Frequently asked questions
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- What is a deduction?
- What is tax paid?
- What is an applied refund from my 2024 return?
- Why would I apply my refund to next year's taxes?
- Do I need to file an Arts Income Tax Return ?
- What if I don't qualify for the Alabama Head of Family filing status?
- How do I calculate the Iowa Housing Investment Tax Credit?
- How do I calculate the Iowa Wind Energy Production Tax Credit?
- How do I calculate the Iowa Agricultural Assets Transfer Tax Credit?
- How do I calculate the Iowa Beginning Farmer Tax Credit?
- How do I calculate the Iowa Charitable Conservation Tax Credit?
- How do I calculate the Iowa Redevelopment Tax Credit?
- How do I calculate the Iowa Solar Energy System Tax Credit?
- How do I calculate the Iowa Geothermal Heat Pump Tax Credit (installed and awarded after tax year 2018 or installed prior to 2017)?
- How do I calculate the Iowa Custom Farming Contract Tax Credit?
- How do I calculate the Iowa Innovation Fund Tax Credit?
- How do I calculate the Iowa Workforce Housing Investment Tax Credit?
- How do I calculate the Iowa Hoover Presidential Library Tax Credit?
- When does my Iowa credit expire?
- What are Maryland noneconomic damages from claims of unlawful discrimination?
- Business Mileage
- What does "Pay when I e-file" mean?
- What does "Pay later" or "Pay on my own" mean?
- Paying federal tax due with credit card or debit card
- What is Mortgage Interest Paid on a Seller-Financed Loan?
- What are Points NOT on Form 1098?
- What are Amortizing Points?
- What is my Oregon Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI)?
- How do I know how much of my prior year refunds are taxable in Hawaii?
- How does Maine tax remote workers?
- How does Colorado tax remote workers?
- How does Connecticut tax remote workers?
- How does Minnesota tax remote workers?
- How does Wisconsin tax remote workers?
- Am I a nonresident of Utah?
- Am I a part-year resident of Utah?
- How does Utah tax remote workers?
- What if I didn't acquire my investment on one specific date?
- What is a substitute statement?
- Why don't I have a refund or amount owed on my amendment?
- How does Arizona tax remote workers?
- How does Delaware tax remote workers?
- What if I am in Washington for at least 183 days for work or for school without commuting back to my state of residence? Do I meet the WFTC residency requirement?
- How does California tax remote workers?
- How does Alabama tax remote workers?
- How does the District of Columbia (DC) tax remote workers?
- How does Georgia tax remote workers?
- Is my remote work for the convenience of my employer in a bona fide office?
- How does New York tax remote workers?
- How does Louisiana tax remote workers?
- How does Arkansas tax remote workers?
- How does Ohio tax remote workers?
- How does Michigan tax remote workers?
- How much of my Form 1099-Q income is taxable?
- What are qualified education expenses for my 529 distribution?
- How does Rhode Island tax remote workers?
- How does Oklahoma tax remote workers?
- How does West Virginia tax remote workers?
- Why didn't my amendment change my refund (or tax due) like I expected it to?
- How does Maryland tax remote workers?
- How does Oregon tax remote workers?
- How does Vermont tax remote workers?
- How does Missouri tax remote workers?
- How does Idaho tax remote workers?
- How does North Dakota tax remote workers?
- How does North Carolina tax remote workers?
- How does Iowa tax remote workers?
- How does Indiana tax remote workers?
- How does Montana tax remote workers?
- Is FreeTaxUSA Safe?
- How does South Carolina tax remote workers?
- Who qualifies for the Arizona Property Tax Credit?
- Other living circumstances to qualify for the Arizona Property Tax Credit
- Can I change my refund bank information on an amended return?
- Can I change payment bank information on an amended return?
- What happens to my original return when I start an amendment?
- What if I haven't received my refund or paid the taxes I owe from my original return?
- How do I contact Customer Service?
- How do I file a prior year return?
- How do I make a California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) data request?
- Is FreeTaxUSA a legitimate site?
- We support free 1099 filing
- We support Schedule C
- How do I print my 2024 tax return?
- How do I get a copy of a prior year tax return?
- How do I amend a prior year return?
- Can I e-file my prior year tax return?
