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Yes..TTax support is awful!  I called twice and got hung up on twice when I insisted on a simple answer to a simple question without all sorts of verification info.   The second call was to a heavily-accented Philippino women in a very echo-ey room.   BAD.   This the only place to call and the reps are awful.

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

The newly purchased appliances can't be claimed or deducted anywhere on your tax return, since they were never placed in service as a rental asset.  For the old appliances that were destroyed, you can deduct the value that was remaining to be depreciated from them. For example, if the old fridge was valued at $1000 when it was placed in service the standard depreciation on that would be over 5 years. If at the time of loss you had already deprecated $400 on it, then you have $600 left to depreciate. You can deduct that remaining $600 to be depreciated on SCH E as a business loss.   

@kjbergy  If the amount on Schedule A is correct, don't worry about what's on the "Your 2025 Deductions & Credits" screen in TurboTax. Look at the actual tax forms, not the summary screen in the TurboTax interview.  

@WARP10 wrote: The software is up to date, as I have been saving/restarting everyday, hoping the updates for multiple "not available yet" or "available soon" issues. Saving and restarting might not update the software. In TurboTax click Online on the menu bar at the top and select Check for Updates. After installing updates, if any, go through the entire sales tax interview again and see if Schedule A line 5a includes the amount from the IRS tables. Look at the actual form, not a summary screen in the TurboTax interview. If Schedule A line 5a still does not include the sales tax from the IRS tables, go to forms mode and open the Tax and Interest Deduction Worksheet. On the worksheet, the table in line 1b, Sales Tax Per State of Residence, should show the sales tax from the tables in column (9), and line 1c should show the total sales tax from the IRS tables. The table in line 1d, Sales Tax Paid on Specific Items, should show the sales tax on the car in column (8), and line 1e should show the total sales tax for specific items. Line 1f should be the sum of lines 1c and 1e. Line 1i should be the same as line 1f, and the amount on line 1i of the worksheet should also be on Schedule A line 5a. If anything is not as I described here, where are the differences?  

It won't affect you.  Technically, the pro-rata rule means that only 99.9907% of the conversion is tax-free, but the IRS uses three significant digits and rounds up, so 0.9999 should round up to 1.000.  If you do another backdoor conversion in 2026, and assuming you contribute $7500 and convert $7500.65, the 65 cents will be rounded up to $1 and will be taxable next year.

The document ID number may not be your drivers license number.  It's a separate number somewhere on the document, and it's a nationwide standard.  Check the DMV web page for your state.  For example, here is the guide for New York State drivers licenses.    

Hold on there a second.   Even though inherited IRAs are subject to RMDs beginning in 2021, (due to the SECURE Act, I think) the IRS has waived all penalties for missing the RMD for tax years 2021-2024 because the regulations, forms and instructions were not ready. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrae/2024/04/28/irs-waives-2024-rmds-for-inherited-ira-beneficiaries/   You have nothing to correct.  As long as you withdrew your 2025 RMD on time, you are good to go.  You still have the 10 year close-out rule to deal with and RMDs until then.