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The TurboTax Free online edition is for very simple tax returns that do not require any other form or schedule other than the Form 1040.  If your tax data requires entry on any other form or schedule then you must upgrade to the Deluxe edition or higher.   If you have not paid for the online edition you are using, have not filed your tax return or registered the Free edition, then you can clear your return and start over with a lower priced edition. Click on Switch Products on the lower left side of the program screen while working on the 2025 online tax return. Click on Clear & Start Over   Go to this TurboTax website for the Free online edition - https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/online/free-edition.jsp   Please Note - TurboTax Online: Important Details about Filing Form 1040 Returns with Limited Credits A Form 1040 return with limited credits is one that's filed using IRS Form 1040 only (with the exception of the specific covered situations described below). Roughly 37% of taxpayers are eligible. If you have a Form 1040 return and are claiming limited credits only, you can file for free yourself with TurboTax Free Edition or TurboTax Live Assisted Basic (if available), or you can file with TurboTax Full Service at the listed price. Situations covered (assuming no added tax complexity): W-2 income Interest or dividends (1099-INT/1099-DIV) that don’t require filing a Schedule B IRS standard deduction Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Child Tax Credit (CTC) Student loan interest deduction Situations not covered: Itemized deductions claimed on Schedule A Unemployment income reported on a 1099-G Business or 1099-NEC income Stock sales (including crypto investments) Rental property income Credits, deductions and income reported on other forms or schedules

Good news and bad news. Good news, your carryover is still valid and allowed. There have been big changes to the credit allowed while you were gone. Bad news, it is currently only available in the desktop version and requires a back door method to get the K-47 you need. Good news, it is easy to switch and your information stays intact so you can pick up where you left off. See Switching from TTO to TTD. To finish up: Once you have your .tax file downloaded and the program downloaded, open your return. You will see Forms on the top right. Select Forms You will now see all your forms on the left side. Above them is Open Form Click on Open Form Pop-up box, click the + beside Kansas Locate Schedule K-47 and click it Then the blue Open Form box Your carryover goes in line 3. Fill in any pink boxes Go back to step by step - top right Finish return and file

Most rejections are for AGI; AGI is only needed for e-filing and e-filing is permanently closed for 2024 returns.  The only way to file a 2024 return now is by mail.  You need to print it, sign and date it in ink, and mail it.     When you mail a tax return, you need to attach any documents showing tax withheld, such as your W-2’s or any 1099’s.  Use a mailing service that will track it, such as certified mail so you will know the IRS/state received the return.   Federal and state returns must be in separate envelopes and they are mailed to different addresses.  Read the mailing instructions that print with your tax return carefully so you mail them to the right addresses.  

Why do you need Home & Buisness?  All the Desktop  programs have the same forms so you can use a lower version like Deluxe for all returns.   You just get more  help in the higher versions.  And the Desktop program can do unlimited returns and efile 5 for free.   Here's how to activate a different version. There is a way to have 2 licenses. You don't need to install the second version just enter the License Code. Under Help - Switch Product - Activate new product. Don't know what that will do or what benefit you will get. It won't allow you to efile more than 5 or get a different free state program download. You should try to efile the most complicated ones first. Maybe a simple one can use the Online Free Edition.

Il y a eu une mise à jour de TurboImpôt Bureau ce matin - jeudi 5 mars. Le seul formulaire encore verrouillé est le TP-726.7  Il fait faire une recherche du formulaire TP726 (sans tiret) et ensuite sélectionnez TP-726.7       Bien entendu si vous avez des gains/pertes en capital, il faudra patienter encore quelques jours. Je suis désolée des délais causés, je n'ai pas de date précise pour le déverrouillage de ce formulaire.   Merci 

Latest update did not correct this (3/5/2026).  The problem showed up after entering all the e-file questions, saving a PDF for the return and then saving this return file.  Closing Turbotax desktop and then reopening the file. I finally got it corrected by deleting the 1099-Rs and then adding them back in a different order.

@user17727371258 wrote: I have rented a condo to my son for the last 10 years at fair market value.  We have gifted the entire property to him in 2025.  In the case of an outright gift, you should indicate that you converted the property to personal use on the date of the gift. Your son will take your basis and assume your accumulated depreciation.   You will likely also need to file a Form 709 for the gift (a form which TurboTax does not support).

Just wanted to post my evaluation of this issue and make a suggestion I hope TurboTax will consider.   When completing entry information for the Federal return one completes forms such as Form 1099, W-2, etc. That form can be viewed in TurboTax and the related data transfers to the proper place in the Federal Return as nessary.  Some of the data on the form also transfers to the State Return but the actual completed form does not transfer.  Oklahoma Form 511 line 21 specificaly states the form 1099, W-2 etc. be enclosed with the Form 511 but it is not included and e-filed to the Oklahoma Tax Commission thus the e-file generated doesn't provide what is required by the Oklahoma Tax Commission.   Am I upset?    NO I'M NOT...  I have used Turbo Tax for over 30 Years and will continue.   I offer these thoughts in hope that TurboTax can visit with the Oklahoma Tax Commission and can just transfer from the Federal side of TurboTax the 1099, W-2, and etc forms to the Oklahoma State side of TurboTax to be included in the e-file process so the Oklahoma Tax Commission can receive what they require.   Thanks to all who have commented and for the input and suggestions.  I would hope to get a response from TurboTax here as that response I would mark as the best answer.   THX again all...........  

Here is the exact workflow to report the income and then receive a credit for the Foreign Tax Credit.   Part 1: Report Income on Schedule 1 (Other Income) Go to Wages & Income: Scroll to the very bottom to Less Common Income. Select Miscellaneous Income: Choose Other reportable income. Enter the Description: * Description: Polish ZUS Social Security Amount: Enter the total gross amount received for the year in USD. Part 2: Claim the Foreign Tax Credit (Form 1116)   Go to Deductions & Credits: Scroll down to Estimates and Other Taxes Paid. Select Foreign Taxes: Click Start/Revisit. Answer and navigate through the interview until you get to the type of income Select Passive Category Income (this is the standard category for pensions and social security). Add Country: Select Poland. Enter the Gross Income: When it asks for your foreign source income, enter the same USD amount you just entered in Part 1. Look for the box for Foreign Taxes Paid (or "Foreign Taxes Withheld"). Enter the USD equivalent of the tax Poland withheld from your checks. Date Paid: You can use Dec 31, 2025.