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Re: Schedule C Business Loss not Showing Up on Schedule 1 Despite A Loss

DawnC — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:55:51 GMT

You probably have Line 32b marked instead on 32a marked on Schedule C. Check that line and edit it if necessary. Is my business investment at risk? If 32b is marked, you can't claim a loss. Your investment has to be marked ''at risk'' - - It is extremely rare for your business to be not at risk. 32a is the normal box to be marked there.

Filing as Resident with 1042S and claiming tax treaty US-Italy.

yacauwi — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:54:27 GMT

Hi Everyone,

TLDR: How does a resident alien report a 1042S (income code 16, Box-3a: 00, Box-4a: 16) in addition to a W2 on TurboTax Desktop and also claim tax treaty benefits?

My current situation is the following:

I began my appointment at University X in MA on J1 Research Scholar status. My appointment ran from January 2024 to October 2025. I was invited and paid through my professor’s grant. In November 2025, I moved to University Y in CA, still under J1 Research Scholar status and still paid through my new professor’s grant also for the research I am doing.

For tax year 2025 I received a 1042S from University X and a W2 from University Y.

I have added my W2 income on TurboTax desktop, but I cannot understand how to correctly report the 1042S: whether as a Wages & Income>Less Common Income>Miscellaneous Income>Other reportable income or as Deductions & Credits>Education>Expenses and Scholarships. My second question is: how to claim tax treaty benefits between US and Italy for both the income from the W2 and the 1042S?

Two additional details that might be important:

- I entered the US at the end of December, 2023 under my visa, and that is why I am considered a resident alien for 2025 under the Substantial Presence Test.

- I believe that, based on my situation, I may be eligible to claim the benefits of the US–Italy tax treaty under Article 20 for tax year 2025, because my initial visit was expected not to exceed two years for the purpose of conducting research at a recognized educational institution, and because I was a resident of Italy immediately before coming to the US. Therefore, my first tax year was 2024 and my second is 2025.

Thank you for any help,

Re: Sale of Home Question

SharonD007 — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:54:24 GMT

To delete a form in TurboTax Online follow the instructions below:

Open TurboTax and your return
Select Tax Tools from the menu on the left side
Select Tools
In the pop-up window select Delete a form
Find the form(s) and select Delete.

Refer to the TurboTax help article How do I view and delete forms in TurboTax Online? for more details.

Re: Corrupt File Every Year

user17760513766 — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:54:40 GMT

The computer I'm on now is a Windows 11 MSI laptop that I bought 2 years ago.

I created a blank file with nothing in it and it opened fine, so that's ONE time opened successfully. That mean there's absolutely been some bug with the software for years. This has driven me crazy because in prior years, this issue happened the due date when I needed to make a quick fix (so I couldn't use the PDF) before I tried printing. That was before I knew I could import from PDF so I had to rush to redo everything...

I might need to test every single one of my types of incomes and deductions saved as its own file to find out what the issue is. I'll report back when I figure it out.

Re: Corrupt File Every Year

mesquitebean — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:54:09 GMT

There are very few forum threads about file corruption of the *.tax2025 data file with every file save. You didn't say if you are using a Windows 11 PC or a Mac (Sonoma 14 or higher.) I'm suspicious it may be a Mac, however. If so, have all the computers over the 5 years been Mac?

If you are using a Mac, is your data file unknowingly being encrypted in the keychain? TurboTax will sometimes say a file is "corrupted" if it's password-protected/encrypted.

Re: I need help with the tax. I want to understand the live expert, will help with tax? I never done this before. Thanks

xmasbaby0 — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:49:49 GMT

LIVE ASSISTED

https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/online/live/how-it-works.htm

Schedule C Business Loss not Showing Up on Schedule 1 Despite A Loss

Gaulles — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:49:36 GMT

Re: Corrupt File Every Year

dbe2022 — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:48:42 GMT

I have been using TurboTax for 30 years now and I have never encountered this issue of file corruption. The only root cause I can think of is an issue in your storage (encrypted filesystem?) or RAM. How old is your computer? Which OS does it run?

Re: Corrupt File Every Year

user17760513766 — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:43:45 GMT

I would absolutely love to fix this issue. Last year I had to fix it the day that taxes were due before the post office closed... Seriously, are there any suggestions? I'm a programmer, so I'm pretty tech-savvy. The only thing that's been in common with this and my prior computer is that they had SSD's.

Re: TP/SP link error turbo tax will not process the person that I choose to link to?

