Frequently asked questions
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- Gifts Received
- Grandkids/Grandchildren
- Hurricane Damages
- Joint Filing Status
- Kiddie Tax
- Last Year's State Tax Refund
- Local Income Taxes
- Membership Dues
- More Time Needed to File
- Next Year's Estimated Tax Payments
- Ordinary Dividend Income
- Out-of-Pocket Charitable Contributions
- Overpayment Applied
- Parent Reporting Child's Income
- Parents, Claiming as Dependent
- Personal Residence Sale
- Preschool Expenses
- Refund of State Income Tax
- Reporting Children's Income
- Residence, Sale of
- Sale of Inherited Home
- Sale of Stocks or Investments
- Saver's Credit
- Sole Proprietorship Income
- State Refund, Taxable
- Traditional IRA
- Uniforms
- Unreimbursed Employee Expenses
- Vacation Home Rental
- How does foreign tax carryover work?
- What is the menu path?
- Identification Number for an Adopted Child
- What is nominee interest?
- What are nominee dividends?
- What is accrued interest?
- What is a bond premium?
- What is Deluxe Support?
- What kind of description should I enter for donated property?
- How should I print my return for my records?
- What is Connecticut's Credit for Prior Year Alternative Minimum Tax?
- What if I paid taxes to another state besides Montana?
- How do I claim the Hawaii Child Passenger Restraint System Credit?
- What contributions qualify for the College SAVE account?
- Am I eligible for the Credit for Income Taxes Paid to Another State?
- Do I qualify for taxes paid to another state if I work in Montana or Minnesota?
- What is the minimum retirement age for a disability pension?
- What are costs for Insulation Material or Air Sealing Material or Systems to Reduce Heat Loss or Gain?
- What are costs for Exterior Windows or Skylights?
- What are costs for Exterior Doors?
- What are costs for Natural Gas, Propane, or Oil Furnace or Hot Water Boiler?
- What are Qualified Solar Electric Property costs?
- What are Qualified Solar Water Heating Property costs?
- What are Qualified Small Wind Energy Property costs?
- What are Qualified Geothermal Heat Pump costs?
- What are costs for Qualified Fuel Cell Property?
- Can I use direct debit to pay my state taxes?
- Reporting Employee Stock Purchase Plan Income (ESPP)
- What is the Virginia National Guard Income Subtraction?
- What is the Virginia Basic Military Pay Subtraction?
- What is the Virginia Foster Care Deduction?
- Paid Preparer
- Other Mortgage Information
- Taxes Paid
- Mortgage Interest (Form 1098)
- Investment Interest
- Other Itemized Deductions
- Casualty and Theft Losses
- What is the vehicle's cost or basis?
- Inventory and Cost of Goods Sold
- What is Long-Term Care Insurance?
- Do I report my Form 1099-PATR on Schedule F?
- What is a wash sale?
- Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN)
- What is the Montana Elderly Homeowner/Renter Credit?
- Tiebreaker rules for the Earned Income Credit
- What are the paid preparer knowledge requirements?
- How do I determine Fair Market Value of a donation?
- Insurance for Casualty or Theft
- Where do I enter the Date of Death
- Do I need to file FinCEN Form 114 (formerly Form TD F 90-22.1)?
- Statement of Foreign Financial Assets (Form 8938)
- Can I check my refund status with a phone app?
- Where do I enter my Form 1099-K?
- Where do I enter Gains and Losses From Section 1256 Contracts and Straddles (Form 6781)?
- Form 1098-MA
- What should I enter as my street address?
- Can I claim my grandchild (or niece, brother, etc.) as a dependent?
- Can I claim my parent, adult child, grandparent, aunt, or other adult relative as a dependent?
- How is my taxable part of my IRA distribution calculated?
- Can I claim my child if my child has a job and is filing his or her own tax return?
- Can I claim the education credit for my college-age child?
- How do I withdraw excess HSA contributions?
- Tax Exempt Grants and Scholarships
- What if I received a state or local tax refund in addition to the one that I received from the state tax return I filed with FreeTaxUSA?
- Did I itemize my deductions?
- What Education Account distributions are not subject to additional tax?
- Which year does the 1098-T cover?
- What do I enter for Alimony Received?
- What do I enter for the Alaska Permanent Fund?
- What do I enter for Household Employee Wages?
- What do I enter for Gambling Income on the Other Sources of Income screen?
- What do I enter for NOL Carryforward?
- What do I enter for Jury Duty Fees?
- What do I enter for Miscellaneous Income on the Other Sources of Income screen?
- Do I need to attach my Form 1099-MISC to this rental property?
- Do I need to attach my Form 1099-MISC to this farm?
- Should I include rollover and Roth IRA conversion amounts on the Retirement Savings Credit screen?
- Does my state accept my federal extension?
- Alabama Extension
- Arizona Extension
- Arkansas Extension
- California Extension
- Colorado Extension
- Connecticut Extension
- How do I file a Delaware extension?
- District of Columbia Extension
- Georgia Extension
- How do I file a Hawaii extension?
- Should I file an Idaho Extension?
- Illinois Extension
- Indiana Extension
- Iowa Extension
- How do I file a Kansas Extension?
- Maine Extension
- How do I file a Maryland Extension?
- Massachusetts Extension
- Do I need to file a Michigan Extension?
- Minnesota Extension
- Mississippi Extension
- Missouri Extension
- Montana Extension
- Nebraska Extension
- New Jersey Extension
- New Mexico Extension
- New York Extension
- How do I file a North Carolina Extension?
