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It depends. If your employer pays for your housing during a 60-day trip, it usually doesn't count as income to you. You don't have to report it.   If your employer pays the hotel/apartment directly, this is considered a non-taxable business expense for the company.  If you pay and they reimburse you, you do not need to report this. just as long as you provide them with receipts.  The only exception is if your employer gives you a flat "housing allowance" (e.g., $2,000/month) and doesn't require you to prove how you spent it, that cash becomes taxable wages and should be included in your total income.    

FROM THE IRS WHERE’S MY REFUND SITE: https://www.irs.gov/wheres-my-refund How it works Where's My Refund shows your refund status: Return Received – We received your return and are processing it. Refund Approved – We approved your refund and are preparing to issue it by the date shown. Refund Sent – We sent the refund to your bank or to you in the mail. It may take 5 days for it to show in your bank account or several weeks for your check to arrive in the mail.

TurboTax can only give you an estimate for when the federal tax refund will arrive, based on the IRS 21 day average for issuing a tax refund after receiving the tax return.   Only the IRS and your State control when and if a Federal or State tax refund is Approved and Issued.   Once a tax return has been Accepted by the IRS or a State, TurboTax receives no further information concerning the tax return or the status of any tax refund.   If accepted by the IRS use the federal tax refund website to check the refund status - https://www.irs.gov/refunds If accepted by the state use this TurboTax support FAQ to check the state tax refund status - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/track-state-refund/L3jgO8PGs_...   After the tax return has been Accepted by the IRS (meaning only that they received the return) it will be in the Processing mode until the tax refund has been Approved and then an Issue Date will be available on the IRS website.

If the income is entered under IRS form 1099-NEC, and you choose Self employment income, a self-employment activity on Schedule C will be established.     You would add the income to the self-employment activity and report the relocation expenses.  One will offset the other and no self-employment activity will be reported.     You may also have to upgrade to another version of TurboTax.   Establish the self-employment activity by following these steps:   Down the left side of the screen, click on Federal. Down the left side of the screen, click on Wages and Income. Scroll down to Self-employment.  Click to the right. Click on Start / Edit/Add to the right of Self-employment income and expenses. You will go through several screens that create your self-employment activity and add income and expense. Hobby income will report the income on Schedule 1 line 8z and IRS form 1040 line 8.     No self-employment income or expense is reported.   I recommend reporting the income by following these steps:   Select Federal from the left side menu. Click on Wages & Income. Scroll down to Less Common Income.  Click the down arrow to the right. Click Start / Revisit to the right of Miscellaneous income…. Click Start / Revisit to the right of Other reportable income. At the screen Any other taxable income? select Yes. Select Add and enter the income and description of the income. The income will be reported on Schedule 1 line 8z and IRS form 1040 line 8.  

Instead of entering $1 which triggers the forms you can enter $0.25 which tells the system you received rent but not enough to even enter on a tax form.  It will avoid generating unnecessary forms.    

In looking at the 8824 Like Kind Worksheet, because the 1031 exchange property purchase price was significantly more than the rental half of duplex sale price, it lists on line 15F 'Cash Given' figure and AMT 'excess basis' to be added to basis of new purchase. Not sure if that is why additional taxes owed even though says I'll have to pay that later in sale of new rental property?  Trying to figure out why more taxes owed so sharing that data. Thanks, Adam

No.  Not online   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

If there are no state taxes withheld in box 17 of the W-2, then leave boxes 15, 16 and 17 blank (empty) on the TurboTax W-2.   If this does not clear the problem, delete the W-2 and re-enter manually.

On your 1099-INT, if box 17 is empty, this means that you have no state tax withheld. In this case, you can safely leave boxes 15 and 16 empty on the entry screen, even if they are filled on the paper form.

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/   When you sign onto your online account and land on the Tax Home web page, scroll down and click on Add a state.  This will take you back to the 2025 online tax return to make your changes.

For rental property the alternative minimum depreciation (AMT) and regular depreciation will be the same number.   Make sure you selected 'Special Handling' so that the asset sale gains do not move to the tax return.  Here is a step-by-step entry to review.   When you have your TurboTax return open you can use the following steps to update the original assets for the exchange. First use the Search (upper right) > Type rentals > Press enter > Click on the Jump to... link Or Wages & Income > Rental Properties and Royalties > Update > Continue to Rental and Royalty Summary > Edit the property Scroll to Assets/Depreciation  > Click Update > Select 'Edit' next to each asset Edit beside each asset > Continue to the Tell Us About This Rental Asset Select the checkbox beside 'This item was sold, retired, .... traded in ....etc. > enter the date it was traded (sold/retired) If you did replace your rental in the trade with a new rental: You can choose not to select this and just change the name of the assets given up in the trade to identify them with the new property. The depreciation for the year will not change on these assets. Answer the question about whether it was 100% business > Leave the original date it was placed in service (may be purchase date or later depending on your circumstances) Continue to the screen 'Confirm Your Prior Depreciation'   The amount displayed is only for prior years and does not include the current year.  Continue until you see the current year amount displayed and make a note to add the two amounts together for the Section 1031 like kind exchange. This completes the asset portion of the trade. Answer 'Yes' to Special Handling. Next you will complete the like kind exchange, Form 8824 (Section 1031 exchange): Use the Search (upper right) > Type like kind > Press enter > Click on the Jump to... link Select the checkbox beside 'Any additional like-kind exchanges (section 1031)' > Continue Complete the information for the 'Real estate given up'  and 'Like-Kind Property Given Up' > Continue Name the event > Continue > Complete the information for the 'Like-kind property received' If you did not give unlike property in the exchange click 'No' and  continue past these screens, if 'Yes' answer the questions. Enter any exchange expenses (sales expenses) > Continue to see your deferred gain. @psyadam