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[Potential Bug] QBI Carryover Loss Not Populating Properly

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 09:02:53 GMT

Hi,

I am carrying over a 2020 passive activity loss from a partnership to 2021. Most of the guided screens automatically populated with the relevant information. The only one that didn't is the "QBI Deduction" section on the "Enter info about passive losses" screen so I filled it in manually. Nonetheless, during the Smart Check, TT complains about the information not having been filled in. Moreover, it allocates the entered 2020 loss to 2018 instead of 2020. See related screenshots below.

I assume this is a bug but was hoping someone could confirm / forward this to a moderator for review (@DoninGA?). I am using TurboTax Desktop 2021.

Thanks!

Re: [Potential Bug] QBI Carryover Loss Not Populating Properly

dlennon1954 — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 19:14:43 GMT

Hi. I just had the same thing happen with my schedule E for rental properties. Not sure if the K-1 schedule has the same section, but I pulled up my 2020 return and reviewed the carryover to 2020 section (which is the 2019 amount) on the schedule E worksheet (in forms view) and manually entered this qbi amount in the box on 2021 when it came up as an error to fix. Ran the review again and it went through. Hope this helps.

Re: [Potential Bug] QBI Carryover Loss Not Populating Properly

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 19:23:58 GMT

Yea, manually entering the numbers using the Forms view or when the error appears during the "Smart Check" worked for me too. I was just pointing out that the numbers don't seem to automatically transfer properly when using the guided wizard.

Re: [Potential Bug] QBI Carryover Loss Not Populating Properly

AliciaP1 — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 19:24:53 GMT

Your screenshot #4 "Any QBI Carryovers" need the entries to be listed as negative amounts per the guidance under the page header.

Re: [Potential Bug] QBI Carryover Loss Not Populating Properly

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 19:34:39 GMT

Screenshot 4 does show negative numbers (-1156 and -32). What do you mean?

Re: [Potential Bug] QBI Carryover Loss Not Populating Properly

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 23:54:23 GMT

@AliciaP1 ?

Re: [Potential Bug] QBI Carryover Loss Not Populating Properly

AliciaP1 — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 18:58:56 GMT

We are now investigating this presentation and I will post an update when it is available.

@Anonymous

Re: [Potential Bug] QBI Carryover Loss Not Populating Properly

DukeWeston — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:38:52 GMT

I found the same exact problem as the original poster. Smart Check reported an issue asking me to enter the 2020 QBI Loss Carryover. When I investigated the form I found TT had entered the 2020 carryover in the 2018 row instead of the 2020 row. I manually fixed it and the Smart Check passed OK.

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Re: [Potential Bug] QBI Carryover Loss Not Populating Properly

AliciaP1 — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 13:57:27 GMT

There will be an update to TurboTax on April 8, 2022, that will resolve this issue. If you are using one of the desktop versions you will need to install updates before you proceed.

@Anonymous

Re: [Potential Bug] QBI Carryover Loss Not Populating Properly

rollingbrook — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 16:11:34 GMT

I'm getting an error stating QBI Passive loss should not have a value when no previously disallowed losses are present for regular tax purposes. This is on the Schedule E worksheet. The field was automatically populated with a negative number that i verified is correct. Is this a related error to this string of messages that will be fixed too on April 8th?

Re: [Potential Bug] QBI Carryover Loss Not Populating Properly

AliciaP1 — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 17:51:57 GMT

Yes, the information does not populate through to the correct boxes for calculating any Qualified Business Income Deduction.

@rollingbrook

Re: [Potential Bug] QBI Carryover Loss Not Populating Properly

ppumgrad — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 16:02:14 GMT

The bug was NOT fixed, at least not in the online version. Now it populates any QBI carryover loss that occurred in 2020, but doesn't populate any loss that occurred in 2019. So if you don't correct it, it will assume it occurred in 2018. Since I doubt it will be fixed before taxes are due, I manually updated the numbers to what I think is correct.

Re: [Potential Bug] QBI Carryover Loss Not Populating Properly

rollingbrook — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 15:39:51 GMT

The update did not fix the error. How should i address the problem now?

Re: [Potential Bug] QBI Carryover Loss Not Populating Properly

rollingbrook — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 17:54:38 GMT

any help here? filing day is coming and it's not very encouraging this software bug is not being fixed!

Re: [Potential Bug] QBI Carryover Loss Not Populating Properly

DukeWeston — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 18:22:25 GMT

Your error seems slightly different to mine and that of the original poster, but perhaps the root cause is the same. Namely, that Turbotax may not be populating the previous few years losses correctly in the Form. (i.e. the boxes shown in the screenshot above for 2018/2019/2020 etc. ) If you can find those values from your 2020 return / worksheets then you might be able to enter them manually into the form and proceed.