I had a blank box 17, but TT was not able to efile. It kept going back to blank field in Box 17 of the 1099-MISC worksheet. I called TT Tech Support and we discovered that if there are any amounts entered in boxes 16-18, including "0.00" type entries, delete them from the 1099-MISC worksheet first. Otherwise, the blank Box 17 won't work with efiling. 2017.
