Turbo Tax Error for Special Depreciation Allowance for the Car and Truck Expenses Worksheet needs answered

[redheadsrock82]

I received this error above on my 2025 tax return and I noticed last year that line 36i was left blank but this year it is an error and needs a number. I also noticed that the 36a and a few other lines are answered differently on my 2024 tax return. I cannot change that selection to match the previous year and two of these work vehicles are showing the same error and are not new purchases. I'm wondering if it was a problem with the information carrying over. Please advise if I should just enter '0' on line 36i or if I need to change line 36a to match and how do I do that since it is not letting me manually change it. I've already gone through the questions over and over again and keep getting the same error. Thank you!!! 2024 tax return2025 tax return with errors

[maglib]

You did not state which version of TT you are using.    I'm not sure what assets you are referring to as we don't see your return.  

The special depreciation allowance would only apply if you elected it and would only be for the year the asset was placed in service.  It should have carried forward.

Recent History:

• 2023 80% allowance
• 2024: 60% allowance.
• 2025: 40% allowance (or 100% for specific property acquired after Jan 19, 2025)
  • 40% Allowance: Generally applies to qualified property placed in service after Dec. 31, 2024, and before Jan. 1, 2026.
  • 60% Allowance: Applies to property with a long production period and certain aircraft placed in service in 2025.
  • 100% Allowance: Reinstated for specific qualified property acquired and placed in service after Jan. 19, 2025, according to the 2025 Instructions for Form 4562.
  • Vehicles: The 2025 special depreciation allowance for vehicles is limited. Total depreciation, including this allowance, cannot exceed $20,200 for passenger automobiles, subject to business use percentage, as indicated in 2025 Instructions for Form 2106.

    You would have to go to FORMS mode.  Open up VIEW>FORMS> then scroll to Schedule C or E and see what Asset Wks forms have a red exclamation point next to them.    Then compare the history of the worksheet for that asset to last year to see if you took a special allowance.  The data should not change on historical assets and should carry forward.

    Many do not use special depreciation as businesses with a loss, there is no need to further depreciate if you can't use the losses. 

    I can't be of much help as I don't see your return.

[redheadsrock82]

Thank you for your response. I'm using the Home and Business desktop version of Turbo Tax. I attached a couple of screenshots showing two different years for the same work vehicle and the selection for the Economic Stimulus on that work vehicle changed but I'm not sure why. The top picture shows the selection for the vehicle in 2024 and the picture below shows the same vehicle but now the Economic Stimulus selection is different and now I get the error to fill in the Special Depreciation Allowance in yellow that I've never filled in before. I just wondered if there was a glitch in the way the vehicle copied over from my 2024 return into Turbo Tax for 2025. Or should I just enter '0" under Special Depreciation Allowance for 2025 since I don't have any to carry over and I cannot change the selection for Economic Stimulus to 'No'. I've answered the questions over and over again for that vehicle and I keep ending up with the Economic Stimulus answer different than last year. 

Thank you! 

[maglib]

@redheadsrock82   You forgot to attach the screen shots.  You should make the history of the asset be the same.  I'm glad you are using desktop as that is easiest to drill down.  Go to 2024 return View>Forms> scroll to asset wks or if vehicle Car & Truck  for the asset and it will give you historical info as of last year.  In 2025, if not a vehicle, make sure the prior depreciation and AMT depreciation amount matches what was on 2024.   Look at 9a section.  If you never took special depreciation the NA boxes should be checked for 9a 2-4.  If for a vehicle then look at Part VI, in line 42 you can click to see the asset life history that should tie to prior years filings.  

You can always edit these numbers.  I'm not sure why any history would have changed from a prior year unless someone edited the prior year filing or you transferred wrong info over.   But, you can fix it.