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What is YNP? Yellowstone National Park? Yosemite National Park? Something else? What are the two states on your W-2s? Parts of Yellowstone National Park are in three different states. When you are in Yellowstone National Park you are in one of those three states, depending on exactly what part of the park you are in. There is no place in the park that is not part of any state. If you worked in a part of the park that is in Wyoming, then you worked in Wyoming. The same is true if you worked in a part of the park that is in one of the other two states, Montana or Idaho.   Wyoming has no state income tax, but Montana and Idaho do. You have to pay state income tax to the state that you worked in, even if you live in a different state.  

C'est vous qui devez entrer le montant de DPA auquel vous avez droit.   Après avoir entré vos dépenses d'entreprise, vous verrez la page où entrer les acquisitions et les dispositions pour l'anneé. Entrez le type d'acquisition.     Ensuite vous verrez le sommaire des immobilisations corporelles. Vous devez entrer vous-même le montant de DPA dans les cases appropriées.      Ensuite, vous verrez la page des dépenses de l'entreprise qui inclut la DPA:      Merci de choisir TurboImpôt

NYS uses the New York Income Factor when determining your tax amount. At first, it may appear as if New York taxes all your income, but you can rest assured that they don’t. Their state return starts with all your taxable income and taxes it at the applicable New York State rate based on your total income.   Then, the state uses your New York sourced income (the amount you allocated) to determine your New York Income Factor, which is what percentage of your income was earned in NYS. Lastly, they multiply your total tax by the New York Income Factor to determine your NYS tax.    You will see New York prorating your taxes on the Let's Review Your New York Numbers screen at the end of your New York return. You will see this toward the bottom of the screen, under the header Taxes.     

I'm not sure how the STAR credit affects your state tax return (if you got it wrong).   The STAR credit is handled in 2 different ways.  If you bought your current home before about 2017, the credit is a direct reduction of your tax bill.  If you bought your house after that, you pay the full amount of your property tax and then you get a rebate check from the state.  I believe the instructions tell you to enter the amount of the rebate check, but to leave it blank if you are one of the older accounts that gets a direct credit on your bill.   Also remember, that when entering your property tax for your FEDERAL tax deduction, you should enter the net amount after subtracting the rebate (if you got one). 

Pour les cotisations RRQ, vous devez vous assurez que vos montants des cases 17 et 17A de votre T4 soient les mêmes que pour les cases BA et BB de votre Relevé 1.   Sur votre TP1 générale, selon RQ, inscrivez à la ligne 98 le total des cotisations de base et des premières cotisations supplémentaires au RRQ qui figurent à la case B.A de vos relevés 1. Inscrivez à la ligne 98.2 le total des deuxièmes cotisations supplémentaires au RRQ qui figurent à la case B.B de vos relevés 1 (98 et 98.2 – Cotisation au Régime de rentes du Québec) ET Si le total des montants que vous avez inscrits aux lignes 98 et 98.2 dépasse 4 735,20 $, inscrivez l'excédent, soit la cotisation payée en trop, à la ligne 452 (452 – Cotisation payée en trop au Régime de rentes du Québec ou au Régime de pensions du Canada).   La ligne 424 est pour le crédit d'impôt relatif à un fond des travailleurs.   Merci de choisir TurboImpôt.

No. On Schedule A, the full amount of SALT is entered on 5a. Then, on line 5e, the lesser of the total or $40,000 ($20,000 if married filing separately) is entered. This is different from the Virginia Schedule A, which limits Line 5a to the Virginia SALT cap amount.    In addition, if your income exceeds the threshold of $399,200 for married filing joint ($332,700 if filing single), your itemized deductions are restricted and you must use the Limited Itemized Deduction Worksheet to computer your itemized deduction limitation amount.    @wkatb 

J’ai réussi! Je ne sais pas si c’est relié mais j’ai cliqué sur « ignorer » à chaque avertissement lors de la révision. Après plusieurs semaines de tentatives et de nombreuses révisions, j'ai recommencé à zéro avec une nouvelle déclaration, sans succès. Je venais d’acheter Impôt expert et avait commencé à refaire nos déclarations … une adaptation est nécessaire car programmé différemment. Faut dire que j’utilise Impôt rapide depuis au moins 30 ans. À mon dernier essai, quelle joie de ne pas avoir de message d’erreur! Je réfléchis pour l’an prochain, l’expérience a été pénible cette année!  Je tiens tout même à remercier les modérateurs qui prenaient le temps de répondre et de nous donner un peu d’espoir.

