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March 11, 2021
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K1 box 20z "Section 199A Publicly Traded Partnership (PTP) Income"

  • March 11, 2021
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I received a K1 for a Publicly Traded Partnership. I contains an entry in box 20z.

The K1 says that 20z is "Section 199A Publicly Traded Partnership (PTP) Income".

Problem is that TurboTax says I should have received a "Statement A". But there is no statement A in the package. At least nothing with numbers corresponding to the 20z amount.

I called the PTP's tax support and the agent said there is no Statement A to be provided.

So, I am stuck. TurboTax flags the missing information concerning this 20z and will not let me finish the return.

What to do?

Thank you.

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    jm831Author
    Level 4
    March 12, 2021

    In case this helps someone else, here's what solved the problem for me.

    It seems to be a bug in TurboTax Deluxe desktop in how TT deals with K1 20 z entry.

     

    As I described above, I get an error in the final Federal TurboTax checkup which says



    "Box 20 Code z has been selected but no Section 199A income has been entered on Statement A"

     

    The error screen then shows the box 20 in question with the z in red even though there is an amount entered for that entry on that very screen!!

    It seemed to me that TurboTax just did not transfer the entered amount to the correct form. So, I went to the forms mode and located that K1. The amount that I had entered for Box 20 Code z was blank in the forms mode. So I manually entered it in the form mode. That solved the problem and the Federal TurboTax errors check no longer finds form to have an error.

    ****I believe this is a bug in TurboTax. Even though an amount is entered for K1 Box 20 Code z during the step by step interview mode, that figure is not transferred correctly to the tax form. Hopefully they will fix this bug soon.

    I hope this helps someone else faced with the same problem.

    Level 2
    March 26, 2021

    Attempted malkajef@orthohe solution wherby I entered the amount in the error-fix page.  Performed the Smart Check process, and the same error appeared.  Unable to continue.  Please help!

    Level 3
    March 26, 2021

    You have to enter it on the tax form. Not the error screen.

     

    When the error appears, switch to Forms view. Enter it there in the correct box.