Frequently asked questions
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- How long will it take my direct debit payment to go through?
- Do I need to print a copy of my return for my records?
- How will I know if my state accepts my return?
- Why would I enter itemized deductions when I can't take them on my federal return?
- How do I find out how much my vehicle weighs?
- Why do I need to enter the date of birth?
- Should I enter myself as a dependent?
- What if I have an ITIN instead of a Social Security number (SSN)?
- What is an Employer Identification Number (EIN)?
- What if I have more than one 1099-R?
- What are gross distributions?
- What does it mean if the taxable amount is not determined on my 1099-R?
- What does it mean if the box is checked indicating that this is a total distribution on my 1099-R?
- Employee Contributions or Insurance Premiums
- What are some examples of car or truck expenses I can deduct for my business?
- What are some examples of home office expenses I can deduct?
- What are some examples of computer, office furniture, or equipment related expenses I can deduct for my business?
- What are some examples of business related expenses I can deduct?
- What home office expenses will I be able to deduct?
- Asset Type
- How do I calculate my sales price?
- How do I calculate my selling expenses?
- What are some examples of home additions and permanent home improvements?
- What portion of my conversion to a Roth IRA is taxable and non-taxable?
- What should I enter as the date sold or disposed?
- What is interest income?
- What is an early withdrawal penalty?
- Is interest on US Savings Bonds and Treasury Obligations taxable?
- What is federal income tax withheld?
- Some of my interest income should be excluded from my state return. How do I make sure the correct amount gets excluded?
- What do I enter as a description of property for an investment sale?
- What if I received Form 1099-S?
- What if I didn't receive a Form 1099-B or consolidated 1099?
- I need to report an investment I sold on Form 8949. Where can I find Form 8949?
- If I have a dividend reinvestment plan (DRP), will the dividends I reinvest increase the cost basis?
- What should I enter as the sales proceeds?
- What is the basis of my second home or vacation home?
- Where do I enter rental property I sold?
- Loan or Gift
- Commissions and Fees
- Contract Labor
- Employee Benefit Programs
- Insurance
- Mortgage Interest and Other Interest
- Legal/Professional Services
- Office Expense
- Equipment Rent
- Other Rent
- Repairs and Maintenance
- Supplies
- Taxes and Licenses
- Business Travel
- Utilities
- Wages
- Inventory Value
- What if I forgot my password?
- Sale of Business Assets
- What do I enter for the sale of business assets?
- What do I enter for section 179 recapture or excess depreciation recapture?
- Where do I enter other income related to sold business assets?
- What are administrative or management activities?
- What if the business percentage of a cost is different than the percentage of my home I used for my business?
- Where do I report the 1099-MISC, Box 1 amount?
- Where do I report the 1099-MISC, Box 2 amount?
- Where do I report the 1099-MISC, Box 3 amount?
- What are 1099-MISC fishing boat proceeds?
- Where do I report the 1099-MISC, Box 6 amount?
- What is 1099-NEC nonemployee compensation?
- Where do I report the amount shown in 1099-MISC, Box 8 ?
- What does it mean if Box 7 on my 1099-MISC is checked?
- Where do I report the amount shown in 1099-MISC, Box 9?
- What are 1099-MISC gross proceeds paid to an attorney?
- What are dependent care benefits on my W-2?
- What are investment expenses?
- What is foreign tax paid?
- What is specified private activity bond interest?
- What are ordinary dividends?
- What are unrecaptured section 1250 gains?
- What is a collectibles 28% gain?
- What are investment expenses?
- What are exempt-interest dividends?
- What is specified private activity bond interest?
- What is ordinary business income (loss) on my partnership Schedule K-1?
- What is net rental real estate income (loss) on my partnership Schedule K-1?
- What is other net rental income (loss) on my partnership Schedule K-1?
