JotikaT2
Employee Tax Expert

State tax filing

Thank you for that.

 

In order to correct the message, you will need to review your input in a few few places.  

 

Log back into TurboTax and select My Info located in the black panel on the left. (If you do not see the black panel, simply select any input section and the black panel will show up.) 

  1. Select Edit to the right of your name. 
  2. Scroll down to Section 3 and change you answer to no under Someone else can claim me as a dependent on their tax return.

Dependent classification

 

Since you were not a full time student, you do not meet the requirements to be claimed as a dependent.

Dependent qualifications

 

Once you have updated the information above, go back to the California return.

  1. Select State in the black panel on the left hand side of your screen when logged into TurboTax.
  2. This will take you to a screen titled Let's get your state taxes done right.  Click continue on this screen.
  3. You will see the following screen titled Status of your state returns.  Select Edit to the right of California to review your entries.

State tax return

 

Proceed through the screens until you see the prompt for health insurance coverage.  You will be able to update your entry here to reflect your health insurance coverage.

Health insurance coverage

 

 

 

Once you update your answer above, you will be able to proceed to file your tax return.

 

Please comment and let us know if this resolves your electronic filing issue or not.   Thank you.

 

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