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Apparently PRETAX means something special to New York State, but "PRE TAX" is not flagged. I know the W2 literally says PRETAX but if you use it, it thinks you have a public employee retirement account. My advice is to call it "Pre Tax".  

Bonjour, j'ai 2 comptes Intuit et j'ai activer ma licence dans un de mes comptes et non en le téléchargeant.  C'est pour l'année 2025.  Comment faire pour la réactiver à la bonne place. Merci de votre collaboration!

@AmeliesUncle Thanks - this put me on a better research path.  Now I'm finding that if the system construction began in 2024 and was placed in service in 2025 (which is my case), it's still under 48 and Part VI. So I still have the additional problem with 30% not calculating. Form 3468 has this buried in the Part VI instructions (even though elsewhere it states that facilities put into service in 2025 are under 48E):   "Caution:  For solar energy property described in 1 and 2 above, filers may be able to claim these credits for qualified property where construction began before 2025. These credits cannot be claimed for qualified property whose construction began after 2024." I'm enrolled with the IRS as a pension plan tax law expert (basically a type of Enrolled Agent) and have thought I was capable of doing our personal returns, but I guess I'd better start hiring a CPA due to our investment property.

In this scenario it is a disregarded entity where the IRS ignores the entity and taxes the owner directly as Rentals are PASSIVE income. LLCs can also be taxed as partnerships (multi-member default), S Corporations, or C Corporations if they elect to file those returns using TT business.  Poster asked about a single rental owned by an LLC for a husband and wife.    Please don't complicate a simple question.

If you are filing as Married Filing Separately you are not eligible for the deduction.  If you are Single and your AGI is over $175,000 or Married Filing Jointly and your AGI is over $250,000 you are not eligible for the deduction.   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.

[I've changed my post.  It seems that you have foreign-earned income that adds to AGI and should reduce the SALT limit.  I thought that your concern is that your SALT deduction was lower than it should be, not higher than it should be.]   To limit your SALT deduction to $20,000, your MAGI would have to be $566,667, but you've mentioned the your MAGI is only $564,000.  A limit of $21,000 for the SALT deduction would mean an MAGI of $563,333.    

@amunger89    New York????   If so it is ONLY the first three characters, not the whole number  (and NOT the DMV ID) ___________________ FIRST...make sure you are using the right number   ...depending on the license type...check the following pictures provided by NY: Sample Photo Documents | NY DMV _________________

Bonjour je me suis mal exprimée je remplis le formulaire d'impôts. Et je dois renseigner les informations du relevé 31, il y a une case que je suis pas sur quoi marquer. C'est pour cela je pense que c'est la C2 du relevé, mais je suis pas sur.

@pk  thank you for your reply, the $5551USD amount on 1116 line 3b confuses me as well. There is no data for 1116 line 3a and the data source for line 3b says it is from form 1041 Line 18, Income Distribution Deduction from schedule B , line 15. There isn't a worksheet for 1116 either, or at least I can't find it, I do see other worksheets but none for 1116, not sure if that is a difference in the Business version or not. I don't understand this tax scenario well enough to know if the amount in 1116 line 3b is a software issue, or a user error. Thanks again.

To edit or delete any form or worksheet generated by TurboTax from your entries, try first to go back to where you made the entries in the interview and make any needed edits. If you entered car expenses in your Schedule C, in TurboTax Online, go back to Self-Employment Income, find your Schedule C activity and open it. Any vehicle expense you entered will be listed under Expenses.    When you find the list of Expenses for your Schedule C, you should see an edit (pencil icon) and a delete (trash can icon) button to the right of the amount for Vehicle. If you wish to delete that section entirely, click the trash can icon. If you just need to edit it, click the pencil icon and go through the interview again.    In TurboTax Desktop, the option buttons are labeled Edit and Delete. You also have the option to go to Forms Mode (click Forms on the top menu while in Step by Step or Easy Step), find the one worksheet you need to delete, and select Delete. However, it is preferable to go back through the interview in case there is information on the worksheet that affects another form.   Please see this TurboTax tips article for more information about car expenses, particularly as it applies to rideshare drivers.  

@maglib wrote: ....an LLC is a disregarded entity.... An LLC is NOT a disregarded entity if it is a multi-member LLC, which defaults to a partnership (an election to be treated as a corporation is a possibility).   If (and only if) two married individuals, @mdkressin and wife, treat their interests as community property under the laws of a community property state, then they can treat the LLC as disregarded and each file a separate Schedule E for the rental property, splitting their interests on each form.

@ET_boston wrote: Primary residence was converted to rental mid year.   Did you enter any personal days?   You only enter personal days AFTER it was converted to a rental.  In most cases, that will be ZERO personal days.   EDIT:  As a side note, you'll need to ONLY enter expenses for the rental period, which means manually prorating the annual expenses, such as real estate tax, insurance, etc.  @ET_boston 

Instead of removing the vehicle, indicate that it is no longer used for business. This way if you change it back to business use or sell it, the data will still be there for you. It is not likely that you'll end up with a taxable gain when you sell the car, because cars lose value quickly, but the depreciation or mileage you claimed does lower your cost basis. You must also report any section 179 recapture this year (See: What is a Section 179 recapture?).   Here is how to do this in TurboTax Online: Navigate back to the Self-employment income and expenses section and select your business. Choose the pencil icon to the right of Vehicle, and on the next screen choose the pencil icon to the right of the car. Select the box "I stopped using this vehicle in 2025." This will generate a box below asking for the date you stopped using it for business. You can use 1/1/2025. Continue through the interview, and report your business miles as 0. At the screen Do any of these apply to the car?, select You started using it as a personal vehicle 100% of the time at any point in 2025.  Since you did not sell the car, don't enter any sales price or expenses of sale.

Don't get it ... you can't get a desktop disc from anywhere for 2025, nothing but online, so everyone using TurboTax is online and having this error, and cannot add a 1099R ?  So programmers at TurboTax are NOT working to fix this, and a few other errors I found!!!!   fjr1300, how did you work the form insert from the disc?  Is that how you did it or run the 2024 disc and transfer somehow to fill the new void TTax created?