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How Taxpayers Can Claim the Expiring 2025 Home Energy Tax Credits: Video Guide

Tax Year 2025 represents a strict deadline for homeowners seeking federal tax credits for home energy-efficient improvements. The passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) accelerated the expiration of most residential energy tax benefits. Ho... read more

Federal Clean Vehicle Tax Credit Ends: 2025 Video Tutorial

Attention taxpayers, if you purchased an electric vehicle (EV) before the September 30, 2025, deadline, you may be eligible to claim the Federal Clean Vehicle Tax Credit. This credit offers a dollar-for-dollar reduction of the taxes you owe. However,... read more

New Tax Deductions & Changes - One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)

Be prepared and plan ahead for differences in your tax refund or balance due - hopefully in a good “more money in your pocket” kind of way! Let’s clear up the confusion about major changes in tax deductions such as no tax on tips, Social Security, an... read more

Maximize Personal Tax Deductions: Itemized vs Standard

If you’re confused as to whether it’s better to take the Standard Deduction or Itemize Deductions on Schedule A, you’re not alone. Personal tax deductions include such things as charitable donations, mortgage interest, property taxes, state income ta... read more

Dependents: Children, Relatives & Others

If you want to get those juicy dependent tax credits and benefits, it’s important to get it right. Getting it wrong can create an IRS mess you don’t want to be a part of - trust me on this one! If the result isn’t in your favor, not only will you lik... read more

Favorite Tax Deductions & Credits for Families!

Everyone knows there are tax benefits to having children and dependents and some are pretty amazing! If you’ve ever had questions about the popular Child Tax Credit (CTC) or Earned Income Credit (EIC), this is the place to be! TurboTax does the think... read more

Tax Deductions Worth Looking Into!

It seems the most popular question at tax time is “Can I deduct this…?”. Of course you don’t want to pay more taxes than you need to; and you want to get all the tax deductions and credits you’re entitled to take. The resources below have helped many... read more

Is anyone having trouble with the HSA component. It's telling me we owe some $ because of the "last month" rule, which ChatGPT and I agree is not right.

My wife's Obamacare insurance qualified for an HSA in 2024, but not in 2025. For some reason, even though she was covered every month in 2024, and we made no contributions to the HSA for/in 2025, it's saying we owe money because of the "last month" r... read more

Where can I find how to add new vehicle interest for a vehicle purchased in 2025? I went to Federal Deductions/Credits but there's nothing here for new vehicles.

Google stated on TurboTax go to Federal Deductions/Credits, Other Deductible Expenses, then Cars & Other Things You Own, and then Car Loan Interest. Car Loan Interest does not show up on my end.

During the federal smart check , form 1116 foreign tax credit worksheet, an error: line 4b1c asks for an entry, what to put?

After completion of 2025 Federal taxes, during the 'checking' phase, an error pops up asking for some entry in line 4-b-1-c of the Form 1116 worksheet (foreign tax credit). This is the line that is a follow on from deductible other interest line 4b -... read more

Line 32a of Form 5695 - missing in TurboTax

Line 32a of IRS Form 5695 includes a checkbox for a joint occupancy situation. (This is distinguishable from line 32b, which includes a checkbox for co-op or condo situation.) TurboTax asks for an answer about co-op or condo (line 32b) but does NOT h... read more

Form 8889

Line 14 Smart Worksheet Line F..... Turbo Tax indicates it is an error that has to be corrected if I do not enter an amount greater than Line G. What amount should it be? Every amount I enter adds line F and G together on the IRS schedule, Line 14A, ... read more