topic Re: efile in State tax filing

efile

perrycom — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 06:23:16 GMT

I can't efile my NY State return because it says it contains a "solar and wind energy credit carry over" which I cannot correct.

Re: efile

LenaH — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 18:34:15 GMT

Please ensure the total amount of unused solar energy equipment carry forward entered is the same amount transferred from your 2020 Form IT-255. If you did not carry forward any credit, you can remove the credit from your NY return.

Please follow the steps below:

Open your return.
Click on State on the left-hand side.
Continue through the return.
On the page, Take a look at New York credits and taxes, scroll down to Unused Solar Energy Credit Carryover from Prior Years.
Delete the unused credit on the page Credit Carryover Earned in Prior Years or make sure that the total amount of unused solar energy equipment carry forward you entered is the same amount transferred from your 2020 Form IT-255.

Re: efile

perrycom — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 15:36:24 GMT

I followed your instructions a number of times and even entered zero for each year. The response was no unused solar energy credit for 2021. If I go back to the same, the zeros I entered are not there - just blanks. A review of both returns say I can't efile because of Unused Solar Energy Carryover

Re: efile

LenaH — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 15:58:56 GMT

Since that did not work for you, please delete the form from your return.

To do so, please follow the instructions below:

Open your tax return.
Click on Tools.
Click on Delete a Form.
Scroll down to your state forms and look for the form IT-255 and click Delete.

@perrycom

Re: efile

perrycom — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 17:50:18 GMT

When I click on tools I do not have the choice to delete a form

I have the only following choices: My Tax Data, Final Review, Topic List, Attachments, Calculator, Tax Summary, Tax History, and Order History

Re: efile

DoninGA — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 17:53:40 GMT

@perrycom wrote:

When I click on tools I do not have the choice to delete a form

I have the only following choices: My Tax Data, Final Review, Topic List, Attachments, Calculator, Tax Summary, Tax History, and Order History

You are using one of the TurboTax desktop CD/Download editions. The instruction were for the online editions.

Click on Forms. When in Forms mode locate the form you want to delete on the left side of the screen. Click on the form to open. At the bottom of the form screen click on the Delete Form button

Re: efile

perrycom — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 18:26:12 GMT

In forms mode, IT-255 is not listed under forms for NY State

Re: efile

DoninGA — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 18:40:45 GMT

@perrycom wrote:

In forms mode, IT-255 is not listed under forms for NY State

Click on Open Form in the upper left of the Forms mode screen. Enter IT-255

Re: efile

DMarkM1 — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 18:44:17 GMT

Yes, if you have not made any entries for the form in the "Step-by-step" then the form will not appear in your menu. However, you find the form in the program and add it.

Click on the "Open Form" ICON in the top of your left hand menu.
Expand the NY forms dropdown
Scroll down to the form IT-255.
Click on the form
Click "Open Form" at the bottom of the pop up box.
You can give the form a name
Click "Open Form."

Re: efile

perrycom — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 19:29:36 GMT

I am confused. If the original idea was to delete IT-255 why am I now trying to open it.

Re: efile

perrycom — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:16:21 GMT

I'm confused. We started out by trying to delete IT-255 and now we are trying to install it.

Re: efile

Hanson — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:13:58 GMT

Hello Mark,

I entered fictitious numbers to make the form IT-255 appear in my list, and it did. But even after I deleted the form, I still got the same error at then end, saying I cannot file because of solar carryover...etc.

Re: efile

Hanson — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:54:30 GMT

THIS IS WHAT FINALLY WORKED: Copied from another user (a couple of years ago):

This finally worked!! Thanks so much! If you have an on-line version of Turbotax, you can't see lines so you have to go to the section "Other Tax Credits" then "Non-Refundable Credits". After you get to that section, make sure those boxes are blank! I had zeros in both boxes.

Hope this helps everyone!

PS: never enter zeros again for blank.