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Deductions & credits

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

Can Personal entry included Country Code instead of US States or Foreign Country (FC). How to do it right initially or change in 760Y?

Wife moved in to Virginia from Asia. Completed all filing especially Peresonal data of moving to VA state in Sep 2023 and had to select FC. When running final review, Turbo said error and offerred to change to international Country Code (TH). Why it ... read more

I inherited farm land in 1995, I am selling it now. Will I have to pay taxes on the proceeds of the sale?

the sell is less than $ 200,000

Do I qualify for an adoption tax credit if adopting a child out of foster care and no out of pocket expenses are paid by me?

I was advised by the adoption agency that there would be a tax credit we would be able to receive next year once the adoption is finalized this year. Trying to confirm if this is correct.

This site and app keep wanting me to upgrade because I "have a foreign investment listed." I've gone back thru and specifically answered "no" to those questions.

I have tried to go back and save and then click the back button to confirm the changes are saved and they show saved, but by the time I get back to the screen to submit I get the same error. I have also tried on the app and have the same problem

Form 8880 Line 4 Certain distributions - Is TurboTax Doing It Wrong?

The IRS in https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p590a.pdf page 45 states " Eligible contributions. These include 1. Contributions to a traditional or Roth IRA; 2. Salary reduction contributions (elective deferrals, including amounts designated as after-ta... read more

Clarification on commute mileage for work and between work sites

I am a home infusion/hospice nurse that works for a major hospital chain. I commute directly from my home to a patient's home, work with them, and then commute to another patient's home, etc. My work schedule is set so that I see the same patients on... read more

Eic and investment income

If I have a negative amount from rental income in a schedule E and capital gains and dividends also would the rental income which is negative offset the gains and dividends so I would qualify for the eic

2023 Energy Tax Credit partial business use of home

I use my primary home for business (30% use). I'm using TurboTax for Home and Business. I had thought that the energy tax credit would be calculated as Total cost $6000 of biomass stove by 70% residential portion of home, multiplied by 30% of the cos... read more

I am self-employed and have an HRA as a retiree benefit from my former employer. Can I deduct premiums for LTC, dental, and the non-reimbursed portion of healthcare?

Why does TT want keychain control? Should I return it?

Why would a consumer product start out by asking for control of my keychain to install (before even getting the product key for activation)? tmx-bpl_uuid_service being asked for with no explanation. Awful UI or trojan exploit? Best I can tell, maybe ... read more

TurboTax is not deducting my mortgage points

Even though the purchase is for a primary home and meets all the requirements

Mortgage interest deduction

I am considering doing a cash back refinance of my current home and using the money to purchase a rental property. In this case, is the interest on the loan deductible? It seems like it should be but I can't find anything conclusive in IRS documents.

Is this return impacted by inaccurate TY21-->TY22 conversion? Checked yes

First off, way is this checked yes? After spending hours reading forums and various other posts, there was a bug in TT on a past return that is causing this and requiring this? If so, why isn't there a fix or a step by step solution guide? Isn't the ... read more