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There may be two things to enter about the new car---car loan interest and sales tax.   CAR LOAN INTEREST Go to Federal>Deductions and Credits>Cars and Other Things You Own>Car Loan Interest The amount will go on Schedule 1a and end up on Form 1040 on line 13b   SALES TAX You can enter the sales tax you paid for the car you purchased in 2025 by going to Federal>Deductions and Credits>Estimates and Other Taxes Paid> Sales Tax.  You will be asked if you paid sales tax on a major purchase, and you will be able to enter the sales tax you paid for your new vehicle.    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     As for the hot water heater----certain kinds of hot water heaters may qualify for an energy credit.   Go to Federal>Deductions and Credits>Your Home>Home Energy Credits  

If you never filed your Forms 1040 for 2024 and 2025, there is nothing to amend.  You will submit your 2024 Form 1040 by mail.    Click here for How do I file my return by mail?   Your 2025 tax return can be e-filed using the TurboTax software.   Also, new this year, you can have your 2024 tax return prepared using TurboTax Full Service. As long as you do it with your 2025 tax return.    When you select TurboTax Full Service, a dedicated tax expert will prepare your tax return(s) for you.  You will set up a welcome call with an assistant and they will answer any questions you may have. The TurboTax assistant will also confirm the documents your expert will need to prepare your taxes. You will be able to upload your documents straight from your computer, or you can use your phone to capture or scan paper documents. You can use this link, click here to start the process. Make sure to select "Prior year not filed" in the interview questions.   For additional information, click here for How do I file a prior-year tax return?   Click here for How does Full Service work? Please return to Community if you have any additional information or questions and we would be happy to help.  

If the student had a full scholarship, there are no expenses to apply towards an education credit.    If the student files as a dependent, they get a type of standard deduction but it is slightly different, it is "Up to the standard deduction for single filers". 

Google's AI overview provided the exact solution I was looking for. This seems like a known issue with TurboTax where even after indicating that I didn't have an HDHP plan for tax year, it still forces you to select plan type.   The fix to handle TurboTax's "No HDHP" errors per the Google AI overview (which is Gemini) is that even though I had no HDHP plan, I should select "Self" and then marking "None" for all the months in subsequent detail screen. This is a known common workaround and used in past by many users.

Still not working despite a combination of restarting, install/uninstalling, updating, manual updating which took many days and hours. Still faced Validation Error Code 54.    Not worth the effort with many hours wasted just on this one return with many more to go. Will evaluate whether to use TurboTax Business again for next year. Very disappointed.   Going paper file instead. 

There are several kinds of 1099G's and we do not know what you have.   You might have a 1099G for unemployment benefits---which is taxable income.   Or maybe a 1099G for a state or local tax refund, which may or may not be taxable income depending on whether you itemized in 2024.   Or maybe a 1099G for Paid Family Leave......etc etc. etc.       Tell us what you have and we can help you enter it in the right place.

You will enter you estimated tax payments in the Other Tax Situations section.  Click Add more Tax Situations and you will see estimated tax payments in the Additional tax payments category.  Note, These steps are for TurboTax Online customers.   See the following link for more information on this:   Where do I enter my estimated tax payments?

Seems to be related to pop-up blocker.  Based on a response to another thread here I switched to Firefox and this time a pop-up came up to text me a code.  That did not happen with either Edge or Chrome.   Worked fine after that.

To trigger the generation of Form 8606 in TurboTax Online, in the Federal Tax section:   Select Deductions & Credits Scroll down to "Retirement and Investments" and click the down arrow to show "Traditional and Roth IRA Contributions" Click on Start or Update  On the "Tell us about your IRAs" screen indicate that you owned or contributed to a "Traditional IRA" and Continue Indicate whether or not you contributed to a Traditional IRA in 2025.  If you just want to trigger the 8606, answer No. Answer No to the question about contributing more than was allowed in 2024 or any previous year and Continue. You will see a screen with a box where you can enter the basis in your Traditional IRA as of December 31, 2024.  This should on your most recent Form 8606 listed as "Total Basis".  Enter your basis. Your return will now contain Form 8606 with your Basis.

Gambling losses can only be deducted up to the amount of the gambling winnings. Gambling winnings are reported on Form 1040 Schedule 1 on Line 8b. The amount from Part I of Schedule 1 Line 10 flows to Form 1040 Line 8. Gambling Losses are reported on Form 1040 Schedule A as a Other Itemized Deductions. Gambling losses are not a one-for-one reduction in winnings. Your total itemized deductions reported on Form 1040 Schedule A must be greater than the standard deduction for your filing status to have any tax benefit. To enter, edit or delete Gambling Winnings and Losses - Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business) Click on Wages and Income (Personal Income using Home and Business) Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown) Scroll down to Less Common Income On Prizes, Awards, and Gambling Winnings, click the start or update button