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Turbotax Deluxe Bug. Form 8829, Line 11b

Allen1960 — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:57:32 GMT

Form 8829, line 11b. entering value over 40,000 triggers error: SALT amounts limited to 40,000.

The SALT limitation has nothing to do with form 8829. There is no error. This issue will prevent me from electronically filing. Please fix!!!

Re: Turbotax Deluxe Bug. Form 8829, Line 11b

DawnC — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 04:33:55 GMT

Have you tried going through the interview so TurboTax has all of the information needed to calculate your Home Office Deduction? Where do I enter the home office deduction for my business?

Column B is for indirect expenses that benefit the entire home, so those have to be pro-rated based on business use percentage. If the business use percentage is not entered, the form will not correctly calculate.

Can I take the home office deduction?

Re: Turbotax Deluxe Bug. Form 8829, Line 11b

Allen1960 — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 04:43:19 GMT

I have entered everything on the form correctly, including business percentage use. If I enter real estate taxes value of 40,000 on either line 11a or 11b everything is fine without error. Entering any value over 40,000 in either 11a or 11b gives the SALT limit error, but that doesn't apply to this form. Look into this further.

Re: Turbotax Deluxe Bug. Form 8829, Line 11b

DaveF1006 — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:13:23 GMT

Try entering $40,000 on Line 11b and the remainder of your real estate taxes under "Other Expenses" (Line 21) or a similar miscellaneous indirect expense category within the Home Office interview. Label it clearly as "Real Estate Tax - Excess." This keeps the math accurate without hitting the specific Line 11 validation requirement.

Re: Turbotax Deluxe Bug. Form 8829, Line 11b

AmeliesUncle — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 23:45:04 GMT

@Allen1960 wrote:
Entering any value over 40,000 in either 11a or 11b gives the SALT limit error, but that doesn't apply to this form.

The SALT limit DOES have to do with line 11a/b. Amounts above the SALT limit would be on line 17.

Re: Turbotax Deluxe Bug. Form 8829, Line 11b

dobrie3 — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:31:54 GMT

Regarding TurboTax is giving an error if the amount of real estate taxes reported on Form 8829 line 11b is greater than $40,000.00. The IRS is saying to enter the actual amount of real estate taxes paid on Form 8829, line 11b (indirect expenses). There is no maximum limit for the business portion of real estate taxes deducted on Form 8829, even though the personal portion is subject to the $40,000 SALT cap. Seems TurboTax needs to fix their issue. The work around of keeping it at 40K then entering the excess on the 'excess' line seems to work but technically is not correct.