Fox Trot answered this question in a great way earlier. Basically if you have answered "various" for any date on the form 1116 and/or on the Easy Step you must change it to any numerical date in the correct year. I used 12/31/2020. You must do this for every date answered various in ALLl places of the 1116 entries on forms and Easy Step.
Also, if you have more than one 1116 the one with the highest foreign taxes must be the first one done since it brings forward numbers from the subsequent form 1116s.
I didn't have the following problem, but based on what others were saying, you can not use the simplified method for figuring the credit so you must elect to NOT use the simplified method.
These changes worked for me after several rejects. I hope they work for you if you are having similar problems.
