Frequently asked questions
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- Where do I enter At-Risk Limitations (Form 6198)?
- Where do I enter Noncash Charitable Contributions (Form 8283)?
- Where do I enter Passive Activity Loss Limitations (PALs), Form 8582?
- Where do I enter Passive Activity Credit Limitations, Form 8582-CR?
- Where do I enter Nondeductible IRAs (Form 8606)?
- Where do I enter my child's investment income (Form 8814)?
- Where do I enter my home office expenses (Form 8829)?
- Where do I enter adoption expenses (Form 8839)?
- Where do I enter Archer MSAs or Long-Term Care Insurance Contracts (Form 8853)?
- Where do I enter Form 8862 (claiming a credit after disallowance)?
- Where do I enter Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel Fuel Credits?
- Where do I enter the paid preparers due diligence checklist (Form 8867)?
- Where do I enter the IRS e-file signature authorization for an extension (Form 8878)?
- Where do I enter an allocation of my refund (Form 8888)?
- Where do I enter my Health Savings Account (Form 8889)?
- Where do I enter a Qualified Disaster Distribution and Repayment (Form 8915)?
- Where do I enter the Tuition Deduction (Form 8917)?
- Where do I enter the Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets (Form 8938)?
- Where do I enter Credit for Small Employer Health Insurance Premiums (Form 8941)?
- Where do I enter the preparer explanation for not filing electronically (Form 8948)?
- Where do I enter Sales and Other Dispositions of Capital Assets (Form 8949)?
- Where do I enter the Additional Medicare Tax (Form 8959)?
- Where do I enter the Qualified Business Income Deduction (Form 8995-A)?
- Where do I enter the Qualified Business Income Deduction Aggregation of Business Operations (Form 8995-A, Schedule B)?
- Where do I enter the Qualified Business Income Deduction Loss Netting and Carryforward (Form 8995-A, Schedule C)?
- Where do I enter the Qualified Business Income Deduction Special Rules for Patrons of Agricultural or Horticultural Cooperatives (Form 8995-A, Schedule D)?
- How are passive losses on a K-1 treated for qualified business income (QBI)?
- How do I adjust the qualified business income (QBI) on my K-1 by passive carryovers?
- How do I correct an excess IRA contribution?
- How do I calculate earnings on my excess IRA contributions?
- How do I know if my QCO code is valid?
- Should I import my 2024 tax return?
- What if my student loan debt was canceled?
- What portion of my sales tax deduction apply to the District of Columbia?
- What if the monthly premium is $0 on my 1095-A?
- How do I use actual costs to deduct my business meal expenses?
- How do I use the standard meal allowance to deduct my business meal expenses?
- What are the business meal expenses deduction limits?
- How can I deduct my business meal expenses if I'm a daycare provider?
- Who is considered a Michigan part-year resident?
- Who is considered a Michigan nonresident?
- What is the West Virginia Natural Gas Liquids Credit?
- What is the Donation or Sale of Vehicle to Qualified Charitable Organizations Credit?
- When would I owe local use taxes?
- What if I already paid some state tax on a purchase?
- What travel expenses can I deduct?
- Where's my Arizona refund?
- Credit for Other Dependents
- What is a non-qualified purpose for distributions from an Oregon 529 Higher Education Savings Plan account?
- What is a qualifying relative?
- What if the IRS hasn't finished processing my 2024 tax return?
- Which grants can I subtract from my DC income?
- What can I carry forward from an employer's dependent care plan?
- How does a carry over of 2024 dependent care benefits affect the Child Care Credit?
- Does my IRA distribution qualify to be nontaxable?
- I have retirement income that isn't from an employer-sponsored plan. Is it taxable?
- What is Utah's Military Retirement Credit?
- What is Utah's Social Security Benefits Tax Credit?
- How do I get an IRS Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN)?
- What is the special rule for separated spouses for the Earned Income Credit?
- What are Utah Retirement Credits?
- What home school expenses qualify for the Ohio Home School Expenses Credit?
- What is the subtraction for Utah municipal bond interest?
- What is my SPAN number?
- What is the Vermont Renter Credit Claim?
- What is the income limit for the Vermont Renter Credit?
- When do I need to file Form 1116, Schedule B?
- What if only one of my children has child care expenses?
- What does the Box 16 checkbox mean on the K-1 for partnerships?
- What does Box 21 mean on the K-1 for partnerships?
- What is an IRS language preference?
- Where can I find the FEMA disaster declaration number for disaster distributions?
- What if my address changed?
- Paying through your IRS Online Account
- What if I'm married and filing as Head of Household?