- North Dakota Extension
- Ohio Extension
- Oregon Extension
- Oklahoma Extension
- Pennsylvania Extension
- Rhode Island Extension
- South Carolina Extension
- What is a Vermont Extension?
- Virginia Extension
- West Virginia Extension
- How do I file a Wisconsin extension?
- What is the Arkansas Tuition Deduction?
- What expenses qualify for the Arkansas Tuition Deduction?
- Can I exclude some of my canceled mortgage debt from my taxable income?
- How do I know if my asset qualifies for the Section 179 expense?
- What if none of these amortizable asset classifications apply?
- How do I know what prior-year amortization to enter here?
- What is my amortizable asset's "life"?
- How do I know what AMT prior-year depreciation to enter here?
- What kind of depreciation method should I use?
- What do I enter as the useful life?
- Which MACRS convention should I use?
- What sort of my spouse's past-due obligations might my refund pay for?
- Do I have to report my canceled debt as income?
- Should I mail or e-file my extension?
- Will I be charged extra if I choose to e-file my return?
- How do I know if my bond interest is tax-exempt?
- Form 1098
- CSA-1099-R and CSF-1099-R
- 1099-SA
- What if I changed my vehicle from personal to business use?
- What are commuting miles?
- What are SEP and SIMPLE plans?
- What is a Lump-Sum Social Security payment?
- What if I don't want to pay anything now?
- If I filed a return with FreeTaxUSA last year, should I create a new account this year?
- Why can't I attach my 1099-MISC?
- Why should I file my federal and state tax returns together?
- What is an injured spouse?
- What is a community property state?
- How do I know which year's tax return I need to file?
- Do I need to file a tax return?
- How can I unsubscribe from your marketing emails?
- How do I know if my extension is accepted and considered timely?
- I only have an amount in Box 3 of my 1099-DIV. What should I do?
- The taxable amount, Box 2a, is not listed on my 1099-R. What do I enter?
- Are health insurance premiums part of the unreimbursed medical expenses?
- How do I amend a prior year return?
- Can I amend my return even if I didn't originally file using this software?
- I decided I don't want to amend my return. How do I delete the amendment?
- Where do I put Section 125 Plan information?
- Why is my refund lower than expected?
- My refund was delayed, can you tell me why?
- How do I e-file a prior year return?
- Can you deduct the fee from my refund?
- Do foreign schools qualify for the education credits or deduction?
- What if I have more questions regarding the Oregon Preparer E-File Mandate?
- What if I don't know my school's address?
- What is Utah's Gold and Silver Coin Sale Credit?
- What are qualifying expenses for the Child and Dependent Care Credit?
- Does my child qualify as a student for the Earned Income Credit ?
- Is my dependent considered disabled according to the IRS?
- Accuracy Guarantee
- I am preparing a return for the wrong tax year. How do I sign in to the software for a different tax year?
- When will my state be available?
- What are the important filing dates for the 2025 tax season?
- Important Dates for Extensions
- What if I already paid sales or use tax that was more than what I'd owe in West Virginia?
- Are there days that I should exclude for the substantial presence test?
- What types of income do qualify for the Illinois retirement subtraction?
- What are required course materials for enrollment?
- Taxable Distributions Received From Cooperatives (Form 1099-PATR)
- Do you support tax returns for clergy?
- If I am filing a joint return with my spouse, what should I do if my spouse received an Identity Protection PIN?
- Agricultural Program Payments
- What is North Dakota's Reciprocity Agreement?
- Do I qualify for North Dakota's Reciprocity Agreement?
- How do I know if I'm a full-year resident of North Dakota?
- What is the definition of "permanent place of residence"?
- Am I a North Carolina full-year resident?
- Am I a North Carolina part-year resident?
- Am I a North Carolina nonresident?
- What do I do if I have tax-exempt interest from a bond issued by a state I lived in, but I lived in more than one state?
- What do I do if I have tax-exempt dividends from a bond issued by a state I lived in, but I lived in more than one state?
- Which state does a military member's spouse report income to?
- Which state should a student report income to?
- How do I know how much income belongs to a state if I'm a nonresident of the state?
- How do I know how much income belongs to a state if I'm a part-year resident of the state?
- How do I know how much income belongs to a state if I'm a part-year resident of the state?
- How do I know how much income belongs to Iowa if I'm a part-year resident of Iowa?
- How do I know how much income belongs to Iowa if I'm a nonresident of Iowa?
- How do I know my state of domicile in Maine?
- Who is a full-year resident of Georgia?
- Who is a part-year resident of Georgia?
- Who is a nonresident of Georgia?
- Am I a New Jersey full-year resident?
- What if the amount that I paid in 2025 is different from the amount on the 1098-T?
- What is my permanent home?
- As the nonresident spouse of a military member in Oklahoma on military orders, what income is not taxable to Oklahoma?
- Do I need to report my wages to the state where I'm stationed?
- What types of income aren't taxed if my nonmilitary spouse is in this state only because of my military orders?
- Am I an Ohio full-year resident?
- Am I an Ohio part-year resident?
- Am I an Ohio nonresident?
- Who is a full-year resident of California?
- What types of income aren't taxed if my nonmilitary spouse is in Montana only because of military orders?
- What is a full-year resident of Connecticut?
- What is a part-year resident of Connecticut?
- What is a nonresident of Connecticut?
- Which return type should I choose if I'm a part-year resident of Delaware?
- Why would I pay more state tax as a dual-state resident?
- Who is a full-year resident of Idaho?
- Who is a part-year resident of Idaho?
- Who is a nonresident of Idaho?
