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After you enter your 1098 T, there will be a screen that says "time to enter your educational expenses. Here is where you enter the room and board information as well as other information regarding expenses other than tuition.    Still not seeing this option and and deleted the 1098 like you mentioned and I clicked the box for 'Had education expenses other than tuition"   Why can't Turboxtax update the software to work like 2024?  

I agree with you. I will admit that your total days of residency in Maryland (MD) are 181 days which would eliminate the 183 day (more than six months) rule. After actually counting the days, this does not apply to you. I should have realized this from what you laid out for us and for that I thank you for coming back.   In your situation you have completed both returns accurately and should be confident in filing them, as part year residents and with the appropriate income for each state. You have the tax law on your side should either state come back with questions. Your details are absolutely accurate. I  was not aware of the Maryland rule you cited. But in my case, I don't think that's the answer. My Maryland residency was through 6/30/2025. I entered this date into TurboTax when it prompted me for residency information, and TurboTax recorded it correctly in the "Part-Year Resident Box" on page 1 of Form 502. By my count, my Maryland residency adds up only to 181 days. Under these circumstances my understanding (correct me if I'm wrong!) is that only the income (including interest income) I earned during this 181 day period is taxed by Maryland, so I dutifully added up all of the money market dividends I actually received between January 1 and June 30 so they could be reported on my Maryland return and reported the remainder on my Pennsylvania return. @mkaprelian 

If you do not enter that you have contributed to a Roth, you won't have a penalty for a conversion.  You might want to delete what you have done and start over.   The first step is to enter your traditional contributions for 2025.  You can find this in TurboTax under Deductions & Credits > Your tax break screen > Retirement and Investments > Start or Revisit next to Traditional IRA and Roth IRA. Here, enter your 2025 contribution, and continue through the interview. Be sure to choose to make the contribution nondeductible if you have that choice.  If your income is too high, it will automatically be nondeductible.   After you have entered the nondeductible contributions, enter the conversions.  Here are the steps:   Go to Wages & Income. On the Your income  screen, locate and select the Retirement Plans and Social Security section, then select Start or Revisit next to IRA, 401(k), Pension Plan Withdrawals (1099-R). Answer Yes to Did you get a 1099-R in 2025?, then Continue until you are able to enter the 1099-R. Note, if you land on the screen Review your 1099-R info select Add Another 1099-R. Select how you want to enter your 1099-R (import or choose Change how I enter my form to either upload it or type it in yourself) and follow the instructions. Answer the questions on the following screens, until you reach Tell us if you moved the money through a rollover or conversion. Select I converted some or all of it to a Roth IRA and Continue. Next, choose Yes, all of this money was converted to a Roth IRA and Continue.. Continue answering questions until you come to the screen Review your 1099-R info."

@AnnetteB6    Ok - one last clarification question -   now its asking me to split my business expenses between the two home offices. total should add to 100% its saying what percentage of my expenses occurred at each home office it says "the percentage should include things like vehicle, advertising, and communications expenses and anything else you might not have entered yet. You should NOT include your home office expenses in this amount, since those are calculated differently."   example: ryan had 2 home offices and spent most of his time at 1. his split is 80 20  ( %)   i sell things online. do i include my business purchases in this calculation? or is it just the rent / utilities paid at the home offices? total them up for both offices for the year and then divide them out to get the percentages?   home office 1 rent + utilities + ( home office 2 rent + utilities ) = total expenses then the answer for home office 1 would just to be divide that out and multiply by 100 right??   what expenses do i include in this?? rent, utilities, internet, phone, what else??

It's true if your total foreign tax paid is less than $300 ($600 MFJ).     I cannot find any reference that says it's acceptable for amounts over $600, which mine are.   I figured out, after hours of looking, how to force it to work.  

I am going to wait for them to send me my $500 refund first before I turn around and pay them the $650 I now owe them. I don't trust them to be able to realize my real difference is only $150. I filed my taxes on February 18th and still have not received it. They better get it to me by April 15th so I can file the amended return.

@JCH10  Katie was my contact at TT support. Possibly another admin was included that I'm not aware of.     If you are not filing for the increased credit, it would be NA......  Then no 7220  I posted instructions earlier to you above that supported that statement from the form instructions. Basically if 8B, form required. If you checked the box on line 7a or 8b to claim an increased tax credit amount in Part V or Part VI, you must also attach a statement for each facility, energy storage technology, or energy project, to your return. The statement should include the following. Your name, taxpayer identification number, the facility description (including the owner information, if different from the filer from Part I, line 3b(i) and 3b(ii)), and, if applicable, the IRS-issued registration number from Part I, line 1. If you checked the box on line 7a, a statement that the qualified facility or energy project has a maximum net output of less than 1 MW (as measured in ac) or equivalent thermal energy. For the facility, energy storage technology, or energy project that began construction before January 29, 2023, indicate that you met the continuity requirement under the physical work test or the 5% safe harbor to establish the beginning of construction. For the facility, energy storage technology, or energy project that began construction on or after January 29, 2023, where you qualify for the increased credit amount based on the PWA requirements, complete Form 7220 and attach it to your return. A declaration, applicable to the statement and any accompanying documents, signed by you, or signed by a person currently authorized to bind you in such matters, in the following form: “Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this statement, including accompanying documents, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, the facts presented in support of this statement are true, correct, and complete.”

If you filed a 2024 tax return it was on a Form 1040---like everyone else's return.   Form 1040 is the form for an individual tax return.     You have to access your own account and/or  print it for yourself using exactly the same account and user ID that you used when you prepared the return.    https://myturbotax.intuit.com/   Start a 2025 return online and enter some personal information  so that the menu on the left opens up and lets you access your past year returns.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-access-my-prior-year-return/01/27010     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m5y4ch1y   Many people have multiple TT accounts and forget how to access them.  Log out of the account you are in now.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/many-intuit-accounts-turbotax/L9aVfKS1Z_US_en_US?uid=ll5g6zcx Account Recovery   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/many-intuit-accounts-turbotax/L9aVfKS1Z_US_en_US?uid=ll5g6zcx   Or did you use the desktop version of TurboTax?  If so, the files are on your own hard drive or any backup device you used like a flash drive.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/find-last-year-tax-data-file-tax-file-computer/L0XJvPaJr_US_en_US   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/data-systems/find-tax-data-file-mac/L4VNGm33S_US_en_US?uid=m6guhab0   You can get a free transcript from the IRS or for a fee of $30, an actual copy of your tax return. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf