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To make quarterly tax payments, start by estimating your tax amount. Then use the IRS payment options to submit your payment.    The program will calculate your estimated payments, prepare 1040-ES vouchers to print, or allow you to pay directly online. To learn more about, please open the link below: How do I make estimated tax payments?  

I am sorry for your loss.  You will need this document to file the taxes for her.   If you are having trouble accessing the needed SSA-1099, you need to request it from the Social Security administration. You can request a replacement of this document by calling the Social Security Administration or visiting a local office.

Yes, you can consider this as a utility for a home office but the better way to report it is as a business expense. It is a direct operating expense for your business and should be reported here rather than a home office expense.  

In general, you can get a credit for the taxes paid to another state on your resident state tax return, so the income is not taxed twice.  In TurboTax, you should prepare your nonresident return first, then TurboTax will be able to apply the credit.  For more details, see Multiple States—Figuring What's Owed When You Live and Work in More Than One State.

TurboTax usually asks about Form 6251 (Alternative Minimum Tax) during the federal review section before filing. You can go back to the file section of TurboTax to review your screens.   You can also get there by: Going to Deductions and Credits.  Then click on I'll choose what I work on.  Scroll down to Estimates and Other taxes Paid and  look for Credit for AMT paid in prior year.  Click on Start or Update to the right of this.  Your screen will say Have you paid AMT in the past and had timing items?  Answer Yes and the next screen asks Tell us about your 2024 tax return. Answer, And continue through any follow-up screens and answer the questions.   Please return to Community if you have any additional information or questions and we would be happy to help.

Yes, In TurboTax Online follow these steps: Log into TurboTax. Click My Home (Top left) Select Personal Info and Continue This will bring up a full menu on the Left side.. On that left menu,  Scroll down to Switch Products Click the down arrow You can  Upgrade Downgrade or Clear and start over. Select what you want to do.

How to upgrade the Online version to a higher version https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/change-service-level/upgrade-switch-higher-version-turbotax-online/L8sDiPeHV_US_en_US?uid=m18je5ds

No.  That's  the big difference between a Tranditional IRA account and the ROTH IRA account.     Traditional IRA - Contributions may be deductible on your current return or not deductible. They grow tax deferred. When you take a distribution or RMD the whole distribution will be added to your other income and taxed as regular income. You don't get capital gains treatment on it. Unless you made any non deductible contributions.   ROTH IRA - Contributions are not deductible when you make them. But they grow tax free. So when you take a distribution you do not pay tax on it (not even on the growth). Unless you take it early and owe the Early withdrawal penalty.

Yes, you will need to enter the amount of Net Operating Loss Carryover from a prior year. How you enter this depends on the version of TurboTax you are using.   TurboTax Online Go to the Net Operating Loss/QBI carryforward Loss screen under Income in the Federal section. Select Yes to enter the carryover amounts. TurboTax Desktop Open your return. Select Federal Taxes, then Wages & Income. On the How do you want to enter your income? screen, select I'll choose what I work on. Under Business Items, select Start next to Business Deductions and Credits. Select Start next to Business Loss Carryovers (NOL, QBI).