- What are guaranteed payments on my partnership Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 5 on my partnership Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 6a on my partnership Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 6b on my partnership Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 7 on my partnership Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 8 on my partnership Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 9a on my partnership Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 9b on my partnership Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 9c on my partnership Schedule K-1?
- What is net section 1231 gain (loss) on my partnership Schedule K-1?
- What is ordinary business income (loss) on my S corporation Schedule K-1?
- What is net rental real estate income (loss) on my S corporation Schedule K-1?
- What is other net rental income (loss) on my S corporation Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 4 on my S corporation Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 5a on my S corporation Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 5b on my S corporation Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 6 on my S corporation Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 7 on my S corporation Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 8a on my S corporation Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 8b on my S corporation Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 8c on my S corporation Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 9 on my S corporation Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 1 on my estate Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 2a on my estate Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 2b on my estate Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 3 on my estate Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 4a on my estate Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 4b on my estate Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 4c on my estate Schedule K-1?
- What is other portfolio and nonbusiness income on my estate Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 6 on my estate Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 7 on my estate Schedule K-1?
- What is amount shown in Box 8 on my estate Schedule K-1?
- What is the amount shown in Box 10 on my estate Schedule K-1?
- Directly Apportioned Deductions
- What do the codes mean in Box 11 of the estate K-1?
- What do the codes mean in Box 12 of the estate Schedule K-1?
- What do the codes mean in Box 13 of the estate Schedule K-1?
- What do the codes mean in Box 14 of the estate Schedule K-1?
- What are conservation expenses on Schedule F?
- What can I enter for custom hire/machine work on Schedule F?
- What can I enter for insurance on Schedule F?
- What can I enter for labor hired on Schedule F?
- What can I enter for other rent or lease paid on Schedule F?
- What can I enter for repairs and maintenance on Schedule F?
- What can I enter for taxes on Schedule F?
- What can I enter for utilities on Schedule F?
- What if I forgot my username?
- 2-Step Verification
- What happens if I enter a summary of stock sales?
- How do I enter summary totals from my Form 1099-B or consolidated 1099?
- What is the sale of a collectible?
- What adjustments can I enter for a stock or investment sold?
- What is an alternative fuel for the refueling property credit?
- Where do I enter an alternative fuel vehicle refueling property (Form 8911)?
- What happens when I convert an asset to 100% personal use?
- What happens when I gift an asset to someone or a charitable organization?
- What happens when I sell my home that I've also used for business?
- How do I know what prior-year depreciation to enter here?
- How do I know how to recompute my prior year depreciation?
- What should I enter for recomputed depreciation from Section 179 recapture?
- Why didn't I get all the W-2 withholdings back from my nonresident state?
- Example of the Credit for Taxes Paid to Another State
- What Michigan city tax returns can I e-file on FreeTaxUSA?
- What income isn't subject to tax in Arkansas?
- What is excess depreciation recapture?
- What is Section 179 recapture?
- How do I prepare a summary statement for stock or cryptocurrency sales?
- How do I file my state tax return?
- How do I calculate the gross income from all sources for Form 1116?
- Clergy or Church Employee Wages
- What is Form 4361?
- What is Form 4029?
- What is the fair rental value of my church housing?
- What are self-employment tax adjustments?
- Can I apply online for an installment agreement?
- Where do I enter my Uber or Lyft driver income and expenses?
- How do I know how many years a student has taken the American Opportunity Credit?
- What is half-time enrollment?
- Can I get the refundable American Opportunity Credit if I'm younger than 24?
- Who Qualifies for the Volunteer Emergency Responder Tax Credit?
- How do I know if my school is required to send a Form 1098-T?
- What are Health Savings Account (HSA) Distributions?
- What is New Jersey's definition of a veteran?
- What is the earned income adjustment for the Child Care Credit if I'm a full-time student or disabled?
- What should I put for the royalty description?
- What is extended active duty for the Earned Income Credit?
- Who is a qualifying child for dependent purposes?
- What is an other adjustment to an investment gain or loss?