TheVeryOldMan — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:43:17 GMT

You can always file for an extension (form 4868) which gets you another 6 months. I do this every year because some K-1s do not appear until September. You still have to pay what you think you owe by 4/15. If you do owe, then using EFTPS (maybe some other IRS online payment system will work as well) mark your payment as 2025 Extension and you don't have to file the trivial form. If you don't owe, you write 0 on the form. You can do the same for your state. This might give TT enough time get their act together. I did the worksheet delete method and it worked ok.

Corrupt File Every Year

user17760513766 — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:40:52 GMT

I have used TurboTax for years. Every single year, every single time I save my progress on TurboTax, it is corrupted. This has happened on MULTIPLE different computers. I have literally never successfully opened a file that TurboTax has created. It is really maddening. The only way I can possibly read a TurboTax file is when it's been saved to PDF which is absolutely insane.

Today, I finished filling out all my tax information for 2025 in TurboTax. The program prompted me to update TurboTax and I just followed its instructions... Once again, the file it saved minutes before opened as corrupted (including the filename that starts with a tilde). What is wrong with this software? How come this issue hasn't been fixed for 5+ years running?

What forms are required for the Virginia Long Term Capital Gain Subtraction?

meyersrhh — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:40:12 GMT

Must the business be a Virginia located business to be qualified for long term capital gain subtraction?

I continue to receive an error message although I've tried everything TurbTax recommended: check internet connection, refresh page, reopen, clear cache, return later.

katiecuriel — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:39:25 GMT

The error message only happens on one of my two state returns when I get past the first three prompts. My other state return navigates fine without issues. The error message says: Hmm, looks like we hit a slight snag in this section. Let's get you back to your taxes. Make sure your Internet is connected, and then select Try again or check back in a few minutes. It's been over an hour and I already tried all of the above recommendations. I even restarted my computer.

Re: Extension Verbiage Indicates Taxes Are Being Filed

Paresa — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:39:17 GMT

The same problem for me. I expect refund but prefer to file extension. This is very disappointing that we all have to deal with this sloppy design while getting close to deadline.

What type of TurboTax do I need?

bprentice — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:35:50 GMT

I'm a basic employee and my taxes are relatively simple. My wife has had her own business for several years (no employees, she was a subcontractor). In 2024, she became a fulltime employee for one of the businesses she subcontracted for (she was the only employee and ran the administration) while continuing her subcontracting with other companies. In 2025, she purchased that business. All of this time, we have been able to use TurboTax Home & Business. This year, we purchased Home & Business, but was finding nowhere to enter the Form 8594 that we were given for purchasing that business. I called TurboTax Support and they told me that I needed to use TurboTax Business. I purchased and downloaded TurboTax Business, only to immediately hit a brick wall due to my wife's business being a Sole Proprietor LLC. Which type of TurboTax am I supposed to use? I also want to get live tax expert advice in the package.

Re: Am I reading instructions correctly that there is a charge for filing our Federal Taxes in th...

mesquitebean — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:36:37 GMT

@agley

You appear to be using Online TurboTax. And if so, are you in the Premium edition? (you can check by looking in the top left corner of the screen when you are signed into your return.)

Online Premium is currently showing $129 for a Federal return and $64 for a state return. There may be some sales tax where applicable.

You seem surprised that you are being charged for the Federal return. Is there more to the story that we don't know about? You have provided no context about what you were expecting. Were you wanting to use the Free Edition and ended up in a paid product?

Or did you purchase desktop software but used Online TurboTax instead?

Re: Filing an extension for 2025 federal taxes.

Paresa — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:32:30 GMT

I hope turbotax do a better job or I will seriously switch to another tax software.

Re: IRS ID.me account

Jessnzacai — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:32:09 GMT

I just had to confirm who I am via video, social, license, and Bill. AND I had to confirm/allow the IRS to have access to my social, address, phone number, email.. Basically all my identifying information. Just uncomfortable with this...

IF they didn't already know this info... I'm not super keen to just offer it up... Ya know.

Anyone know why this is important/REQUIRED for them?

Re: Attempting to import last year's tax return but TurboTax will not do it. Found the correct file, selected it, but Continue doesn't work.

user17760508974 — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:28:48 GMT

I also just closed out the software and re-opened it and it worked

Turbo tax desktop won't let me connect/link to my charles schwab account. I get error code 105 every time for the last two days.

pabstpbr — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:24:56 GMT