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The exception to the 10% early distribution penalty for the purchase of a new home is only available if the distribution is from an IRA. Enter your Form 1099-R and go through all the screens after entry of the 1099-R and you will come to a screen asking about exceptions to the early distribution penalty.

I have an account with turbotax from last year. I bought 2025 from Office Depot, I trying to load it in my computer ( apple) I can't get to the page the ask you for your license code, so I can't load the new 2025 turbotax  

If this should have been wages, and you didn't get a W2, you can file Form 4852 (substitute W-2) instead. You must attempt to obtain a W2 before filing. You’ll estimate wages and withholding using pay stubs, and you can check your  IRS wage and income transcript to see if it was reported to the IRS.    How do I file a substitute W-2 using Form 4852?    

You have to pay the TurboTax online account fees if you want to view/print the state tax return   To pay the TurboTax online account fees by credit card, without completing the 2025 return at this time, click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen. Then click on Print Center. Then click on Print, save or preview this year's return. On the next page, to pay by credit card, click Pay Now. Complete the credit card section and click on Confirm payment.

For 2025, the IRS has imposed no requirement on employers to report Qualified Overtime.  There is no uniformity in how or whether it is reported.    You may find overtime reported on the last paystub for the year of 2025.  You may find it in box 7 or box 14 of the W-2.  Or it may not be reported at all.    However, many employers will report Qualified Overtime on the W-2. If the Qualified Overtime is reported on your W-2, follow these steps.   At the screen Let's check for other situations, select Overtime.  Continue.    At the screen Let's see if your overtime qualifies as tax-free, select either:    Help me calculate my eligible overtime. No help needed-I know what to enter. For the Qualified Overtime Deduction:      Maximum annual deduction is $12,500 ($25,000 for joint filers). Deduction phases out for taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income over $150,000 ($300,000 for joint filers). The deduction reduces federal income tax liability, it does not exempt overtime pay from Social Security and Medicare taxes.  Employees will still owe these taxes on their overtime earnings. Taxpayers filing as married filing separately are not eligible for the deduction. The deduction is available for both itemizing and non-itemizing taxpayers. See this TurboTax Help.  

@Melany1977  Ce message d'erreur que vous recevez est dû à des montants reportés du fédéral vers le provincial qui sont considérés comme des entrées directes dans le feuillet provincial. Et ce message affecte TOUS les feuillets qui ont des dividendes dedans.   Si vous utilisez TurboImpôt Bureau, voici les étapes à faire pour corriger le problème:   Passez en mode formulaire Cliquez sur l'onglet Feuillets, dans le bas de la page Sélectionner Relevés du Québec Allex dans Relevés 3, 15, 16, 25 et cherchez pour les montants en rouge Lorsque vous voyez un montant en rouge, cliquez dessus >> faites F2 >> et confirmez que vous annulez l'entrée directe. Répétez pour tous les feuillets du Qc où il y a des dividendes.   Ensuite, enregistrez votre déclaration et réessayez.   Merci de choisir TurboImpôt.

If you are using TurboTax Do It Yourself (Online), you would enter this in the Self-Employment section.   You can use the search bar on the 2025 Tax Return home page to search for "Self-Employment". Then select Farming as your business type.    

The TurboTax Online Free Edition does not support detailed local tax adjustments like changing days worked in a city for local income tax. Such specific local tax adjustments typically require TurboTax Deluxe or higher, where you can access and modify local tax details. If you need to adjust local tax days for your city, you would likely need to upgrade to a paid TurboTax version that supports those features.

Why does it charge me again to file another return. I bought the premier and had to pay for another program to file my daughter's return. I've now paid over $60. Now I'm doing my other daughter's return and she has $0 income and it asks me to imput my credit card again.  

It includes your dependents.   Here's a post on the five main points on the 1098-T tax form issued by colleges: https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/re-what-do-i-do-with-form-1098t/01/3760212#M63114

I don’t understand where both of you are getting hung up on Married filing Separately?   That shouldn’t apply.   When did her spouse pass?  Sounds like she is filing Single now and 1/2 of ss is 12,250 (24,500/2) plus 6,250 is only 18,500 and less than 25,000 makes none of SS taxable.   So her taxable income is only 6,250.   Much less that the Standard Deduction 17,750.    So she doesn’t have to file except to get back any withholding taken out on the 1099R or SSA-1099.