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If you have not yet started your return, please go to turbotax.ca/activate (or https://shop.app.intuit.ca/activate?rootProfile=ca&locale=en-ca) to use your code before you start. If you have already started a return, you can put the activation code in the coupon code box when you pay for your return. You can get to the payment page buy opening your return and selecting Finish & File from the bottom of the left side menu.   Please note that you can only use the code once in one account, so if your brother has already used the code in his own account, you will not be able to use it in yours.   If you are still not able to resolve this issue, please contact our phone support team for more assistance.  Here in community, we can't see what's on your screen, so there's not much we can do to help you, if our instructions don't work for you.        

Veuillez rejoindre le service à la clientèle pour vous aider avec le partage d'écran  ou escalader à un niveau supérieur pour résolution, au besoin.    Composez le 1-888-829-8608. Faites le 8 pour le service en français. Ensuite 0 et encore 0. Lorsqu'on vous demande si vous voulez un texto ou un courriel, dites 'non'. Le robot vous demande ensuite votre prénom, ensuite votre nom de famille, et vous serez transféré à un agent:   Pendant la période des impôts de l’ouverture du service IMPÔTNET de l’ARC le 23 février 2026 au 30 avril 2026 nous sommes disponibles 7 jours sur 7 durant les heures suivantes :   De 9 h à 21 h pour le soutien en français   Merci de choisir TurboImpôt.

Il y a de bonnes explications dans ces deux réponses:   https://turboimpot.community.intuit.ca/community/depannage/discussion/cr%C3%A9dit-d-imp%C3%B4t-pour-personne-aidante-provincial-qu%C3%A9bec/00/3570864   https://turboimpot.community.intuit.ca/community/depannage/discussion/annexe-h-donn%C3%A9es-ne-se-transf%C3%A8rent-pas/00/3624649   Si vous ne trouvez aps de solution à votre problème, donnez-nous plus de détails sur ce qui ne fonctionne pas.   Merci de choisir TurboImpôt

Thanks for your replies. However, my original post wasn’t very clear, and, as a result, I think some people misunderstood the issue I was trying to raise.   My concern is about the Estimated Taxes calculation in the Other Tax Situations section. In completing that section, I first answered page after page of questions about next year’s expected income, deductions and credits so that Turbo-tax could calculate next year’s expected taxable income and the associated tax.  This is exactly what I would expect it to do, and those calculations appear to be correct since Turbo-Tax’s results agree with the results that I arrived at independently.   However, from that point, things seem to go astray. To simplify matters, let’s assume that I prefer to have estimated taxes calculated so that at the end of the year I will have paid 100% of my expected 2026 taxes (as opposed to, e.g., 110% of 2025 taxes). In order to calculate the amounts for the expected tax vouchers I would expect Turbo-Tax to next determine how much is already* planned to be withheld, and to then prepare vouchers to cover roughly the difference between the expected 2026 total tax and the amount already planned to be withheld. This is where things seem to fall apart. Especially:   It asks only about tax payments that you have already* made, but not about amounts that you have planned to withhold in the future. For example, a retiree might plan to take all of the Required Minimum Distributions from his IRA in October and have some tax withheld. I could be wrong, but it seems to me Turbo-Tax used to do a better job here. I have used the vouchers fairly often in the past, and have generally found the amounts to be at least in the correct ballpark. My recollection is that there used to be an opportunity to input planned future withholdings; @SCswede agrees. Without those, your best assumption is to extrapolate the past into the future - which would often be incorrect unless all of your income is from a paycheck or monthly pension. Even worse, as best I can tell, the entry in the "Federal Tax Withheld already" field is totally ignored anyway! Turbo-Tax prepares the same vouchers whether I say I’ve withheld $0 year-to-date or $20,000! Something is clearly wrong. If someone blindly trusted these results it could result in a horrendous overpayment of taxes or, worse, their being unable to pay their taxes next April. Finally, the rounding calculation on the vouchers is incorrect. At one point I selected “round to nearest $10” and the resulting vouchers were for $2120 each. When I selected “round to nearest $100” the resulting vouchers were for $2200 each! Needless to say, that is not the nearest $100; it is rounding up. A small thing I’ll admit, but an unnerving result from an app that you are counting on to be "good a math"….   None of this is insurmountable for me since I also have a spreadsheet that does these calculations. I'm just disappointed in Turbo-Tax, and also concerned that someone less careful might blindly use these vouchers and get in trouble. 

Yes, you can deduct your car rental expenses without ‌having your receipt if you have bank/credit card records that show the date and amount and to whom it was charged. You can deduct it as a business expense.  The IRS accepts alternative documentation (like credit card statements) as long as it proves the expense was business-related and actually paid by you.   To deduct a business expense, it must be both ordinary and necessary (common and accepted in your industry and appropriate for your trade or business) as per IRS guidelines. Your expenses must directly relate to conducting your business and cannot be personal, living, or family expenses.    See Also:   Taking business tax deductions   How to Deduct Business Expenses & What You Can Write Off   Video: IRS Rules for Reasonable Business Expenses   If you have additional information or questions regarding this, please return to Community and we would be glad to help.

