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Unfortunately, a1099-MISC homebuyer grant from a bank as taxable income. Anyone who instructs you to report the 1099-MISC on your tax return then zero-out that amount by reporting an equal-but-negative amount in another part of your tax return, is misinforming you. This is also true for seller-provided grants.   Homebuyer grants are exempt only when provided by a qualified non-profit, which, again, does NOT include grants from banks, seller-provided gifts or any other entity other than a qualified non-profit.

If the PTE Credit wasn't automatically carried over to your current return, such as because you didn't use TurboTax last year, you would enter it in your 2025 state tax return.    If the pass-through entity is a Partnership, TurboTax will prompt you in the California interview to make any needed entries for the Partnership K-1. Under Partnership K-1 Adjustments, look for Credits and Form 3804-CR.    For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, and before January 1, 2026, California law allows an entity taxed as a partnership or an “S” corporation to annually elect to pay an elective tax at a rate of 9.3 percent based on its qualified net income (QNI). The election shall be made on an original, timely filed return and is irrevocable for the taxable year. See this California FTB webpage for more information.   Qualified taxpayers are allowed a credit equal to the qualified amount of the qualified taxpayer’s pro rata share or distributive share and guaranteed payments of the electing PTE’s qualified net income. That amount is reported on the qualified taxpayer’s Schedule K-1 (100S, 541, 565, or 568).    If the available credit exceeds the current year tax liability the unused credit may be carried over to reduce the tax for five years or until exhausted, whichever occurs first. Apply the carryover to the earliest taxable year possible. In no event can the credit be carried back and applied against a prior year’s tax.  

  Thank you for following up on your initial post, and correcting it.  The 12% penalty is very unfortunate, but it does make more sense with what the software was generating based on my responses.  I will file the amended 2024, wait for confirmation of receipt, and then follow up with 2025 - each year now with the attached 5329 and associated 6% penalty.  At least the bleeding has been stopped, and the filings should put it to bed, until minor housekeeping next year, with the 1099-R and earnings.   Thank you again.

You need to adjust the cost basis for several very important reasons:    1 To avoid double taxation - For example, if your Form 1099-B has a cost of zero (0) and they report that you sold that stock for $100. You pay tax on the full $100. However, if you did pay something toward that stock (for example, you paid $75), you want to be sure that you correctly report that you have "basis" or cost in the stock.   2 To account for corporate actions, such as stock splits or mergers - For example, if you bought one share for $100, and it splits into two shares, your new basis is $50 per share, not $100. If you don't adjust your basis and sell your stock for $60. You might think you had a loss of $40, when you actually had a gain of $10.   3 To track reinvested money - For example, if you have stock that pays dividends and you re-invest automatically, you are technically using your already taxed money (profit) to buy more shares. Each time a dividend is reinvested, it increased your total cost basis. If you don't adjust, you'll end up paying tax on the dividends you already paid tax on previously.   Therefore, even when using the import feature in TurboTax, it is always a good idea to review your documents to ensure you are making any needed adjustments, especially if the "cost" is showing as zero (0) on your Form 1099-B.   Note: This adjustment is critical for employee stock options, since you probably already have ordinary income reported on your W-2. If you don't manually add that taxed amount to your cost basis, you will be paying income taxes on it twice, once as wages and then again as capital gains.

No, you don't need to enter anything directly on the Form 8949.   When you enter your Form 1099-B reporting the stock sales, you will see an option that says the cost basis is incorrect or missing on my Form 1099-B. It is on the screen where you enter the proceeds and cost basis. You can enter the correct cost basis there. On the entry screen for the sale, enter the correct date you acquired the investment.

@ThomasM125 ,  Thanks for the response. Yes, I expected the same that this is not what is supposed to happen. And as I described in the questions that Column A is somehow showing an increased income and so I am trying to find some suggestions on how to debug that. Can you please elaborate on what those steps could be? Thanks, for your help.

You have to enter an amount in box 16 for state wages.    Some issuers of Form W-2 only put a figure in box 16 when it differs from the Box 1 figure.  If there is no number, the Box 1 number can be used here.   

I went through your diagnostic file and deleted the Oklahoma State Return, then went through and began the state again, fresh. If you are using TurboTax Desktop, you can do that by clicking on the Forms icon in the upper right-hand corner of the screen, then choosing File>Remove State Return, and then choosing Oklahoma. After I started a clean OK Nonresident Return, I went through the interview, following your Scenario 3. When I reached the screen Summary of Oklahoma Capital Gains and Losses,  I went down the list and clicked Edit on every stock transaction. And on each one, I made no entry except to check the box that says:  This property does not qualify for exclusion.   Then I went through the rest of the interview, and I had no errors, and I didn't even get the message that more information was needed on the Capital Gains. At the end of the state review, the message read: You're Done with 2025 Oklahoma. Your state return is finished and ready to file. @Michael-McGarrett       

Thank you for your quick response.    I wanted to follow up and let you know that after reinstalling the Desktop Premier version for Windows as you suggested, I am now able to create additional returns. It resolved the issue I was experiencing after completing the first return.   Thank you so much!!

I'm not sure if the gain is ordinary or not, but since it is $0, it doesn't matter as it won't affect any other calculations on your tax return. It is true that ordinary gains can be taxed at less favorable rates than capital gains, but since you have no gain it won't make a difference in your case.

Canadian Pension still not fixed March 24, 2026. Makes TurboTax seem kind of ghetto. They should give everyone who suffered this glitch at least $20 rebate off their product for next year. Or $20 off my taxes this year.