule 1-A, Part V, with that amount flowing to Form 1040 Line 13b Look at your Form 1040 - You can view your Form 1040 plus Schedules 1, 2 and 3 at any time using the online editions. Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen. Click on Tools. Click on View Tax Summary. Click on Preview my 1040 on the left side of the screen.

To enter, edit or delete your Form 1095-A - Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business) Click on Deductions and Credits Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown) Scroll down to Medical On Affordable Care Act (Form 1095-A), click the start or update button When asked if you have a Form 1095-A, answer NO.

Q. Is it possible or legal to deduct the 2024 tuition fee from the scholarship amount she gets in 2025 in order to get the AOTC in the 2025 tax return? A. No.  It must be claimed in the year paid.   So, yes, it was possible to claim in on the 2024 return, since it was paid in 2024 (for the first quarter of 2025), if she was otherwise qualified (there are restrictions on students under 24 getting the refundable portion and restrictions on non citizens/non residents). 

If you are legally married and live together then you can only file as Married Filing Jointly or Married Filing Separately.   If your spouse filed as Head of Household, that would mean that you did not live together at any time during the last six months of the year and there was a qualifying child as a dependent.

The question of what expenses can be used to avoid the 10% penalty from an IRA withdrawal are listed at this IRS website.  This website specifically states that education expenses are for "qualified higher education".  Additionally, the withdrawal can only be used for current year expenses, so all the expenses for that withdrawal need to have been incurred in 2025.

Thanks @xmasbaby0 for the quick reply, But it is the $500 credit that I am trying to take. TurboTax tells me that I qualify for a credit when I enter the dependent information but won't let me take the credit later in the deductions/credits entry section. I have taken this credit for many years. The dependent information hasn't changed. I still think this is a BUG in the Deluxe desktop version but I don't know how to contact someone at TT to get an answer. Regards, Alan.