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Do I qualify for QBI? Gross income: $400k. My business is an engineering sole proprietorship. It is not an SSTB. The business made $3600 and pays no W-2s.

if my tax form from paid medical leave through the state is a 1099 misc but TurboTax tries to file it as a 1099 C self employment form is that okay?

last year it was filed as a 1099 g and I didn't have any issues but this year I'm completely lost and don't want to get in trouble for misreporting. thanks!

2026 Q1 quarterly taxes in Turbotax

Hi, I have filed already and remember that towards the end of the process, Turbotax asked if I want to file Q1 taxes for 2026. I said yes and went through all the questions to estimate the amount. However, I don't think Turbotax prompted me to pay th... read more

In 2025, I got a refund from 2021. I have not a single tax document from that time so am unsure about the payments and withholdings. What can I do?

I am trying to complete the "Tell us about the refund you received in 2025" portion and feel completely stuck. I do not have access to any tax documents from 2021 at this point, so I do not know what my payments and withholdings would have been. I ha... read more

refund changed between logins

Is there something that may have changed in TurboTax between the morning & evening on 1/28/23? I logged back in and my refund amounts (which in my case was a federal amount owed, and a state refund) were significantly different. I'm using the web-bas... read more

1065 K-1 Box 20 AJ Code

Hello, I am currently working on my tax on Turbo Tax Windows version. We paid an accountant to issue us the 1065 K-1 partnership for 2023. In box 20, it is shown code AJ with STMT, which refers us to the Supplemental Information, page 2. In the descr... read more

Do I have to populate the AT RISK LIMITATIONS box for self employment, or can I leave this blank? (required?) Thank you.

wHAT IF i DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INCOME FROM MY SELF EPLOYMENT THIS YEAR BUT i STILL HAD EXPENSES? I DID NOT RECIEVE ANY 1099-nec OR 1099-k

I am a real estate agent and did not sell any homes this year but was still licensed and had to pay some fees.

Long Term Care premiums

Can anyone confirm if premiums for a LTC policy I have is deductible? It's not employer paid and I am self-employed, but have had this policy for years from a prior employer purchase option. The prior employer has never contributed to the premiums an... read more

Turbo Tax Business State Return not loading

I am using Turbo Tax Business 2023 Desktop and I have completed the Federal and VA state return but need to complete a MD one as well. I saw that MD was not available until 2/15/24 and so I went online then and purchased the MD return and click the b... read more

Self Employed Health Insurance Deduction Calculation Error

I'm using the desktop version of TurboTax Premiere. Somehow I entered something incorrectly and it's basically double counting my health insurance premiums as a self employed person. I'm not sure where to go and clear out this second entry. Can someb... read more

Self employed, expense only, no income, it is not carrying over to 2025 self employed work summary, where to document this loss?

California self-employed status for 1099-NEC amounts

For any 2025 tax year 1099-NEC compensation; is a self-employed taxpayer classified as an independent contractor for Federal purposes always classified as an employee receiving income for tax purposes by the state of California?