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What this error message means is that if there is an amount present on Schedule B, Line 17a, then CA Form 3885L is required to be added; to add this form:    1. Select Forms view (upper right)    2. Above the Forms In My Return menu, select Open Form   3. Type 3885L into the search, highlight it on the list, and select the blue Open Form button to add it in.   3. Or select [+] next to California Limited Liability Return of Income, and scroll down to find 3885L, highlight and select Open Form Note: you will not find it if you're looking at the forms in the California Partnership Return of Income list.   4. Complete required entries on the form using Step-by-Step view, switch back to Forms to verify the output, select Errors to run the check, and then continue to e-file.   You can check the State forms availability table for TurboTax Business to see which forms are supported and currently available for CA LLC's or general partnerships on each list. The 2025 Form 3885L is ready to go for print or e-file, per the lookup table.

I appreciate your reply, however, it does not address the issue. The car was not sold and will remain in use by the charity. It's FMV exceeds the $5000, yet Turbotax puts the entry in Section A of the 8283, not Section B. I spent a couple hours with a Turbotax support person and she agreed the software has an issue.  The solution offered was to go into forms mode and override every field of the Section A entry with blanks and rekey the data in section B. This section is where the Appraiser and the Donnee need to sign. Consequently, the return cannot be efiled to include the signatures and must be mailed in. So, Turbotax, by putting my donation in section A would have allowed me to eFile (I think...I never dared to go that far into the questionnaire.) It most probably would have been rejected.  In any case, with the work-around, I could at least use Turbotax to print the forms. The alternative was to down load the form from the IRS, which allows entering the information, getting it signed and mailing the whole return. In all cases, when requiring attachments, since the IRS won't accept eFiled attachments, even if Turbotax facilitated them, you have to mail in your return.

I am actually seeing 75% LESS of what I expect.  my estimated takes is being calculated correctly, and then it subtracts the expected withholding for 2026 on the Estimated tax payment options worksheet..  However, it is taking out an amount that does not equal the amount that I inputted for expected withholding.  So that is where the error is taking place.  I can see the calc and the deduction that is causing the error.  It does say next to the deduction "Expected withholding for 2026 (2025 actual withholding)" and then an amount I don't recognize that is 100 times more than what I input.

Thanks, SteamTrain. I had tried deleting out the data before I received your reply, then entering it back in, saving the results, and then observing the result for CO. No Change.   I did fix it by deleting out the 1099-DIV entry that was downloaded from Fidelity, then re-entering it manually, and the out-of-state exempt interest dividends then showed in the CO return.    Not sure what I did to create this problem with TT, but it was something! Thanks, sincerely, for taking the time to help me!

You are getting a $72 refund?  That's good.   You don't want to owe more or let the IRS hold your money all  year without paying you interest.  You should always try to end up even on your tax return.  Not owing or getting too big of a refund.   But if you want a bigger refund you can  have your employer take out MORE withholding by giving him a new W-4.  

Just ran in to same bug on 2025.  Tried a couple suggestions including deleting , re-entering div statement (but NJ was first and XX second).  Switched to put 'XX' first and that did not work.  But editing the form and changing the state earned from NJ to XX did work.  Was a little surprised that the taxable part went to dividends instead in of taxable interest but at least I am now reporting the correct income.

@Roberto99 When you accessed the Estimated tax section did you go through the screens to Add 2026 Wages, 2026 Self-employment income, Investment and Other Income gains and losses, 2026 Adjustments, 2026 Net Investment Income, 2026 Itemized deductions, etc.?

The jump feature is not inluded in the Online software.  You can use Topic Search under Tax Tools. To enter or correct a Form XXXX or topic in TurboTax, you can follow these steps              Select Tax Tools from the left sidebar. On the drop-down select Tools There will be 2 green boxes Select Topics Search Type  XXXX Continue through the interview or post your corrections

Are you indicating that you amended your tax return and it's showing that it will take 180 days to process?  It generally takes 8 to 16 weeks to process an amended tax return (Form 1040-X). In some cases, it may take longer if your return needs further review.   Refer to the IRS website Where’s My Amended Return? for more information and Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return: Frequently asked questions.     

The response provided by Turbo Tax "support" here is both inadequate and incorrect.   Realized gains from selling real estate held as an investment, whether inherited or not, are to be reported through form 1099-S, NOT 1099-B.   Turbo Tax software, indeed the "Premium" edition, has a BIG BUG whereby it forces the user into Form 1099-B even when the user specifically and correctly selects the option to use form 1099-B for such a case to report realized capital gain on real estate held as in investment.   Recommendation (hopefully ore helpful than Turb Tax "support): start using a more reputable solution like HR Block Software. They actually seem to know what they are doing.

I would like this to also be shared!   So thankful for our SECOND turbo tax expert, Kamal Z! Our first turbo tax expert, Kenneth R, had a lot of trouble getting our return filed. Kenneth offered us to sign up for the Trump account during our tax filing which we thought would save us time. It did not. Once we filed our return it was quickly rejected due to an error with the Trump accounts. Kenneth tried fixing it over several days with no luck. He eventually told us to sit tight. We waited....and waited....and waited. After reaching back out to Kenneth and receiving NO word we then received an email that we had to find a new tax expert or file our taxes on our own.   Thankfully, we were matched with Kamal Z!! He was exceptional! He knew right away how to solve the issue as well as discovering errors our first tax expert had made which we would have had no idea were made. Kamal was knowledgeable, patient, and kind. He used great critical thinking skills to solve our error and we finally after almost a MONTH of dealing with this, got our taxes filed and filed properly. So thankful for Kamal's diligence and knowledge on how to do things right!   Now in the grand scheme of things, is it Turbo Tax's fault or our first tax expert? Even though Kamal was great, would we ever utilize this service again? I do not feel taxes should take almost a month to file and fix errors. Very frustrated with the overall experience of the Full Service but thankful for Kamal.   Thank you,