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Welcome to the FreeTaxUSA Community!
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November Highlights!
This is the second month of our community! It’s been so exciting to see everyone come together in this new tax space and tackle tricky topics! We’re happy to have ALL our new members! This month we want to give a special shout out to our members with the most points this month! Our member with the most points is (and…
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Community Guidelines
We need everyone to help actively make this community a fun and helpful place. All community posts and members need to follow these guidelines. 1) No hate speech 2) No illegal activity 3) No company or self-promotion 4) No personal attacks 5) No sharing or posting personal identifying information (i.e., full name, address,…
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Do I Need to Manually Enter Prior Year Net Operating Loss (NOL) on Next Year's Tax Return?
Hi all, I had a business loss in 2022 that resulted in a negative taxable income, which I believe qualifies as a Net Operating Loss (NOL) carryforward. Do I need to manually enter that NOL on the following year's return (e.g., 2023), or does FreeTaxUSA (or other tax software) automatically carry it forward? Specifically:…
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Guesstimating next year taxes
Is there any way to do a "What If" similar to TurboTax. Guesstimating next years taxes capabilities would be helpful. Thanks in advance.
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I have Question About Filing State Taxes Separately – Anyone Done This?
Hey everyone, I just finished my federal return & everything went pretty smoothly but I am debating whether or not to file my state return here too. Also I have heard mixed things about doing the state portion on different platforms when it comes to certain credits forms. I am in UK so I am wondering if there are any…
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Refund on state filing fee
I never filed my taxes but I already paid the $14.99 how do I get a refund on that
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Where's my refund that says it should be deposited?
My refund said it should have went in my account on 4/16/25. I have double checked my routing number, bank account number and double checked with bank. It is all correct. But the bank hasn't seen my deposit.
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HSA over contribution
on Freetaxuse, i am filling tax forms as married jointly. Me and wife both have High deductable Health Plan in 2024. My HSA contribution for 2024 is at 3,600 and my wife is at 4,439, which totals to 8,039 and the 2024 family HSA limit is 8,300. So why does the tax site say my wife over contributed by 289? why is it looking…
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pre-existing IRA to Roth IRA conversion + additional backdoor Roth in the same year
I had a pre-existing IRA w/ 16k in it that I converted entirely to a Roth IRA in 2024. Then I did my usual backdoor Roth IRA in 2024 of 7k. So I need to pay taxes on the 16k. How do I reflect this situation inside FreeTaxUSA when I'm doing my taxes this year. Please help! Thanks
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Form 5471 and FBAR
How can I prep and attach forms 5471 and FBAR to my 1040?
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Prepaid interest paid at closing from buying home
If you bought a home in 2024 and have prepaid mortgage interest at closing as shown on the HUD closing statement, where do you enter that in FreeTaxUSA Itemized deduction mortgage section? Besides the Morgage 1098 form question, I only see these other two related questions (1) Did you pay mortgage interest on a Form 1098…
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[Help] Two W-2s from Same Internship (NY and CA) – Same Wages, First Time Filing Multi-State Taxes
Hi everyone, I'm a full-time student and a New York resident. In summer 2024, I completed a paid internship in California (June to August). This internship was my only source of income in 2024 – I had no income in NY. Here’s the tricky part: My employer issued two separate W-2s for this one internship: W-2 (NY): Includes…