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I'm having the same problem. What do I do if your Turbo Tax program is calculating math incorrectly. 2025 Home and Business. I entered my 443 business miles out of 757 total miles before I sold the car and it said this was 14.63 % Business use. I then changed my business miles to 751 expecting to see 100% business use as a test... but the program said it was 50%...on the second try it said 25%!! I'm 80 yrs. old and I've been using Turbo Tax for over 30 years and have always been happy. But this year it even failed to import last years information and then when I tried to look at other years ...It said this was my first return!!! I bought this Jaguar in 2007, so now I have to go climbing through my attic to find the info on returns stored there!  

REALLYYYY FRUSTRATED THAT YOU OMITTED THIS TOOL. FOR PEOPLE WHO DONATE TO CHARITIES ALL THE TIME, YOU MUST REALIZE THAT SEARCHING ONE ITEM AT A TIME IS INSANE.   HONESTLY, THIS MAY BE A REASON TO MOVE AWAY FROM YOUR SOFTWARE AFTER DECADES BECAUSE NOW YOU ARE JUST LIKE THE OTHERS FOR ME AND YOU COST MORE.  UGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!   

Thank you for your response!   Following your suggested workaround, I entered the “Amount of credit transferred to dealer.” However, a red exclamation mark then appeared next to Form 8936‑A with the error: “Tentative Credit must be entered,” even though this question had already been answered during the EV interview. To clear the error, I had to manually enter the value on Form 8936‑A, Line 9 (Forms Mode), which creates an override.   Could you please confirm: Will a manual override like this prevent successful e‑filing, or can the return still be submitted electronically? Does the e‑filed return match exactly what appears in Forms Mode, including manually overridden values? Thanks again!   Wey

The IRS updated the 2025 instructions for Form 3468 to clarify the issues, today.   These corrections will be implemented in TurboTax in an upcoming update.   @ludaxkris   @wuyuzhe1989   @RulCanada   @andyoak     Here is a link to Easy Extension as an option while we wait.  

TurboTax error code 605 indicates an invalid or canceled license code, often occurring when the code is used on too many computers (limit is five), entered incorrectly, or linked to a different account. It can also occur if the software was purchased from an unauthorized reseller.    Are you able to Sign In to your Intuit account and download a fresh copy of 2024 from the Products/Downloads link?  If your 2024 program doesn't appear in a tile there, you may have two accounts.  If your 2024 program is there for a fresh download, uninstall the one currently on your computer first.   Here's how to Contact TurboTax Support for help.   @mstrbgb 

The code for the South Milwaukee School District is 5439.   You can try a number of options to see if these fix an "invalid code" error.   1). Clear the "error" field. Delete the code entirely and leave the box blank.  Go to the next screen (just ignore any program "objections"). Go back to the school district screen and try typing 5439 again. 2). Make sure you selected "City" for South Milwaukee.  If you accidentally selected "Town" or "Village," the software won't recognize "5439" as a valid match for that municipality type.   3). For TurboTax Online: Clear your browser cache and cookies (the software should pull the most recent validation rules from the server).     Clear your Cache   Your browser stores recently visited webpages as temporary files in a cache, which enables the pages to load more quickly when revisited.   However, a full or corrupted cache can cause problems in TurboTax, so sometimes you need to clear your cache (that is, remove these temporary files).   TurboTax FAQ: How to clear your cache.   Clear your Cookies   Cookies are small files that temporarily store data on your computer. We use them to personalize your experience so you see information you already entered and not items that are irrelevant or repetitive.   On rare occasions, they may make your browser think you already did something that you still need to do. To fix that, you'll need to delete (clear) the cookies from your browser.   TurboTax FAQ: How do I delete cookies? For TurboTax Desktop: Go to Online menu (top), and Select Check for Updates (there was a recent Wisconsin residency and school district validation update).   Please let us know if none of these 'fixes" work, and we can explore other options.

I just redid the taxes and was able to add .tax2024 suffix to last years so it would import the information regarding depreciation for Honda 2014 that I put in service in 2024.     •  Since it shows depreciation, does that mean that I entered the actual expenses and not the standard mileage for last year? (I should know this but I have struggled all day to figure it out looking at the taxes.)   •  Is it true whatever method (actual expenses vs standard mileage) that I used when I put the Honda 2014 into service last year (2024), I need to keep using the same method?   Thank you

After some experimentation, what I found to work on a fresh file was: Enter only the 1099-Q issued to me, as you indicated After doing that, still in the 1099-Q area of the interview, for non-dependent student expenses, enter those that match up to my 1099-Q, being sure to include the scholarship amount in the tuition and fees number, then offsetting it in the scholarship field Not including the scholarship amount in tuition and fees seems to have been my key original mistake that resulted in the taxable amount not being computed correctly Not entering the 1098-T area of the interview at all (or entering it and saying I have no educational expenses — which I guess is true? The educational expenses are all for a non-dependent, my son, not me) Does this sound right? It yielded the proper result on the worksheets and forms.   @AmyC Thanks for your replies to my original question! I just want to follow up on #3 to clarify that you're not saying I should enter the 1098-T (in #1 you said I shouldn't enter it since it belongs to my son with his SSN on it). If I don't enter the 1098-T in that interview section there's no option to enter expenses there. As noted above I did it in the 1099-Q section of the interview when asked about non-dependent student expenses.

Where can I find instructions for everything that needs to be included with my NY State tax return if filing it by mail? I assume I can include everything TurboTax provided me when e-filing my federal tax return? Would anything be missing?

Thanks for the response. I called this number several times ([phone number removed]), but there was no option to talk to a representative. After selecting Turbotax (option 1), the only information I got was that the desktop version only works with Windows 11. Please let me know how to receive real help with the issue.      Thanks, Tom