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can someone guid me screen by screen where to report foreign taxes paid towards foreign ltcg

vaishalichhajed — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:21:13 GMT

i have reported long term capital gains in income section of federal taxes. however i am unable to record foreign taxes that i have already paid towards the ltcg

Re: If it’s saying I don’t qualify for child care credit but I should what do I do

dan_hyman — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:20:39 GMT

This is the first year TurboTax is NOT correctly providing us our Child Care Credit.

Married filing jointly: Check

Each person has a sufficiently large W2 to pay more taxes than the credit: Check

W2s assigned correctly and entered manually to avoid import problems: Check

Actual taxes paid so credit applies: Check

Ran through IRS site and answered all of their questions to ensure we qualify: Check

Worked perfectly with nearly identical entries last year: Check

Who broke TurboTax 2025, and why?

This is Home & Business desktop from web download direct from Intuit, same as always. No web cookie cache issues possible. Usually when there is a problem with TurboTax, we can bop over to the VIEW FORMS and clear it up by hand. No bueno here, as they just ask the same questions on the official forms and vomit the wrong answer. How do we elevate to the technical team? I have read all of the A.I. generated generic "have you plugged in your computer" basics (see above) and nobody has an answer to solve this.

Dr. Dan.

Re: Deducting medical expenses paid over time

Mike9241 — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:10:26 GMT

if you pay by credit card, the charges are 100% deductible in the year they're charged to the card. if it is the medical facility or provider that is supplying the credit, only the principal payments made in the year are deductible

Re: Where is the It's Deductible tool that provides values for donated items?

only1mrvain — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:05:32 GMT

Why did you remove that tool??? It was so convenient to describe item donations. Please bring it back!

Re: we did not receive the $6000.00 credit and yet we do qualify. How do we ensure it is included?

Mike9241 — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:04:12 GMT

it is not a tax credit or part of the standard deduction. it is a separate deduction computed on Schedule 1-A that appears on line 13b of the 1040

we did not receive the $6000.00 credit and yet we do qualify. How do we ensure it is included?

screamingape — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 05:52:41 GMT

We filled jointly, my spouse is over 65. $31,000 st ded., $1,600 over 65, $6000 temp ded. for over 65. our total was $33,100.

Deducting medical expenses paid over time

user17759694586 — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 05:17:29 GMT

If I "pay" for a medical procedure using credit, and the actual installments occur in the following year, in what year are they deductible on my tax return? The year the full cost was incurred, or the year in which I make the installments?

Does it matter that intuit has the wrong county if I am taking the standart deduction?

mjhs61 — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 05:13:06 GMT

How do I enter the correct County on my return?

Re: Premier online preventing me from itemizing

maglib — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:38:14 GMT

I hear you as I had to upgrade to windows 11 reluctantly as I only use desktop.

any chance you are a high income earner, subject to AMT or married filing separately? There may be a chance that you are better off taking the standard deduction.

-first thing to check is FORMS mode (Note: TurboTax Online does not have a "Forms Mode" like the Desktop version; you must use the print/preview functionality to see specific forms), look at your Info Worksheet, Part VI-Additional Information for Your Federal Return, see if it had automatically checked the box to take the Standard Deduction even if it is less than Itemized Deductions.

-If you are subject to the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), certain deductions like state and local taxes are disallowed entirely, which can drastically reduce your total benefit

-taxpayers in the top 37% tax bracket will see their total itemized deductions reduced. This "haircut" is generally calculated as 2/37 of the lesser of total deductions or income above the threshold

-Your taxable income is so low that itemizing has no benefit.

-Your tax credits already reducing your taxes so no benefit from itemizing

- If Married Filing SEPARATELY your itemized deductions are limited primarily because both spouses must either both itemize or both take the standard deduction. Key limitations include capping the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction cap to 50% per spouse, splitting joint expenses, and disqualifying many tax credits (may disqualify you from claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), adoption credits, education credits, and often the Child and Dependent Care Credit).

-make sure you went through the mortgage interest section thoroughly as many skip answering questions that then disallow or limit the mortgage interest expense

If you want to force itemization, go to FEDERAL>DEDUCTIONS AND CREDITS select to CHANGE MY DEDUCTION

Go to FORMS mode and review the Schedule A to see all limitations of your itemized deductions and caps on them. Note: TurboTax Online does not have a "Forms Mode" like the Desktop version; you must use the print/preview functionality to see specific forms.

