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You can use the instructions below (and as given by SharonD007 above), to get a copy of your 2024 tax return:   For TurboTax Online: Sign in to your TurboTax account Pick up where you left off In your left panel select "Tax Home" Select "Your Tax Returns & Documents" Select the tax year you want (i.e. Select 2024) Select "Download/Print return"   For TurboTax Desktop: Your tax return will be saved on your computer if you used TurboTax to prepare your 2024 tax return.   You can request a copy of your tax return from the IRS using this link: IRS Tax Return Transcript     Click here for "How do I view, download, or print a prior-year tax return?"   Click here for "Video: How to Recover Past Tax Returns"

Since she is not a resident of Canada and did not live or work in Canada during the year, she has no Canadian tax obligations. You are only required to disclose her existence and her income on your return.   Filing when your spouse is a non-resident without a SIN is a common scenario, but it does require a specific "workaround" in tax software like TurboTax to ensure your return is accepted.   Since she does not have a Social Insurance Number (SIN) and is not a resident of Canada, you cannot leave the SIN field blank, as the software will likely flag it as an error.   In the SIN field for your spouse, enter 000-000-000. This is the standard code used to notify the CRA that your spouse is a non-resident who does not have a Canadian SIN.   You must report her Net World Income (her total income from all sources, including her US earnings) in Canadian dollars. Use the Bank of Canada average annual exchange rate for 2025.   Even though Canada won’t tax her US income, the CRA uses her income level to determine if you are eligible for certain credits (like the Spousal Amount).   Thank you for choosing TurboTax.

You may be eligible for a refund, but if it is a New York company, you may be liable for New York income taxes regardless of work location under the "Convenience of the Employer" tax doctrine.  See section in Do I need to file a nonresident return for an out-of-state employer? and TSB-M-06(5)I:(5/06) - Tax.NY.gov.   You would have to evaluate the details of your specific situation to determine if this applies.  

If you have sold any or all of your assets in your rental activity you can use the steps below to enter your sale and calculate your cost basis if necessary. First I will place an example of how you prorate the selling price to each of the assets including the land.   For any asset, such as appliances, that really have no value because they are past the recovery period of five years you can use a zero.   Use the original cost of each asset listed on depreciation, add those together then divide each one by the combined total to find the percentage of the cost for each asset.  Use that percentage times the sales price and sales expenses to find the selling price/sales expenses for each asset. If you want you can check the allocation of building and land in your county real estate tax office, on file now.   Example:  Original Cost (of each asset on your depreciation schedule) $10,000 Land                = 13.33%  $50,000 House              = 66.67% $15,000 Improvements  = 20% $75,000 Total                 = 100%   Multiply each percentage times the sales price/sales expenses to arrive at each individual sales price/sales expense.   Passive Activity Loss Entry if applicable: Assuming your passive losses were carried over each year, this will be a separate and identifiable entry which will carry to the Schedule E.  The full remainder of passive loss carryover is used in the year of sale as an expense. This is combined with your overall rental gain or loss to your Form 1040.  When you are on the screen 'Do any of these situations apply to this property?' (Property Profile section), be sure to check the box under Carryovers.    See my notes below on entering the sales price/expenses for each asset inside the rental activity. You need to dispose of the property by telling TurboTax how and when it was disposed of.  Follow the instructions below. Click on Search (upper right) > type schedule e > Enter > click Jump to .... link Answer the questions and on under Rent and Royalty Summary, click Edit Click Update to the right of Assets/Depreciation. Do you want to go directly to your asset summary?, click Yes and Continue Click Edit to the right of each asset to be disposed of Go through several screens until you get to Tell Us More About This Rental Asset Click on This item was sold…….   And continue to answer the questions You might also review information here for more details