topic How do I fix the error "Other Expenses Text is invalid for Electronic Filing. Please remove all preceding spaces or invalid characters." Delete doesn't work. in Get your taxes done using TurboTax

How do I fix the error "Other Expenses Text is invalid for Electronic Filing. Please remove all preceding spaces or invalid characters." Delete doesn't work.

holeton — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:51:00 GMT

It's on Schedule C.

Re: How do I fix the error "Other Expenses Text is invalid for Electronic Filing. Please remove a...

MaxA1 — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:31:34 GMT

Go to your Sch C expenses and review your expense line items that you created and named. Make sure there are no spaces or symbols of any sort, only text. This should make the error go away.

Re: How do I fix the error "Other Expenses Text is invalid for Electronic Filing. Please remove a...

holeton — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:23:29 GMT

Nothing worked because I was locked out of the form -- I couldn't make any changes/deletions etc. with my keyboard. There was a blank line as the first entry but I couldn't delete it. I ended up trashing the entire Schedule C and recreating it.