@Clinton Ivins

Turbo tax is not allowing me to enter WA state Excise tax as a capital loss because the sale happened in 2024

user17759663114 — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:08:23 GMT

I read on this community that I can deduct my WA state capital Gains Excise tax as a capital loss. The sale happened in 2024, I paid the taxes in 2025. I am trying to get the deduction in 2025 filing. The issue is that Turbo tax is not allowing to file my report because the sale is in 2024 and not 2025, when validating the entries it chokes on the sale date being in 2024. I am stuck without being able to bypass this issue. Any recommendations?

Re: New Error: Form 4562 Depreciation Options - Qualified Prop 100% & 50% should be blank. This a...

holly1979 — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:05:27 GMT

I am still getting the error reference in this thread. My situation is similar to users who have issues with fully depreciated assets. I have the TurboTax Deluxe 2025 version. I checked for software updates and it says my version is up to date. Any other resolution assistance you can provide to me to resolved these errors? Thank you!

Non-citizen wife worked overseas, how to o report her income for federal and CA state tax and maximize protection of residency?

user17759665019 — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:04:36 GMT

Non-citizen wife worked overseas and earned income. She will not get a W-2, but will get bank statements to show her income. How do I report her income to file federal and CA state taxes?

Premier online preventing me from itemizing

Clinton Ivins — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 03:37:31 GMT

I am using Premier Online for the first time, because Premier Desktop, which I have used for years, no longer works on Windows 10. I entered all my Schedule A information, and my itemized deductions total well over $20k higher than the standard deduction. On the summary page, TT says that I have selected the standard deduction and gives me the option of changing it. When I change it to itemized and return to the calling page, it continues to say that i have selected the standard deduction and that the standard deduction provides me the best outcome, which I'm pretty sure is ridiculous. I never had a problem anything like this with the Desktop version. Does anyone have any idea what the problem could be? Is it a software bug? Does Online prevent selection of itemized, despite permitting entry of all the information? I'm pulling my hair out here and, believe me, there isn't much there to start with.

Problem with correcting school property tax credit when claiming veteran's property tax credit.

flambeaulove — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 03:17:36 GMT

Wisconsin

where do i enter invesment advisor expenses for CA

jdalpoggetto — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 02:41:10 GMT

Re: Form 8283 Input/Output Issues Due to Discontinuation of It's Deductible

Me173 — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 02:16:52 GMT

So after grouping the donations with some being over $500 and listing them as household items and following the same as in years past, Turbo tax is forcing me to enter the following on the worksheets for each of the grouped donations that totaled over $500. I bypassed this during the smart check since the actual form filed with IRS matches last year. However, turbotax will not process my efile and instead tells me if I don't add information I can mail in my taxes.

1. Date Donated Property was acquired

2. How Donated Property was acquired

3. Cost/adjusted basis

If I use deductible duck will I still have these same issues and not be able to efile? I have been using a different 3rd party app to record donations and FMV. Then I manually enter the grouped donations, but run into this issue and contemplating why TT would be forcing me to print and MAIL returns in the year 2026!!

Re: Form 8283 Input/Output Issues Due to Discontinuation of It's Deductible

Me173 — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 02:13:52 GMT

1. Date Donated Property was acquired

2. How Donated Property was acquired

3. Cost/adjusted basis

Re: Can I remove itemized information that was saved originally? I want to use standard deduction

Mike9241 — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 02:10:44 GMT

if the standard deduction exceeds your itemized deductions, TurboTax should use this and not submit Schedule A which means there's no need to delete the itemized deductions info.

Re: Can I remove itemized information that was saved originally? I want to use standard deduction

MindyB — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 02:03:13 GMT

Yes. You can go through the interview and remove the entries you've made. However, that may be tedious, so I recommend manually selecting to use the itemized deduction instead.

If you want to manually switch, here's how, from How do I change from the standard deduction to itemized (or vice-versa)?

"Go to the screen: Based on what you told us, [either Standard Deduction or Itemizing deductions] is right for you, and select Change my deduction. (Instead of using the link, you can also manually navigate to Federal > Deductions & credits > Deductions & credits Summary > Continue > If applicable, continue through any summaries> Now you will arrive at Itemizing/ standard deduction summary screen.)
On the Which deduction do you want to take this year? popup, you'll see the dollar value of each deduction type.
Select the type of deduction you want and Continue."

Can I remove itemized information that was saved originally? I want to use standard deduction

wheelermurray — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 01:57:20 GMT