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What are you trying to do in regard to state sales tax?   Sales tax is an itemized deduction which has no effect on a tax refund or tax due unless you have enough itemized deductions  (such as mortgage interest) to exceed your standard deduction.   

To recover a lost prior-year TurboTax activation/license code:   Log in to your Intuit Account and check the "Downloads" or "My Downloads" section.  If purchased from a retailer, check your email from the time period of purchase for "TurboTax License Code" or "Intuit Order Confirmation". If purchased on Amazon, check your "Games & Software Library". If you purchased a CD for TY2023, check the CD sleeve or inside the box for the code.   If the steps above didn't work, call TurboTax customer support and have some proof of purchase available if possible.      

No.  There have been several problems with the education section, this season, but simply entering the 1098-T has not been one of them.   For more help, provide more details of your problem.     Here's a post on the five main points on the  1098-T: https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/re-what-do-i-do-with-form-1098t/01/3760212#M63114

Your returns are stored on Intuit’s secure servers for at least seven years. Go to TurboTax.com and log in with the same user ID and password you used in previous years. On the Tax Home screen, scroll down to scroll to "Your tax returns" toward the bottom. Click on the specific tax year you need (e.g., "2023" or "2024"). If you log in and see "Start a New Return" but no history, you likely have a different user ID. Use the TurboTax Account Recovery tool to find other accounts linked to your email or phone number. If you switched from Desktop to Online (or vice versa), your history won't automatically sync unless you manually uploaded the previous year's .tax file.

For clarification, is this question about whether one full sliding door unit would count as one door, two doors, or a door (the sliding portion) and a window (the fixed portion)? I'm guessing the answer is that the entire slider unit would simply count as one door, but I was hoping to make sure before I finish this section in my taxes.  Thanks.

If you owe tax due, you have to pay it yourself by the filing deadline on April 15, 2026.      If you have federal tax due you can pay by mailing your payment with the 1040V voucher, (which has the address printed on it, having the payment taken out of a designated bank account, or you can pay directly on the IRS website.    https://www.irs.gov/payments   https://www.irs.gov/payments/pay-your-taxes-by-debit-or-credit-card   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-payments/help/how-can-i-pay-my-federal-taxes/00/26212     https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-payments/help/how-do-i-pay-my-irs-tax-due-with-a-check-or-money-order/00/26403      To apply for a payment plan with the IRS   Apply Online for a Payment Plan     You must pay your state tax due using the state’s preferred method of receiving payment.  For most states that will be by making a payment to the state’s own tax website, or by mailing a check or money order.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/state-taxes/contact-state-department-revenue/L9qVToi02_US_en_US?uid=m6e06um0   WHAT IF I CANNOT PAY MY TAX DUE? https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-payments/pay-taxes/L8aQBCpPO_US_en_US?uid=m9iryksw

@jmorrow338 , oh dear! I am fresh out of ideas.   Since I cannot see your screen, I am going to forward this thread to  Intuit  employee experts -- they can indeed look at your  screens and suggest some remedial action.  My apologies  for not being able to resolve your issue.   pk

The most common reason for filing Federal Form 8453 is because of reporting summary transactions from a 1099-B brokerage statement.  The statement and this form get mailed to the IRS within 3 days of acceptance of your Federal return.   This form does not need to be mailed to California.  The California Franchise Tax Board does have a Form 8453-OL, but it does not get sent to them and you just need to keep it with your tax records.

TurboTax will carry over health insurance information from form 1095-A, Medicare premiums from 1099-SA and from self-employed health insurance to the medical expenses section.  If you have any of these situation on your tax return, that may be what is entered as a medical expense on your tax return.   You can go to the medical expenses section of TurboTax to review your entries as follows:   Click on the Search icon at the top right of your TurboTax screen Type medical expenses in the search box Click on the link Jump to medical expenses   Please return to Community if you have any additional information or questions and we would be happy to help.

You must calculate a separate cost basis for each specific slice of the property you acquired.  In the eyes of the IRS, you didn't just sell one property; you sold a collection of interests, each with its own "birthday" and value.    To find your total basis, you need to recreate a timeline of ownership.   For every inheritance event, follow this formula:   Interest Basis = Percentage inherited * FMV at DoD (date of death)    -   Determining stepped-up basis   The basis can be increased for improvements and selling expenses.