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Sounds like you are ok now?  Here's some more info.... After you get the program installed or reinstalled the first thing to do before you open your tax return is to update the program and install any state programs you had. Then open your file. So you first might need to start a fake return to be able to download the state program (go to FILE - NEW). Enter some basic information, then go to the state tab and download the state program. Then try to open your existing return, go to FILE - OPEN Error 190 for state https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/bugs-and-error-messages/help/error-190-when-opening-file-in-turbotax-desktop/00/26443

Your corporation is a separate taxpayer from you, so you don't need to report the corporation's income & expenses on your personal tax return. You only need to enter the income that you received from the corporation.  

Warning are there to make sure that you double check what you've entered. If it is a Warning and not an Error, then it can be ignored if you are sure the information you entered is correct.   If it's an Error, it needs to be fixed, because something is not right, and you won't be able to NETFILE until you fix the problem.   

What you enter for your expenses doesn't go based on your income, it goes by what percentage of the expense was for your self-employment. Ex: if you had a printer that you used 90% for your self-employment, then you can claim 90% percent of the cost of ink.    How you enter the amounts depends on what the expense is. For the printer ink, you would just put in 90% of the total cost. For motor vehicle costs, you would put in the total you spend for gas, maintenance, etc... and the software will pro-rate the amount based on the kilometres you used for your self-employment work.  

It sounds like you owed money on your original return, but when you prepared your amended return, the amended state return shows no balance due.  If that is correct, it sounds like the changes made on your federal return did not change the tax due on your state return.  I recommend reviewing your original return to the amended return to make sure the changes are carried forward onto your state return.  If they are and the total tax is unchanged, then you would not need to amend your state return as there is no change to your overall state tax liability.   Please also see do I need to amend my return and how do I amend my state tax return for additional guidance.

It's not clear what your question is. We cannot see your tax return, so we cannot verify anything. We don't know anything about you except what you write in your post, and you have not given any details. Are you saying that TurboTax is giving you a lower standard deduction than you are entitled to? To get a standard deduction of $33,850 you have to be filing as married filing jointly, among other requirements. Is that the filing status that TurboTax shows? When you go back through the My Info section of TurboTax, in addition to the things that Opus 17 listed, also make sure that you did not say that someone can claim either you or your spouse as a dependent. What is the amount of the standard deduction that TurboTax is giving you?  

@DoninGA wrote: Standard deductions for 2024 Single - $14,600 add $1,950 if age 65 or older Married Filing Separately - $14,600 add $1,550 if age 65 or older Married Filing Jointly - $29,200 add $1,550 for each spouse age 65 or older Head of Household - $21,900 add $1,950 if age 65 or older You could also add either $1,550 or $1,950 if you are blind.     That would mean that, to have a standard deduction of $33,850 for your 2024 tax return, you must be married filing jointly, both spouses must be over age 65, and one spouse must be blind.   If those facts are true and you are not seeing the correct amount in Turbotax, go back to the personal interview and make sure you have correctly entered your birthdates and checked the box for "blind" for the correct spouse. 

It is possible but what are the terms of the trust?   If the trust states that all income must be distributed to the beneficiary each tax year, then the beneficiary will assume liability for taxes due regardless of whether or not there is an actual distribution.

Your main home is where you live most of the time.  You can't change that by declaring it to be so, it must be where you actually live.   You can deduct mortgage interest on your main home and one second home that you own.  The interest must be secured by the home, and must be used to buy, build or substantially remodel the home.  That means that, if you take an equity loan or mortgage on your main home to help your daughter buy a different home, none of the mortgage interest is deductible.     If you owned or co-owned the second home in MO, and there was a mortgage on that home (to buy, build, or remodel it), that interest would be deductible if you paid it, as your second home.  If your daughter paid the interest (and it would be her main home, of course), it would be deductible by her, as long as she was either a legal co-owner (on the deed) or an equitable owner (which I can explain later if needed).  But only if the loan is secured by that home--not if the loan is secured by a different property.     Property taxes can be deducted by the person who pays them if that person is a legal owner or co-owner (on the deed).  You don't have to live in the home or consider it a second home to deduct property taxes.  However, you can't be an equitable owner, only a legal owner.  And there is currently a cap on deducting state and local taxes (including property taxes).  Unless the cap is lifted, you might not get any actual deduction, depending on the amount of income and property tax you pay already.     If you owned the home in MO, paid all the expenses, and rented it to your daughter, you might be able to treat that as a rental and deduct some or all of the expenses.  However, this is a bit complicated and I would want you to get professional tax advice.  One key factor is that, to take the full benefit of any tax position, you have to rent the home at full fair market value (what your daughter would pay to rent a similar home in the same neighborhood, or what you would charge a stranger for rent).  If you give your daughter a lower-than-market rental price, you lose most of the tax advantages.