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Yeah., I got the same thing this year and was kinda stuck too.    in the 1099-misc from ETRADE by Morgan Stanley I had $24. UGH!   Below it had 2 entries for Sirius XM Holdings and after going back to the monthly statements, the dates do not line up at all, but a week apart, and were just recorded as misc income (instead of dividend income).    Kinda drives me nuts, tbh. In the explain section, I put it was a etrade assigned payment from sirius. and yeah, this is not part of their dividend (as far as I can tell), so yeah, I have no idea why it was there. I entered no, as I had no intent at all with this, being outside the bounds of dividends and all. 

Thank you for following up @VolvoGirl . It has California State.   I checked and found that TT has not 100% hidden personal info. Sharing in docs is safer as the token can be deleted once the issue is resolved and the content will not go through crawlers as well. Also, I checked and found that though TT has hidden most of the info but not 100% of personal info is hidden.   Further the link of the document that I have put is a Google doc link so we don't need to worry abut it being Fishy in anyway and it is viewable to all. I am pasting the visible link below.   Please let me know if you need any other info from me. Appreciate your help.   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KhNTzQGjmG89lpjdYIvcJdRvzZeP-fCw53Virq8kHnQ

Yes, double time is a form of premium pay that counts as a higher tier of overtime.     TurboTax has a 2025 Overtime Calculator that you can use to calculate how much of your overtime pay is eligible for a deduction.  Refer to the TurboTax article No Tax on Overtime Calculator   For tax year 2025, your employer may list non-taxable overtime in box 14 with a specific label like "FLSA OT Prem". You might also receive a separate year-end statement giving you the amount. Otherwise, you must calculate the overtime premium to enter on your tax return.   In TurboTax Online, this is how you enter the qualified overtime premium: After entering your form W-2, you'll see a screen titled Let's Check for Other Situations Put a checkmark on Overtime and click Continue Follow the TurboTax questionnaire to enter your qualified overtime premium This deduction will transfer to Schedule 1-A of your form 1040, with that amount flowing to line 13b of your form 1040.   Refer to the TurboTax article How do I enter overtime pay in TurboTax Online? and  I Worked Overtime This Year — My W-2 Pay Doesn’t Show it. for detailed instructions to enter your overtime.   For additional information, refer to the TurboTax article No Tax on Overtime Explained: Qualified Overtime Deduction Rules for 2025.

@GatorRay26 wrote: If TT really wanted to make this product elite and save the taxpayer some bucks QCD's would be a line-item and not make it so subtle.  I missed it on several passes through deductions and credits. A QCD is not a deduction or a credit. It's a reduction of the taxable amount of income from an IRA distribution on a Form 1099-R. You enter the QCD when you enter the 1099-R in the income section.  

You will report the sale on the Sale of Home screen under Wages & Income.    For TurboTax Online Go to the sale of home section: TurboTax Online/Mobile: Go to the sale of home screen under Wages & Income. Go to Federal Taxes. Go to Wages & Income.  If asked How do you want to enter…?, select I’ll choose what I work on. Under Less Common Income, select Start or Update next to Sale of Home. Follow the onscreen instructions.   Refer to the TurboTax Help article: Where do I enter Form 1099-S? for navigation instructions for TurboTax Online and TurboTax Desktop.

If your child received a 1099-MISC (or 1099-NEC) for services rendered, they generally must file their own tax return if they earned $400 or more. As independent contractors, they owe self-employment tax on this income, even if they don't owe income tax. 

just him. you are not a paid preparer.  However, you should fill out the Third Party Designee section so the IRS will contact you if there are questions.      if it was only W-2 income, that's below the Federal filing threshold, so a return would only be required to get a refund on taxes withheld. If he got a 1099-NEC, he would owe Federal Self-Employment tax, so filing would be necessary.  States have different requirements. 

It is safe to post the Token number.   It is only used to look up your sanitized return.  Nobody can do anything with it.  It doesn't have any personal or tax info.    How is putting it in a Doc more safe?    And you also need to post what states you have.