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February 6, 2026
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Dividend entry

  • February 6, 2026
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Under INTEREST and DIVIDENDS, I am trying to enter my dividends total into Turbotax, but it will only pull up INTEREST. The screen shows a line for Interest and a line for Dividends. When I click into the Dividends line it pulls up the Interest line. Is this the correct response from Turbotax? 

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    SteamTrain
    Level 15
    February 6, 2026

    @user17704014636 

     

    After you enter that area, the software shows a bunch of different boxes....make sure you actually click on the Dividends box before continuing.

     

    That same next page shows even if you go in on the Menu line, or the Dividends line, or the stock transactions menu line

     

     

    ____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*
    DoninGA
    Level 15
    Level 15
    February 6, 2026

    To report dividend income received -

    Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home & Business)
    Click on Wages and Income (Personal Income using Home & Business)
    Click on I'll choose what I work on
    Under Interest and Dividends
    On Dividends on 1099-DIV, click on the start or update button

     

    On the screen Did you have investment income in 2025? select Yes

    On the next screen Save time and connect your financial accounts click on Enter a different way

    On the next screen How do you want to add your docs? click on Type it in myself

    On the next screen OK, let's start with one investment type click on Dividends and continue

    SteamTrain
    Level 15
    February 6, 2026

    ____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*
    baldietax
    Level 12
    February 6, 2026

    are you referring to the list of 1099s since the redesign, if you click update on either line in the Interest and Dividends section it will show the long list of all your 1099s, ordered by Payer not the 1099 type.  It used to be separate views for either interest or dividends.  At the very bottom (ugh! - scroll, scroll) is the button for Add Investments which takes you to the import list, if you skip that you get the buttons to input different types of income.

     

    It's super annoying workflow since they changed this last year.  For INT and DIV I use Forms mode and you can see totals on Schedule B but you may still have to do a pass thru them in EasyStep to clear any in "needs review" status.