D_H
Level 1

Cannot begin California return - totally stuck!

Hello, I am a long-time TurboTax user and never ran into anything like this.  In fact, I can't seem to find ANYONE who has, but hopefully someone can shed some light on this.

 

I finished the Federal part of my return, and now it's time to move on to the state, in my case, California.

 

TurboTax seems to know this, as there is a button to click to start my California return.

 

When I click the button to start, a popup appears telling me I need to download the state form, and a button in that popup allows me to continue.

 

After clicking that button, it spins for a second or two, and then a different popup appears telling me my software is up to date, and brings me back to the page with the button to start the California state return.

 

When I click it, the popup returns to say that I need to download the state form.

 

I am caught in a loop.  

 

START CALIFORNIA RETURN --> NEED TO DOWNLOAD CALIF. FORM --> EVERYTHING UP TO DATE

--> START CALIFORNIA RETURN --> etc. etc. etc.

 

There is no way to move forward!

 

It thinks everything has been downloaded successfully, but then tells me I must download to proceed!

 

Any ideas?  I have tried closing the program, and rebooting my machine.  No luck.

 

I also tried clicking the option to download a new state, but that just takes me right back into the same endless cycle.

 

At this point, every time I start Turbotax, I am in this cycle, and the only practical option is to quit out of it again.

 

Please help.

 

Thank you!