- When is a care provider a household employee?
- What does the Box 14 checkbox mean on the K-1 for S Corporations?
- What are costs for Qualified Biomass Stoves and Boilers?
- What miscellaneous income is taxable to Pennsylvania?
- Do I need to attach a Wisconsin Schedule 2K-1, 3K-1, or 5K-1?
- How do I enter prior year disaster retirement distributions I spread over 3 years?
- I filed with the correct 2024 AGI. Why was my return rejected?
- How do I correct a mistake on my Hawaii return?
- Why does California need my county or physical address?
- Why is my 2025 refund delayed?
- Why isn't my 2025 refund status showing on the IRS website?
- Do I qualify for the Clean Vehicle Credits?
- What vehicles qualify for the New Clean Vehicles Credit?
- How do I know how much of this beneficiary's education expenses were used to claim an education credit on someone else's return?
- What contributions should I include?
- What if I took a 529 distribution and had tax-free educational assistance?
- Can I deduct state and local income taxes withheld which were not reported on forms W-2, W-2G, or 1099 on Schedule A?
- How do I exclude the 10% penalty on 529 distributions when I had tax-free educational assistance (scholarships, etc.)?
- Am I a retired public safety officer?
- What's new for tax year 2025 in Louisiana?
- What's new for tax year 2025 in Virginia?
- Does FreeTaxUSA support taxable Coverdell Education Savings Account (ESA) distributions on Form 1099-Q?
- Legal and Professional Fees
- Mortgage Interest Paid to Banks
- Other Interest Paid
- Repairs
- What is a statutory employee?
- Why can't I use my Foreign Tax Credit carryover this year?
- How can I enter a crypto Form 8949 with FreeTaxUSA?
- What do I do if my consolidated 1099 has both reported and not reported sales?
- What needs to be included on a summary statement?
- What are actual tips?
- What is a retirement account conversion?
- How many years of college have I completed if I wasn't a full-time student each year or if I got college credit in high school?
- Can I get a Vermont renter credit?
- Investment Credit
- What is the lessee's equivalent basis of property?
- Where do I enter my Investment Credit?
- What is earned income for the IRA Contribution Limit?
- Why are my traditional IRA contributions not fully deductible?
- What is Modified Adjusted Gross Income for IRA contributions?
- What happens if someone claims an education credit based on expenses paid by a 529 program distribution?
- Where would I report 1099-K information?
- Do all 1099-Ks have to be reported?
- What are personal transactions on a 1099-K?
- Hobby Income
- What if I received a 1099-K and a 1099-NEC for the same income?
- What happens to the Premium Tax Credit if my Medicaid eligibility changes?
- What amount should I enter as Alabama wages?
- What do I enter for the name of wallet or exchange for a cryptocurrency sale?
- What do I enter when my holding period is undetermined?
- Where is my section total for sales proceeds?
- Where is my section total for cost basis?
- Where is my section total for sales proceeds?
- Where is my section total for cost basis?
- What does it mean to forfeit dependent care expenses?
- What does it mean to carry over dependent care expenses?
- What is the QBI safe harbor?
- What is a triple net lease?
- What rental activities are considered businesses for tax purposes?
- What is the Wisconsin Itemized Deduction Credit?
- How does the deduction for state and local taxes work?
- Do I qualify for the Wisconsin supplement to the federal Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit?
- Do I need to take a Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) for my inherited IRA account?
- What if I had separate remote care coverage?
- What tax return information do you use?
- How do I enter my investment sales as a summary?
- Why can't I attach my 1099-MISC or 1099-NEC to my business?
- Why does my statutory employee W-2 income need to be reported as business income on Schedule C ?
- What types of income have California tax law differences?
- What if there are multiple students claiming the Lifetime Learning Credit on the other return?
- What are excepted specified foreign financial assets?
- What does it mean to enter my sales one at a time?
- How do I know if my installment sale of my home qualified for a Section 121 exclusion?
- Where can I find the amount of my excluded gain for my home installment sale?
- Can I claim an exemption for an unborn dependent on my Georgia return?
- Do I qualify for an exception to the early withdrawal penalty?
- Do I qualify for the exception for an employer plan with separation from service by March 1, 1986?
- Do I qualify for the exception for distributions from annuity contracts?
- What is an intermediary?
- Why am I not getting a deduction for Health Savings Account (HSA) contributions contributed through my employer?
- How do I pay my Arizona SBI tax due online?
- Do I qualify for the exception for equal periodic payments?
- Do I qualify for the exception for qualified domestic relations order (QDRO)?