- Do I need to file a Kansas return if I telecommute?
- Why can't I use my email or phone for verification?
- Do I need to file a New Jersey return if I worked remotely?
- How does Virginia tax remote workers?
- How does Kentucky tax remote workers?
- If I turned 72 in 2023, when do I need to take a Required Minimum Distribution (RMD)?
- What are Oregon local tax returns?
- Do I need to file Form SP-2025 Business Tax Return for Individuals?
- What are nonexempted professions for Utah's Nonresident Exemption?
- How does Illinois tax remote workers?
- How does Pennsylvania tax remote workers?
- Is my remote work for the benefit of my employer?
- Did you stop using your vehicle for business?
- Business Vehicle Used for Hire
- What are total miles driven for all purposes?
- Off-Duty Use of Business Vehicles
- What is written evidence?
- How does owning and leasing a business vehicle differ?
- Selling or Disposing of Rental Assets
- Carryover Expenses From a Rental Home
- Advertising Expenses
- Cleaning and Maintenance Expenses
- Insurance Expenses
- Management Fee Expenses
- Supplies Expense
- Utility Expenses
- Commission Expenses
- Miscellaneous Expenses
- Multiple Estimated Tax Payments
- I can't remove the date of an estimated tax payment
- How does Washington tax remote workers?
- What is the Washington Capital Gains Tax Return?
- Does Washington have a state tax return?
- What is Utah's Nonresident Exemption?
- Should I adjust the taxable state refund amount shown here?
- How does Mississippi tax remote workers?
- What if I'm self-employed?
- What if I can't claim all of my Medicare premiums as a self-employed health insurance business deduction?
- How does Nebraska tax remote workers?
- Why isn't my code working?
- How do I know how much the maximum clean vehicle credit is?
- What vehicles qualify for the Commercial Clean Vehicle Credit?
- What vehicles qualify for the Used Clean Vehicle Credit?
- What is the FTC rule for multi-factor authentication?
- How does New Mexico tax remote workers?
- How does Massachusetts tax remote workers?
- Do I need to file a FinCEN Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) report?
- What is the correction window for a Required Minimum Distribution (RMD)?
- I don't want to file my state return. Why do I have to mail it before I amend?
- When can I claim the Fuel Tax Credit for sustainable aviation fuel?
- What happens if I repay an early distribution?
- What is a federally declared disaster?
- What if I can't remember a Social Security Number (SSN)?
- What if my FEMA number has a state code at the end?
- What is the Montana Adoption Tax Credit?
- What if I can't get in contact with my spouse to get their SSN?
- How will my voluntary contribution to the Girl Scouts of Oregon and SW Washington be used?
- What if I was affected by drought?
- What is depreciation?
- What is a Section 179 deduction?
- What is Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)?
- What is Form 1040?
- What is prior tax paid?
- What is my basis in Roth IRA contributions?
- What is my basis in Roth IRA conversions?
- What is tax-free educational assistance for the Series EE or I Bond interest exclusion?
- What is the California Hope, Opportunity, Perseverance, and Empowerment (HOPE) for Children Trust Account Program?
- What is the Illinois Volunteer Emergency Worker Credit?
- Do I qualify to exclude Series EE or I Bond interest?
- What are qualified higher education expenses for the Series EE or I Bond interest exclusion?
- What do I enter for interest included in total proceeds?
- Does the Clean Vehicle Credit affect my basis in the vehicle?
- What is the incremental cost for the Commercial Clean Vehicle Credit?
- What is a split-interest entity?
- What is the Virginia Firearm Safety Device Tax Credit?
- What is the Louisiana Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Road Usage Fee?
- What documentation is required for a Utah return if the taxpayer is deceased?
- What is the military pay exclusion?
- Can I pay my tax due with a digital wallet?
- How do I report personal items sold at a loss from my 1099-K on Schedule 1?
- Which Massachusetts charitable donations qualify?
- Am I eligible for the West Virginia Volunteer Firefighter Tax Credit?
- What if I received a Form 1099-K in error?
- How do I report incorrect 1099-K income on Line 8z and Line 24z of Schedule 1?
- What are Qualified Battery Storage Technology costs?
- What are costs for Home Energy Audit?
- What are qualified costs for Central Air Conditioners?