I'd like to review your tax return that is experiencing this issue but will need you to create a copy that doesn't have any of your personal information.  To create this diagnostic file, follow the instructions below to send it to us.   For TurboTax Online:   Sign into your TurboTax Online account Scroll down to Tax Tools from the menu ‌ side Select Tools from the dropdown  On the pop-up screen, select Share my file with agent A message that a diagnostic file gets sanitized and transmitted to us appears Provide the Token Number that was generated in this thread.  TurboTax Desktop Steps Open your return Click Online in the top menu bar Select Send Tax File to Agent Follow the prompts to generate the token number Provide the Token Number that was generated in this thread. 

How old are you? You must be 26 years old or older at the end of the year, but also less than 66 years old.    This Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) page has more information on who can claim the Canada training credit (CTC): https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/canada-training-credit/who-can-claim.html    

I would like to take a deeper look at this. However, I need a diagnostic file which is a copy of your tax return that has all of your personal information removed. You can send one to us by following the directions below:   TurboTax Online:   Sign into your online account. Locate the Tax Tools on the left-hand side of the screen. A drop-down will appear. Select Tools On the pop-up screen, click on “Share my file with agent.” This will generate a message that a diagnostic file gets sanitized and transmitted to us. Please provide the Token Number that was generated in the response.   TurboTax Desktop/Download Versions:   Open your return. Click the Online tab in the black bar across the top of TurboTax and select “Send Tax File to Agent” * This will generate a message that a diagnostic copy will be created.  Click on OK and the tax file will be sanitized and transmitted to us. Please provide the Token Number  (including the dash) that was generated in the response.   *(If using a MAC, go to the menu at the top of the screen, select Help, then, “Send Tax File to Agent”)  

To avoid the excess contribution penalty on Form 5329, you must report the recharacterization in the IRA Contributions section of TurboTax.   Here's how: Do not try to edit Form 5329 directly. Instead, go to the section where you originally reported the contribution: Go to Deductions & Credits -> Retirement and Investments. Select Traditional and Roth IRA Contributions. Check the box for Roth IRA (and Traditional IRA if you now have one). On the screen "Enter Your Roth IRA Contributions," enter the full original amount you put in (even if it was an excess). Shortly after, TurboTax will ask: "Did you change your mind and recharacterize any of this contribution?" Select Yes. Amount Recharacterized: Enter the amount of the original contribution you moved. Note: Enter the contribution amount only (e.g., $7,000), not the earnings/losses. TurboTax will ask about earnings in the next step. The IRS requires a written explanation for every recharacterization. TurboTax will provide a box for this. You should write something similar to this: In 2025, I contributed $7,000 to a Roth IRA. On [Date], I recharacterized the full $7,000 plus [Earnings/Losses Amount] to a Traditional IRA. This transfer was a timely recharacterization of the original 2025 contribution.   Since you recharacterized in 2025 (or early 2026), your 1099-R forms can be confusing: If you recharacterized in 2025: You should have a 2025 Form 1099-R with Code N. You must enter this in the "Wages & Income" section. If you recharacterized in early 2026 (for the 2025 tax year): You won't receive the 1099-R until January 2027. You still report the recharacterization on your 2025 return now using the steps above. When the 1099-R (with Code R) arrives next year, you can simply ignore it because you've already reported the transaction today.   To ensure the penalty is gone, check your tax summary or print a preview of your forms: Form 5329: Part IV (Roth IRA Excess Contributions) should now be blank or zero. Form 8606: If your income was too high for a deductible Traditional IRA, you will now see the recharacterized amount appearing here as a nondeductible contribution.