- Do I qualify for the early distribution exception for health insurance for the unemployed?
- Do I qualify for the exception for IRS levy?
- Do I qualify for the exception for distributions incorrectly marked as early?
- How do I report the sale of an NFT (non-fungible token) that is an investment?
- What if I don't have a certificate for my efficient energy improvement?
- What is the West Virginia Jumpstart Savings Program Credit?
- What is the West Virginia High Technology Manufacturing Business Credit?
- How will my information be shared by the Illinois Department of Revenue?
- Does Medicare count as a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP)?
- What month did I start sharing the policy?
- What month did I stop sharing the policy?
- What are taxes paid on behalf of a pass-through entity taxpayer?
- What if I can't get my parent's and/or sibling's tax return information?
- Is private mortgage insurance (PMI) deductible as a home office expense?
- What if I made monthly donations to the same organization?
- What's considered a public school for this credit?
- Who is a qualified individual for QFCO services?
- What are QFCO services?
- What is the Vermont Retirement Income Exemption?
- How much do I enter for the tax liability on double-taxed income?
- What are substantial services provided as part of a rental property?
- What type of donation carryovers can I enter here?
- How do I take a nonqualified withdrawal of my excess HSA contributions?
- What if I incorrectly entered excess HSA contributions in a prior year?
- What is a bond premium on a tax-exempt bond?
- Can I change my filing status after I file my tax return?
- Can a nonresident alien file a joint tax return with a spouse who is a U.S. citizen or resident?
- How am I taxed if I have a green card?
- How do stock splits affect my tax return?
- Do I need to report the sale of a car, furniture, or other personal use property?
- Are lawsuit settlements and judgments taxable income?
- Where do I enter my self-employed health insurance deduction?
- What is the deduction limit for state and local taxes?
- How can I adjust withholdings from my wages?
- Nontaxable income for Armed Forces members
- How do I know if I had pass-through income taxed at the entity level for Arizona?
- How much tax do I enter if my pass-through income was taxed at the entity level?
- What if my Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan was forgiven?
- Who is considered a parent?
- What is a personal item on a 1099-K?
- What if I got a 1099-K showing the sale of a personal item?
- Where's my Kentucky refund?
- What is the Short Line Railroad Tax Credit?
- What is the Eisenhower Foundation Credit?
- What is the Oklahoma Earned Income Credit and how is it calculated?
- What is the deduction for Certain North Carolina Grant Payments?
- Why should I enter my SSN instead of my ITIN on the Wages (Form W-2) screen?
- What do I enter as a QCD if I made contributions to my IRA after age 70 1/2?
- Who can claim the Pennsylvania Child and Dependent Care Enhancement Tax Credit?
- How do I know if I qualified for retirement?
- When is my Oklahoma tax return due?
- How and when will I receive my Oklahoma refund?
- Does Oklahoma tax my retirement income?
- Do I have to file a nonresident Oklahoma tax return?
- Can I claim an Oklahoma credit for donations to my public school district?
- When is my Hawaii tax return due?
- When will I get my Hawaii refund?
- Why would I pay additional tax after filing my return?
- What is tax paid?
- How should I answer this question about my Roth IRAs?
- How do I determine the taxable amount?
- What if I filed my 2025 return with another software and want to amend with FreeTaxUSA?
- I received a notice from the IRS. Can I submit the documents they're requesting online?
- What is the Washington Working Families Tax Credit?
- What if I'm repaying a disaster distribution I took 3 years ago?
- What if I only want to amend my state return?
- What if I only want to amend my state return?
- What if I really don't want to file my federal amendment?
- When would I change the recommended deductible taxes?
- Which state returns should I file if I worked remotely?
- How does Hawaii tax remote workers?
- What can I deduct related to unlawful discrimination claims?
- Real Estate Tax
- How do I know if I'll get a Form 1098?
- Do I qualify for the early distribution exception for corrected excess contributions?
- What is a separate structure home office?
- What is my total home office prior year depreciation?
- What do I do if I forgot to claim depreciation in prior years for my assets?
- Do I qualify for the early distribution exception for terminal illness?
- Do I qualify for the early distribution exception for distributions received due to separation of service?
- What if I'm a public safety employee?
- What is a total refund?
- Why would I pay additional Arizona tax after filing my return?
- Have the rules for Required Minimum Distributions (RMD) changed?
- How much does a state return cost?
- What do I do with my Form 3921?
- What kind of explanation should I enter?
- What is taxable income?
- What is my coverage family?
- What types of income are NOT taxable?
- What does it mean to itemize deductions?
