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W2:Box 15 is empty but Box 17 has an amount
Hi, The W-2 from my employer does not have any state abbreviation in Box 15. For the employer's state ID portion, it says "TOTAL STATE." There is an amount in Box 17. This is for the federal filing copy. For my state filing copy, there is content within Box 15 and Box 17. How should I file box 15-17 on my federal filing…
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Address Change
Hello! I recently moved to WA back in June and I'm filing my taxes for California 2025 (I lived there the beginning of the year). Do I need to put in my Washington address when filing my California Taxes? I don't want it sent back to my family's home and get into any trouble ,This is my 3rd year filing so I don't want to…
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Question About Reporting Referral Bonus on 1099-NEC
Hello, I received a referral bonus from Rakuten and was issued a Form 1099-NEC for this income. When entering the 1099-NEC information in FreeTaxUSA, I am prompted to categorize this income, but the system only provides the following options: Farm income Farm rental income Business income This income should be reported as…
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1099-R Question
Hi everyone, first time poster. I am working on filing my taxes and I have three different 1099-R forms. One is from a distribution that I got direct deposited to me, and the other two were direct rollovers to retirement plans with my new employer. That being said, for the direct rollover into a new retirement plan, it…
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Why my return keep being rejected and I used the same exact information last year.
My return keeps being rejected by IRS saying that the social security numbers and the names do not match. I have been filing the same information for more than 10 years. The only difference is my oldest was on my return last year and I wasn't including him this year. I was not going to include him this time, but because…
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Amending this year's return
Unfortunately, out of convenience and naivety, I filed my taxes with Cashapp, however, I made mistakes and forgot to add a number of deductions and expenses because this is my 1st time as a gig worker. I want to know if I can download my returns (PDFs) from Cashapp, import them into FreetaxUSA, and do an amendment to my…
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1098-T as a grad student with health insurance
Hi, I got a 1098-T form in addition to a W2 as a grad student, however the amount of money on the 1098-T Box 1 (Payments received for tuition) is less than Box 5 (Scholarships) because my health insurance is also paid through a scholarship. Is the difference between the two considered additional income, and am I taxed on…
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Qualified tips on rideshare apps
On the freetaxusa form there's the business income schedule C section, after I entered the information it asks "Does this person customarily and regularly receive tips from this job?", for rideshare apps I do, but for this year does tips count as deductions? On my 1099-k I have a breakdown of total wage, tips, and base…
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2025 Form 2210 AI, how to get to
I am still working with a lot of my 12% bracket available for Roth conversions. I did a large Roth conversion in August of 2025. I paid an estimated tax in August to cover the conversion. This will require a penalty because I didn't pay the taxes evenly through the year. It should be considered uneven income so I need to…
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Different localities on my w2 forms
Hello I just wanted to see if this is something I need to correct or if its right as is. I have two jobs both located in the same county but different from the one I live in. My full time job has my locality name as Boone, the county I live in, but the other w2 has the locality name as Marion, the county I work in. Should…