- What are qualified costs for Natural Gas, Propane, or Oil Water Heaters?
- What are costs for Improvements or Replacement of Panelboards, Subpanelboards, Branch Circuits, or Feeders (also called Enabling Property)?
- What are costs for Electric or Natural Gas Heat Pumps?
- What are costs for Electric or Natural Gas Heat Pump Water Heaters?
- What are heating, cooling, and electrical upgrades (also called qualified energy property)?
- Do I need to change anything for my Home Energy Credit if I received a subsidy from a public utility?
- What are qualified energy efficiency improvements?
- Who is a qualifying person for the Child and Family Tax Credit?
- What is the Iowa Active Duty Military Pay Subtraction?
- What is an eligible census tract for the Alternative Fuel Credit?
- What is the Missouri Beginning Farmer Deduction?
- What is the Maryland adoption expense subtraction?
- What is the Maryland subtraction for the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007?
- What is the subtraction for the sale of a perpetual conservation easement?
- Enrolled Agent
- What is Audit Defense?
- What income is from Arizona sources?
- Where do I enter my self-employed elective deferral or solo 401(k) contributions?
- How do I determine the contribution limit for my solo 401(k)?
- How do I get my current Identity Protection PIN to e-file my prior year tax return?
- How do I correct excess 401(k) contributions?
- How do I enter an inherited investment property sale?
- What if my employer isn't withholding enough taxes?
- Did I receive a refund in 2025 from a 2023 or earlier tax return?
- How does the hold on my card work?
- How do prior year returns work?
- Why would I unlock my return?
- What is Interest Previously Reported on a Treasury Bond?
- What is an IRA recharacterization?
- What are IRA contributions?
- What is passive income for purposes of the Foreign Tax Credit?
- Why wouldn't I want to claim the exception?
- Why would I need to adjust my foreign income for foreign qualified dividends, capital gain distributions, and capital gains and losses?
- How do I adjust my foreign passive income for foreign qualified dividends, capital gain distributions, and capital gains and losses?
- Do I need to adjust for foreign income reported on my K-1?
- What is prorated Wisconsin tax?
- What states allow me to deduct my vehicle's property taxes?
- What if I received a subsidy (e.g. an incentive, grant, or rebate) for my energy efficient home improvement or residential clean energy property costs?
- Is my pay as an election worker taxable?
- What do I do if the date of birth shown isn't correct?
- What do I do if the date of birth shown isn't correct?
- What is the Oregon Kids Credit?
- What if I don't have a Social Security Number (SSN)?
- What if I adopted or fostered a child in 2025?
- What is a qualified appraisal for noncash charitable contributions?
- Where can I find Form 1095-A?
- What's the difference between the mortgage origination date and the purchase date?
- What is a state marketplace?
- What are passkeys?
- How do I delete a passkey from my device?
- How do I use the passkey I created?
- How do I report an IRA conversion and/or recharacterization of my IRA contributions?
- What happens if I recharacterize my IRA contribution after December 31, 2025?
- What if I convert my IRA to a different type after December 31, 2025?
- What's taxable in a traditional IRA to Roth IRA conversion?
- What is the difference between an IRA conversion and an IRA recharacterization?
- How do I report an IRA recharacterization?
- How to report an IRA conversion
- What if I made a 2025 traditional IRA contribution and I plan to convert my traditional IRA to a Roth IRA?
- How do I know if I had nondeductible traditional IRA contributions in a prior year?
- What kinds of foreign accounts does this include?
- How do I enter my own Self-Employed Contributions both as Employer and Employee to a Solo 401(k)?
- Why would I choose to not take my IRA deduction?
- How did you calculate my deductible IRA contributions?
- Why can't I sign in with my passkey?
- What is the pass-through entity's total FMV (fair market value) of the property?
- Why does it matter if my household item or clothing is in good used condition or better?
- What is a bargain sale?
- Am I a nonresident of New Mexico?
- How can I cancel my direct debit payment to Utah?
- Who is a qualified appraiser?
- What is a Donee Acknowledgment?
- How can I cancel my Illinois direct debit payment?
- What is nonbusiness rental income?
- What are equivalent credit hours?
- For which students can I claim the South Carolina Tuition Credit?
