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YUP! Both boxes were checked. Dunno why TurboTax left the resident box checked and dunno why NONE of the half-dozen "experts" I spoke to at TurboTax knew about it. What a FUBAR situation. Took me almost a week of effort to get it done. Thanks for your very useful idea.

To report a recharacterization from a Roth to a Traditional IRA in TurboTax, enter the original contribution under IRA Contributions, select "Yes" to "Did you recharacterize from a Roth to Traditional IRA?", and enter the amount moved.    You're then asked for the reason for recharacterization and Form 8606 is generated if needed, treating the contribution as if it were originally made to a Traditional IRA.   @lbm1230     

The "7-day rule" and the "substantial services" rule determine where this goes: The 7-Day Rule: Since your average stay is 6.5 days, the activity is technically a business, not a passive rental. Substantial Services: You mentioned providing cleaning services between guests. If you also provide "extra" services like daily maid service, breakfast, or guided tours (similar to a hotel), it definitely goes on Schedule C (subject to self-employment tax).   Probably you:  If you are just doing standard turnovers, you typically stay on Schedule E, but you must separate the income/expenses for the two periods to ensure the software calculates the "passive loss" limitations correctly for the STR portion. Most Short Term Rental (STR) owners who only clean between guests still report on Schedule E, but they check a box indicating it is a "non-passive" activity if they materially participated.

Oui, c’est ce que j’ai compris aussi. Il semble que les crédits d'impôts que je reçois immédiatement lors de la retenue sur salaire représentent seulement le « 30% supplémentaire » offert pour les fonds de travailleurs. Mais il reste encore la déduction normale de cotisation REER comme n’importe quel autre REER. Le déclarer dans la section REER permet à la fois d’aller chercher cette déduction de base et d’enregistrer vos droits de cotisation utilisés.

Are you using the Online version or the Desktop installed program?   Online is only good for 1 return per account.  So each return and account are separate.  Are you in California?   Audit Defense is included in California if you want to have the Turbo Tax fees deducted from your refund.   BUT there is an Extra $40 Refund Processing Service charge (45 in California) to have the fees deducted which you can avoid by paying the fees upfront with a credit card.   Same for the Desktop program.  You can do unlimited returns and efile 5 federal for free.   State is $25 to efile each return including the first one.   Each return is separate and won’t get Audit Defense for free depending on how you file and pay.  

If you follow the guidance that VolvoGirl gave, the self-employed health insurance deduction for the net premiums you paid would appear on Schedule 1 line 17 and Form 1040 line 10.  You can double check that the correct amounts showed up by doing a preview of your return.  If you use TurboTax online, you can follow these steps to preview your return:   Scroll down on the left side menu, then click on Tax Tools, then click on Tools right below that. From the Tools Center pop-up, click on View Tax Summary You can click on Preview my 1040 on the left side menu to see the Forms 1040 and Schedule 1 Click on Back on the left side menu to return back to Interview/input mode. For TurboTax Desktop, you can click on Forms in the blue banner at the upper right, and then select the forms you want to view from the listing on the right.   But also, if you were paying $400/month for health care coverage and Form 8962 determines that you have received too much PTC of $50/month, then your actual monthly payment would be $400+$50 or $450/month.  Any amount of PTC that you are required to pay back could be claimed as additional expense for Self Employed Health Insurance.  On the flip side, if you didn't get enough PTC and are getting some back as a credit, that credit would need to be subtracted from your health care payments that you made to get the correct amount of Self Employed Health Insurance deduction.

Cantina, that tip from a previous thread worked!  Thank you SO much!   YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!!!!  If you read this reply, can you reply back to me one more time so that I can amend the title of this particular question to read something like this (so this answer can benefit others searching for this solution)?   "How to view/print current and previous returns with all govt and TT worksheets"   And until TT can fix how this is done (a TT user will not instictively know to select "amend" in order to view/print returns with all TT worksheets), I have documented the steps for future users:   To print (to PDF) returns with all TT worksheets AFTER filing: Current Year  - Go to the section "Your Tax Returns and Documents" and select current year - Do one of the following (depending on what you see) in order to get "Tax Tools" to appear in the left NAV:     + Choose "Add a State"          OR     + Choose "Amend (change) return" - On the left NAV "Tax Tools" should now appear.  Click that and then select "Print Center" - Choose the forms you would like to view/print/download to PDF   Prior Year - Go to the section "Your Tax Returns and Documents" and select the prior year - Click "Amend (change) YYYY return" - Click 'Start an Amendment Online" - On the left NAV "Tax Tools" should now appear.  Click that and then select "Print Center" - Choose the forms you would like to view/print/download to PDF

There were updates yesterday (Thursday) morning, which were installed but didn't fix the problem. There were no new updates today. So the problem remains unsolved: At least for those of us eligible for the special higher mortgage-interest limit (that is, whose original loan was before the end of 2017), Ded Home Mort fails to copy a key piece of data from the 1098 worksheet. That's true regardless of whether the 1098 was uploaded from the bank or entered by hand (I tried both). Fixing the "starting balance" field by override causes everything else to work correctly; not doing that causes TT to make all the mortgage interest nondeductible.

To enter Social Security benefits reported on form SSA-1099 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 Retirement Plans and Social Security On Social Security (SSA-1099, RRB-1099), click the start or update button