topic Would this work on version bought in store? in Deductions & credits

What-if Worksheet" re: child tax credit & earned income credit error - IF you are not claiming the EIC, I have found a workaround

levisncap89 — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:22:50 GMT

This only works on the desktop version as far as I can tell. IF you are not claiming the earned income credit in any way, shape or form, to fix this and file you must:

switch to forms view (up at the top, in the blue bar)

Navigate to the "EIC Worksheet" form

About a third of the way down, you should find a section titled "Election to Use 2016 Earned Income for Eligible Hurricane Victims Smart Worksheet"

Line A - Elect to use ... - check "no"

Line B - Taxpayer is eligible - check "no"

Line C - Earned Income for EIC from your 2016 return - set to zero

Return to Step by Step view, and continue through the process. It should allow you to e-file when you get to the end. It just worked for me.

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levisncap89 — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:22:51 GMT

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Would this work on version bought in store?

sferron_7 — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:22:52 GMT

Would this work on version bought in store?

It worked for my desktop version (Deluxe) from Amazon. It...

whitesys — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:22:54 GMT

It worked for my desktop version (Deluxe) from Amazon.
It was a physical product with a CD (not a download)

Same here it worked for me on desktop physical version de...

JAZ — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:22:55 GMT

Same here it worked for me on desktop physical version deluxe from Amazon. You are brilliant. Thanks for helping everybody. Kudos to you.

Thanks!!! It was driving me nuts! It worked like a cham...

cinnamontear — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:22:56 GMT

Thanks!!! It was driving me nuts! It worked like a champ!!! Thank YOU!

One correction - it's the EIC "Credit" Worksheet. But it...

walter-d-cline — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:22:58 GMT

One correction - it's the EIC "Credit" Worksheet. But it works

Possibly different names in different versions. In my CD...

levisncap89 — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:22:59 GMT

Possibly different names in different versions. In my CD copy of Deluxe, it's just called EIC Worksheet. Same form though, I would imagine.

thank u ur a lifesaver I was about to pull my hair and go...

swerv_1 — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:23:01 GMT

thank u ur a lifesaver I was about to pull my hair and go to sleep frustrated

thank you! almost threw my computer.....

anthonyt443 — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:23:02 GMT

thank you! almost threw my computer.....

Thank you!!!!!! I can now go to sleep.

cecilialavu — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:23:03 GMT

Thank you!!!!!! I can now go to sleep.

Unfortunately this page doesn't show for me

njfliiboy — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:23:05 GMT

Unfortunately this page doesn't show for me

This is exactly how I fixed mine, thank you very much!!

vindani49 — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:23:06 GMT

This is exactly how I fixed mine, thank you very much!!

Worked for me. I had to actually search for the form

njfliiboy — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:23:08 GMT

Worked for me. I had to actually search for the form

There is a tab at the top when you choose the form. Be s...

albrown6 — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:23:09 GMT

There is a tab at the top when you choose the form. Be sure it is on the worksheet! It took me a few minutes to discover it. Thank you so much of posting the fix for this problem. It was really worrying me. Just e-file my taxes so I can rest easy now.

It worked for us!!!! Thanks for the help!!!!! It is now f...

mhcollc — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:23:10 GMT

It worked for us!!!! Thanks for the help!!!!! It is now filed.......

Worked here as well. Much appreciated!

vic201087 — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:23:12 GMT

Worked here as well. Much appreciated!

Great!!!

juan0621 — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:23:13 GMT

Great!!!

Had to actually search for the worksheet but it worked. C...

wayne-cash — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:23:14 GMT

Had to actually search for the worksheet but it worked. Corrected the error and filed.

Thank you

Thank you!!

ambarth — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:23:16 GMT

Thank you!!