None of my 1099-NEC forms have an amount in box 5.  Some are blank in boxes 5-7.  Most have a state but no payer state no. in box 6 and those that didn't leave box 7 blank have the same number as in box 1.  It seems that I can't move past boxes 5 and 6 for the state payer number regardless of any suggestions made so far.

Delete the Form 5695   Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen Click on Tools Click on Delete a form   Note - There may be multiple pages of your tax return forms and schedules so click on the page number or right arrow (>) shown at the bottom of the federal tax return forms.

@tracywoltman    And possibly this: I have seen a few others with this issue: .....it may not be your situation, but they had to select North Carolina for for the state in box 15 on the 1099-R, where you entered it in the Federal section.  Nothing else needed in boxes 14 or 16.   ...unless you did happen to have some NC withholding in box 14.  IF not, leave all the other boxes empty/blank....except for selecting NC for box 15.

The remaining portion of the year-of-death can be divided between the beneficiaries any way they see fit,  Yo indicate that 2 of the 3 beneficiaries completed the remainder of the year-of death RMD, so the amount that each was required to take was the amount actually taken by the particular beneficiary, with the beneficiary who took no distribution not being required to take any amount.  Even if the two beneficiaries who took more than their respective share of the year-of-death RMD, there is no harm in indicating that the entire distribution was RMD because a non-spouse beneficiary is not permitted to roll over any portion of a distribution anyway,   For example, if the portion of the year-of-death RMD to be completed by the beneficiaries was $5,000, one beneficiary took a distribution of $6,000 and another beneficiary took a distribution of $1,000, each of those beneficiaries could simply say that the amount that was required to be distributed was the amount they individually received and that the amount they received was all RMD.  The third beneficiary can say that no RMD was required by the third beneficiary (because the other two beneficiaries satisfied the requirement).  Answering in these ways will prevent TurboTax from preparing Form 5329 Par IX.

If you are filing as Married Filing Separately you are not eligible for the deduction.  If you are Single and your AGI is over $175,000 or Married Filing Jointly and your AGI is over $250,000 you are not eligible for the deduction.   If you are age 65 or older and meet the requirement, the additional deduction is automatically added on your federal tax return.   Standard deductions for 2025 Single - $15.750 add $2,000 if age 65 or older Married Filing Separately - $15,750 add $1,600 if age 65 or older Married Filing Jointly - $31,500 add $1,600 for each spouse age 65 or older Head of Household - $23,625 add $2,000 if age 65 or older   New Bonus Standard Deduction (OBBB): An additional $6,000 deduction for taxpayers 65 and older. This is per eligible individual, meaning a married couple both over 65 could get $12,000. Important: This bonus deduction is temporary, lasting from 2025 through 2028. Income limitations: It phases out for taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income over $75,000 for single filers and $150,000 for joint filers. The amount is calculated on Schedule 1-A, Part V, with that amount flowing to Form 1040 Line 13b Look at your Form 1040 - You can view your Form 1040 plus Schedules 1, 2 and 3 at any time using the online editions. Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen. Click on Tools. Click on View Tax Summary. Click on Preview my 1040 on the left side of the screen.

The “senior deduction” is added automatically by the software based on the date of birth and filing status you entered into MY INFO.  You do not need to take any extra steps to enter it. (And…the new senior deduction has nothing to do with whether you are getting Social Security)   The deduction is not on the same line as your standard deduction.  It is shown separately on line 13b.     2025 STANDARD DEDUCTION AMOUNTS SINGLE $15,750  (65 or older/legally blind + $2000) MARRIED FILING SEPARATELY $15,750  (65 or older/legally blind +1600) MARRIED FILING JOINTLY $31,500  (65 or older/legally blind + $1600) HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD $23,625 (65 or older/legally blind + $2000)     For 2025 through 2028 there is an extra  deduction amount of up to $6000 per individual 65 or older filing Single, MFJ, or HOH which is phased out for taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income over $75,000 for single filers and $150,000 for joint filers.   (The deduction phases out completely at $175.000 Single or HOH, or $250,000 joint)   The $6,000 senior deduction will be calculated on 1040 Schedule 1-A page 2 Part V Enhanced Deduction for Seniors which goes to 1040 line 13b. It is separate and in addition to the Standard Deduction or your Itemized Deductions on 1040 line 12e.  Turbo Tax automatically includes it. IRS Schedule 1-A https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-dft/f1040s1a--dft.pdf   Need to see it? https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/preview-turbotax-online-return-filing/L77WCkvnu_US_en_US?uid=m681fkhr   If you are not getting the senior deduction it is because Your date of birth in MY INFO shows that you were not 65 by the end of 2025 Your income is too high You are filing married filing separately