It sounds like you have no income to report this year and as a result, Turbo Tax won't be able to efile because there is nothing to report. Let's try to outsmart the program and make this work so this annoying error will disappear.
Your resolution did not work. Sigh....am I going to have to file by mail? Can I get a refund?
To get past this screen so you can file your taxes, you need to update Schedule SE-T.
The process: delete Sch SE-T, take a quick run through of the self-employment to recalculate Sch SE-T, and then turn off the Max Deferral.
To do this in TurboTax, follow these steps:
First, delete Sch SE-T that applies by following these steps:
Next, to replace Sch SE-T, return to the self-employment income & expenses interview in the Income & Expenses section and select Edit/Add.
Lastly, revisit the section for the Self-employment tax deferral entry:
Catina,
This ALMOST worked! We are getting a refund, so are not eligible for the deferral. You gave me the clue I needed, though to make it work. Where it kept telling me my number was too small, and it was zero? I just blanked it out. Whew! Thank you! Taxes transmitted!
God bless you,
Dianne