topic I am trying to skip the homebuyers credit for on state but it won’t let me. I have never purchased a home so I’m not sure why it won’t let me skip this. in Get your taxes done using TurboTax

I am trying to skip the homebuyers credit for on state but it won’t let me. I have never purchased a home so I’m not sure why it won’t let me skip this.

alyxb3 — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:40:14 GMT

I have gone back and checked my answers and everything looks fine so I’m not sure why it wants me to fill this form out

JohnW152 — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 19:28:31 GMT

Please clarify -- what state tax return are you working on?

alyxb3 — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 19:31:31 GMT

I’m on the state part of my return

JohnW152 — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:39:26 GMT

My clarification request wasn't clear -- which state?

alyxb3 — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 22:32:56 GMT

Alabama

JohnW152 — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 23:07:13 GMT

First, verify your Alabama entries in TurboTax Online:

Open TurboTax Online
Select Tax Home in the left pane
Select the dropdown to the right of State Taxes
Select Pick up where you left off
Proceed through the state interview until you get to First Time Second Chance Homebuyer Accounts
If none of the conditions apply, select No
Proceed through the Alabama portion of TurboTax to see if this remedies your issue

If this doesn't solve your issue, delete your Alabama and re-input it. To do this:

Open TurboTax Online
Select Tax Home in the left pane
Select the dropdown to the right of State Taxes
Select Pick up where you left off
Select Prepare State in the left pane
On the You've already got a head start on state taxes screen, select Let's get started
On the Status of your state returns screen, select the trashcan to the right of Alabama
Select Delete on the popup
Back on the Status of your state returns screen, select + Add another State
On the Alright, which state should we work on next? screen, select Alabama from the State dropdown, then select Continue

From there, you can enter your Alabama information again.

If the TurboTax Online navigation described above doesn't look like what you're seeing, see the TurboTax Help article Why does the TurboTax navigation menu look different for me?.