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That is what I believed when working on it yesterday - I tried just about every configuration one could to make it work. Turbotax automatically selects the VA age deduction based on your federal return report date of birth - there is no option to turn it off except for manually - it also AUTOMATICALLY puts the exemption for over 65 - I have used override to remove everything to follow the low income credit rules to EXACT PRECISION. I even deleted the VA return and started over and it's the same result - please see if you can create a VA return in which the person is over 65 and does not take the age deduction and organically gets the low income credit.   I will admit I was wrong if so - but until then this seems like a hidden and sneaky way to deny senior citizens a credit they deserve - maybe a behind the scenes handshake between intuit and the state of VA - they can promise a credit and get to not deliver on it for thousands of people.   i have manually overriden the disallowment from claiming the low income credit and followed all the rules and right before filing turbotax gives you an error and MAKES you turn off the override to remove the X for not allowed to claim low income credit. Trust me - someone needs to look deep into this - i think there is smoke and also fire this time

@user17704014636    After you enter that area, the software shows a bunch of different boxes....make sure you actually click on the Dividends box before continuing.   That same next page shows even if you go in on the Menu line, or the Dividends line, or the stock transactions menu line    

Looks like Intuit still got some bugs. I just downloaded Turbo Tax on my Mac running Tahoe. Import does not work, when I exit the program and restart import starts working. When I answer Married filing jointly like last year it somehow think that I am changing the filing, I have to go back a couple screens then it starts showing the right selection.   I do almost everything online but for this Tax filing thing I rather have a desktop version in case anything happens to the software maker.

Several  states do not have a state income tax.  So these states will not show up in certain drop down lists.   Leave boxes 15, 16, and 17 blank when you enter a W-2 for these states.   Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming

If you entered your birthday correctly, the amount was automatically added.   Look on form 1040 -  line 12e has your standard deduction and then look at line 13b and you will see the enhanced deductions.  

You need to make certain that you are filing as a part-year resident of Wisconsin.  Wisconsin counts you as a part year resident even if you were only living in Minnesota for the last part of the year.  If you file your Wisconsin return as a part-year resident you will be able to adjust the taxable income for the year in each location.

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.

RodgerD1,   Thanks so much for your time and support!  I really appreciate the explanation and link you shared.  Hopefully someone else might find this thread and consider it useful as well.    I feel much more confident proceeding and finishing up our taxes.  Thanks again.