2025 TT Desktop - Home Office Bug

user17703654588 — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:58:02 GMT

It seems some of us desktop users are having the same issues again we had in 2024 tfs with the interview questions not asking about Home Office % use. Is the only way to fix this is to go into Forms? I have net profit well over what my Home Office deduction is, so nothing about it bringing my profit to negative. All my income 1099-MISC, so this should go towards lowering my net profit, not a “deduction” as others phrase it. When compared Desktop to using the Web app, it correctly reduces my net profit.

Form 8829 shows my business use of home expenses, but Schedule C line 30 is zero and Form 8829’s gross income limitation (Line 8 ) is showing as zero. I believe the software is using Schedule C Line 28 or Line 29 incorrectly to limit the home office deduction, so the home office amount isn’t flowing into Schedule C line 30, which overstates my net profit and self-employment tax.

Any help here again?

Re: 2025 TT Desktop - Home Office Bug

AnnetteB6 — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 12:35:59 GMT

After trying to replicate the issue you described, it would be helpful to have a diagnostic copy of your tax return to compare. Sharing a diagnostic copy of your tax return will allow someone to take a closer look with an actual user return and submit this experience for further review if necessary. Having a diagnostic tax file is the first step to get it resolved.

The diagnostic file will not contain personally identifiable information, only numbers related to your tax forms.

If you would like to provide us with the diagnostic file, follow the instructions below and post the token number along with which version of TurboTax you are using and what states you are filing in a follow-up thread. It is important to know the version of the desktop program you are using since the home office screens vary depending on which one you are using. The Home and Business version questions are more detailed.

For a desktop version of TurboTax, use these steps:

Select Online at the top of the screen.
Select Send Tax File to Agent.
Click OK.
Post the token number here.

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2025 TT Desktop - Home Office Bug

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