- What is the Earned Income Credit?
- Why does Oregon want to know if this is my first time filing an Oregon income tax return with my social security number?
- Who is a qualifying child for the Qualifying Surviving Spouse filing status?
- What disallowed or reduced credits are reported on Form 8862?
- How do I know if I need to file Form 8862 to claim a credit?
- Do I need to file Form 8862 to claim the Earned Income Credit?
- What are temporary absences?
- Do I need to reduce my Premium Tax Credit due to a health reimbursement arrangement?
- What is the relief exception to take the Premium Tax Credit?
- Why did my session end?
- What if I don't have a 1098-T?
- What if I'm amending due to a carryback claim?
- Can I claim my stillborn child?
- How do I obtain a North Dakota property tax clearance record?
- What is Virginia Use Tax?
- Where do I enter the sales tax I paid for new vehicles?
- How do I report a deduction for state quarterly estimated payments?
- What is an Iowa qualified placement?
- What are qualifying adoption expenses?
- What standard per diem rate can I use?
- What specific medical expenses can I deduct?
- Can health insurance through a partnership be in my name?
- Can health insurance through an S corporation be in my name?
- What are the IRA contribution limits for 2025?
- What expenses do I enter if I rent out part of my home?
- What if I contributed more to my 401(k) than is allowed?
- Can I deduct my home office expenses?
- Year-End Tax Tips
- What is the Angel Investor Investment Credit?
- What is the disaster recovery tax exemption?
- How do I know if my care provider is an organization?
- What if I don't have my care provider's Social Security number (SSN) or Employer Identification number (EIN)?
- As a military spouse, am I taxed by North Carolina for income earned or services performed in North Carolina?
- How do I qualify for the Massachusetts Earned Income Credit?
- What happens if I have a loss due to a qualified disaster?
- How do the recent tax changes affect my 2025 taxes?
- Why should I import my tax information from last year?
- How do I claim allowable deductions as a minister when my minister pay is reported only on a Schedule C?
- How do I claim allowable deductions as a minister when my minister pay is reported only on a W2?
- How do I claim allowable deductions as a minister when my minister pay is reported on both a W-2 and a Schedule C?
- How do I report my allowable deductions as a minister?
- How can I contact my Michigan city's department of taxation or find out more information about my city taxes?
- Where do I find my Tracking Number?
- What is the Arkansas Early Childhood Program Credit?
- What is a qualified disaster for 2025?
- What if Box 16 or Box 19 of my 1099-R is blank?
- What are passive loss carryovers for a rental property?
- What if my partnership K-1 has more than one type of activity?
- What if my S Corporation K-1 has more than one type of activity?
- What if my estate K-1 has more than one type of activity?
- How do I know if I applied for my EFIN using a Social Security Number or an Employer Identification Number?
- Online Taxpayer IRS Account
- What are qualified organizations?
- What are qualified out-of-pocket expenses for charitable contributions?
- Cryptocurrency
- What is the Connecticut Underpayment Penalty?
- Where do I enter my ABLE (Achieving a Better Life Experience) account contributions?
- How does Authenticator App Verification work?
- How do emergency codes work?
- How does Phone Verification work?
- What are emergency codes?
- What is 2-Step Verification?
- How do I get the authenticator app verification code?
- Which type of 2-Step Verification is the most secure?
- What is included in the Equipment asset category?
- What is included in the Real Estate asset category?
- What is included in the Other asset category?
- Where do I enter any earnings on excess contributions to my HSA?
- What do I enter for the amount of HSA distributions used for Medical Expenses?
- What medical expenses can HSAs be used for?
- Who is considered a foster child?
- Who is a qualifying relative?
- What should I do if I used my Health Savings Account (HSA) earnings on excess contributions for medical expenses?
- Whose Social Security number should I enter to access my account?
- What if I don't have a phone number attached to my FreeTaxUSA account?
- What are noncash donations?
