topic NJ - Returns with Pass-Through Business Alternative Income Tax Credit are not eligible for electronic filing. in State tax filing

NJ - Returns with Pass-Through Business Alternative Income Tax Credit are not eligible for electronic filing.

Mountaineers27 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 05:51:56 GMT

Hello,

I have been a Turbo Tax user for the last 12 years and have never had any trouble filing. Now I am trying to e-file my NJ State Taxes but I am unable to as I get the following message after trying to continue:

Reason for e-file ineligibility:

Returns with Pass-Through Business Alternative Income Tax Credit are not eligible for electronic filing.

Anybody else e-filing in NJ and getting the same error? Seems like it's a back-end programming bug as I am not a Business Owner, nor have Alternative Income tax credits. Hope they fix this soon.

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pdills — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:45:05 GMT

I think it's a bug in their system because there's a lot of NJ filers getting this message coming up. I'm holding off filing until it's fixed.

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fumfel — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 19:50:38 GMT

I'm having the same problem.

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Dascz09 — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 20:08:17 GMT

Is there an ETA as to when this will be fixed?

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fumfel — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 20:32:43 GMT

Just got off the phone with support and they claim it will be fixed today.

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Gmen4life — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 20:35:50 GMT

OMG…. Thank you I have the same issue and wasted my entire day trying to figure this out.

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Rick9464 — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 20:53:48 GMT

my son and I just got off the phone with TT. my guy told me its a known error by TT with no definitive timeframe to fix. Recommended file by main if need to. My sons guy seemed not to know about this and just recommended file by mail.

This does not help me because I must file 2 states. My resident state requires a NJ return be attached so I dont think I can file 1 electronically and 1 manually. The guy I spoke to said that since its so early, he suggested just waiting to see if it will be fixed. They really dont know much about this.

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RobertB4444 — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 22:05:43 GMT

This is a known issue caused by an update to the New Jersey forms that were just released. It is being worked on and you should keep checking back to see if it is fixed.