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I had the same issue.  I resolved the issue by going to "Forms" in the top right corner. Open the form, "Social Sec" which is found under "Forms in My Return" in the far left column.  This will open the "Social Security Benefits Worksheet."  At the bottom row on your screen, click "Delete Form."  Than go back to "Your 2025 Income Summary"  and choose "Social Security" under the "Retirement Plans and Social Security" heading and click "Update." This worked for me.

for sure do NOT use turbo tax as they have limited support for the Mac.   Like if you have a simple LLC it will not work at all.  If you have a super simple tax filing you can file directly with the IRS for free, and only super simple stuff works in turbo tax on a Mac book.   So no reason to pay the high prices for a program that is very limited.

To reach the Form 8606 section, do the following:   Go to Deductions & Credits Scroll down to Retirement and Investments Click on Update to the right of Traditional and Roth IRA Contributions Here, you will reach the interview screen requesting your total nondeductible contributions, tracked on Form 8606 

@MarilynG1 , hello and thank you for your response.   No, Box 9b NEVER changes, it has been the same amount since he retired in October 2016.   His portion of yearly nontaxable income from his contributions is $145.77. You get this by subtracting Box 1 and 2a.   Don’t I have to have TT generate the Simplified Worksheet so it keeps track of how much of his contributions have been recovered?  I don’t understand - is he already recovering part of his contributions every year because of the difference in Box 1 and 2a?  Or do I need to check the NO box when I’m asked if the full amount is the taxable portion.  If I check no, then it comes up to start working on the Simplified Worksheet.   And I think I made a mistake on mine - I’ll have to go back to my old returns from 2022-forward. I purchased 15 years of my Federal Gov time to move it to the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) and I did use an IRA for part of that purchase.  But I believe it was a Trad IRA and not a Roth. But then later I opened a Roth IRA.  I’ll look into that and respond back if I need help.   Thanks very much.

On your Schedule Line 17, is the amount greater than the Standard Deduction for your filing status?   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   Only your total medical expenses that are greater than 7.5% of your Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) can be deducted. The SALT limit on Schedule A is $40,000 ($20,000 if filing as MFS) - State and Local Income Taxes, State and Local Sales taxes, State and Local Real Estate Taxes, State and Local Personal Property Taxes

The details and steps will be entered here so you can compare with the steps you've already taken. Review and double check you marked all the necessary areas of the assets. First and example to prepare for your entry and then the steps to enter your sale inside the rental assets.   First I will place an example of how you prorate the selling price to each of the assets including the land.   For any asset, such as appliances, that really have no value because they are past the recovery period of five years you can use a zero.   Use the original cost of each asset listed on depreciation, add those together then divide each one by the combined total to find the percentage of the cost for each asset.  Use that percentage times the sales price and sales expenses to find the selling price/sales expenses for each asset. If you want you can check the allocation of building and land in your county real estate tax office, on file now.   Example:  Original Cost (of each asset on your depreciation schedule) $10,000 Land                = 13.33%  $50,000 House              = 66.67% $15,000 Improvements  = 20% $75,000 Total                 = 100%   Multiply each percentage times the sales price/sales expenses to arrive at each individual sales price/sales expense.   Passive Activity Loss Entry if applicable: Assuming your passive losses were carried over each year, this will be a separate and identifiable entry which will carry to the Schedule E.  The full remainder of passive loss carryover is used in the year of sale as an expense. This is combined with your overall rental gain or loss to your Form 1040.  When you are on the screen 'Do any of these situations apply to this property?' (Property Profile section), be sure to check the box under Carryovers.    See my notes below on entering the sales price/expenses for each asset inside the rental activity. You need to dispose of the property by telling TurboTax how and when it was disposed of.  Follow the instructions below. Click on Search (upper right) > type schedule e > Enter > click Jump to .... link Answer the questions and on under Rent and Royalty Summary, click Edit Click Update to the right of Assets/Depreciation. Do you want to go directly to your asset summary?, click Yes and Continue Click Edit to the right of each asset to be disposed of Go through several screens until you get to Tell Us More About This Rental Asset Click on This item was sold…….   And continue to answer the questions You might also review information here for more details    @aridgides 

It depends. In your example, the storage shed was not sold, but rather converted to personal use. In this scenario, you will select, This asset was sold, traded, converted... etc. There will be no sale date and you will indicate it was converted to personal use since it is no longer part of the rental property.   It will continue to be a taxable asset for the IRS until it is sold or junked, so it's important to keep all of the records about this storage shed until it is disposed of.   @RuffyK 

Yes, that is correct and was posted in an earlier thread of your questions. Once the business is active, and open for business you use your start up expenses for your business. Both of our tax experts, @ThomasM125 and @MarilynG1 provided this same guidance.  Also confirmed in the link provided for: Start-up Business Tax Tips The home office has strict requirements deliberately. There must be exclusive use for the office area and must be used regularly for business. Absolutely no personal use in the space you consider a home office. It is determined by office square feet divided by total square feet of the home. Can I take the home office deduction? @TuckerdogAVL