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After taking a look at your diagnostic tax file, it appears that the calculations for your charitable contributions are correct.   Only the carryover charitable contributions are being limited based on 50% of your AGI.  This is because the carryover amount was due to contributions of non-cash property in a prior year.  Non-cash donations are limited to 50%.  Only cash contributions carry the 60% limit.   This leaves an amount to be carried over again to your 2027 tax return.  

You can tell the software that you will mail a check to the IRS and then pay your tax due by whatever method you actually choose to use.   If you owe tax due, you have to pay it yourself by the filing deadline on April 15, 2026.      If you have federal tax due you can pay by mailing your payment with the 1040V voucher, (which has the address printed on it, having the payment taken out of a designated bank account, or you can pay directly on the IRS website.    https://www.irs.gov/payments   https://www.irs.gov/payments/pay-your-taxes-by-debit-or-credit-card   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-payments/help/how-can-i-pay-my-federal-taxes/00/26212     https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-payments/help/how-do-i-pay-my-irs-tax-due-with-a-check-or-money-order/00/26403      To apply for a payment plan with the IRS   Apply Online for a Payment Plan     You must pay your state tax due using the state’s preferred method of receiving payment.  For most states that will be by making a payment to the state’s own tax website, or by mailing a check or money order.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/state-taxes/contact-state-department-revenue/L9qVToi02_US_en_US?uid=m6e06um0   WHAT IF I CANNOT PAY MY TAX DUE? https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-payments/pay-taxes/L8aQBCpPO_US_en_US?uid=m9iryksw    

Allocated tips are generally posted to Box 8.   Box 12 Codes A and B represent uncollected taxes on tips that you owe to the IRS.  Code A is for uncollected Social Security (or RRTA) taxes on tips, while  Code B is for uncollected Medicare taxes on tips.  The W-2 Box 12 code for Health Savings Account (HSA) contributions is Code W.    If you have questions about the W-2 you should contact your employer, or Payroll department.    

To enter, edit or delete estimated taxes paid (Federal, State, Local) - 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 Estimates and Other Taxes Paid On Estimated Tax Payments, click on the start or update button   On Federal estimated taxes for 2025 (Form 1040-ES), click the start button   Federal estimated taxes paid are entered on Form 1040 Line 26

You should review the entries that you made in TurboTax.    For claiming your son as a dependent, I'm not sure if you have another person that you are claiming as a dependent, or if you mean that you are claiming both yourself and your son. If that's the case, you actually only have one dependent, your son. But if you don't show your son as a dependent, go back through the Personal Info section, and check each answer carefully. Make sure that you answered yes you have dependents, and check that you chose the correct number of dependents (don't include yourself). If you've already entered a dependent, you can select Add another dependent under Your household and then go through the dependent section.  Don't skip any questions, including whether he lived with you, and if he lived in the US.  If your son's other parent isn't filing a joint return with you, make sure that you answer whether or not you have a written agreement as to who claims the child, and who your son spent the most nights with during the year.  Finally, make sure that you added his Social Security Number when asked.  As far as the farming income question and the sheet relating to  buying a computer, can you please clarify what you are seeing? It may be that you inadvertently clicked on an area in the program that wound up creating forms that you don't need.  Here are instructions for deleting a form in TurboTax Online, but please respond back here for more directions based on your situation.    

Go back through your W2 and make sure that everything is entered correctly.  If everything is good and you are still getting the error, delete the W2 Form and enter it again.     Here are the steps to delete your W2:   Open your return. Go to Tax Home Select Tax Tools in the left menu Click on Tools A pop-up will come out called Tool Center Select Delete a form Select Delete next to the Form W2 that you want to delete How do I manually enter my W-2? W2 Box 14, has always been used to report miscellaneous things by employers that in the past did not affect tax returns.  This year with the changes due to One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), box 14 is being used to report qualifying tips, and sometimes qualifying overtime.    If you are not sure what your employer meant by something on box 14, you should ask to ensure that you enter the information correctly on your return.     In TurboTax, enter the description from your W-2's box 14 on the first field in the row. Enter the dollar amount and select the correct tax category that goes with that description.  If none of the categories apply, scroll to the bottom of the list and choose Other (not classified). Don’t worry. We'll figure out if it impacts your return or not. If we need more information, we'll ask you.

According to the IRS - if you e-filed forms 1099-NEC then you have to e-file the corrected 1099-NEC as well. You can not mail in the corrections. How to you mark a corrected 1099-NEC as corrected? This is to change a name that was incorrect. TT instructions say you have to cancel the submitted/accepted return and then create a new 1099-NEC with correct name - my question - how do you mark the new 1099-NEC as corrected to efile?

To access your current or prior year online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the User ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/ Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and on the section Your tax returns & documents.  Click on the Year and Click on Download/print return (PDF)   If you used the desktop CD/Download editions installed on your computer, the only copy of your tax data file and any PDF's will be on the computer where the return was created.  TurboTax does not store online any returns completed using the desktop editions.   Go to this IRS website for free transcripts of a federal tax return - https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript   For a fee of $30 you can get a complete federal tax return from the IRS by completing Form 4506 - http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

NO   If Oklahoma state tax was withheld, the employee will need to fie for that state as a non-resident and get the tax refunded. Once the withheld tax is sent to the state, you, as the employer cannot get it returned to you. 

You must be signed onto your online account and you must actually accessing the 2025 online tax return, either in the Wages & Income section or the Deductions & Credits section for the links on the left side of the online program screen to be active.   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