topic There are three different dates for Form 8839, government says available now, Intuit says 2/17, and turbotax says 3/3. Which is correct? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax

There are three different dates for Form 8839, government says available now, Intuit says 2/17, and turbotax says 3/3. Which is correct?

bgerig0605 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 06:24:53 GMT

It won't let me file my taxes because the form isn't available, but the IRS says it is available now, the Intuit Federal Form Availability site says it will be available on 2/17/2022, and when I try to file in TurboTax, it now says it is unavailable until 3/3/2022.

Re: There are three different dates for Form 8839, government says available now, Intuit says 2/1...

HeatherPLO — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 21:20:52 GMT

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Re: There are three different dates for Form 8839, government says available now, Intuit says 2/1...

ponte66 — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 06:25:36 GMT

It is 2/21/22 and it still says that form 8839 is not approved to be filed. I live in California, but this is for Federal anyways. Is this correct? I have checked for updates 2x. I don't even need to use the carryforward that this is giving me because other stuff is covering so I'm already getting all my taxes paid back and more. It won't let me delete it because of the carryforward. What do I do? I need to get this done!

Re: There are three different dates for Form 8839, government says available now, Intuit says 2/1...

TiffanyL — Sun, 27 Feb 2022 18:36:10 GMT

Per the IRS forms availability table for TurboTax individual (personal) tax products this form isn't supposed to be released until March.

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