NJ E Filing Error Message

Yes, needs to be addressed. I'm getting the same error. Very frustrating! Never had an issue like this with TurboTax in all the years I've been using it!

Frankly TurboTax's response has been less than satisfactory so far.

They should refund the cost of the tax service to everyone effected by their own internal glitches and software issues. There is no reason customers should have to spend countless amount of time trying to figure out what is going wrong and why these errors are being received. It's especially aggravating when TT own support staff aren't being properly made aware of this now obvious and widespread issue and are relatively clueless on the phone when you bring this issue to their attention. 

Having the same issue. Contacted TT who said that it must be an issue with NJ Division of Taxation which I replied that's not possible. I waited until 2/17 (today) for the NJ Schedule DOP to be available, and when I went to file, it said I cannot file electronically because "Returns with Pass-Through Business Alternative Income Tax Credit are not eligible for electronic filing." I do not own a business, and there is no reported credit. I even checked my NJ State return, and it's line item 62 which is blank. TT needs to resolve this issue, because it's obviously an software error.

I am getting the message while trying to file my N.J.  state electronically. It says that I have to mail it in  because of a pass thru business alternative income that was entered somewhere . I keep going back over my federal and answering all the questions as no  and it still wont let me.Help Please!

I am also having the same problem.

NJ Filing error: Not Eligible for Electronic Filing

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

I did some digging around after I saved my NJ tax file as a pdf. I also downloaded the NJ 1040 Tax instructions to see what this Pass-Through Business Alternative Income Tax Credit is. This amount will be shown on Line 62 of the NJ-1040. The amount comes from Schedule NJ-BUS-1, Part II, line 5; Schedule NJ-BUS-1, Part III, line 5; or from Schedule NJK-1.

This is my situation:

1. I have a timeshare, for 5 weeks, that I rented out in 2021. The rental generated income. IT IS NOT A BUSINESS.
2. I reported the rental income on my Federal Tax, Schedule 1, Additional Income, line 5 and 10. Then the rental income is put on my Federal Tax, in my case, 1040-SR Line 8, Other income.

I start my NJ Tax return and TT transfers information from my Federal Tax return to my NJ Tax return.

1. I now see that since the rental is considered income, that income is shown on Schedule NJ-BUS 1, as RENT; and Schedule NJ BUS-2, as RENT. IT IS NOT A BUSINESS.
2. I see that on my NJ-1040, this rental income is reported on Line 23, Net Gains or income from rents...(NJ-BUS-1, Part IV, line 4). IT IS NOT A BUSINESS.
3. I see on my NJ-1040, Line 62, Pass-Through Business Alternative Income Tax Credit, that it is blank, no value shown, therefore it is zero. IT IS NOT A BUSINESS.

I believe the message appears because I show an income value on NJ BUS-1 and NJ BUS-2, although IT IS NOT A BUSINESS. I wonder, in order to avoid that NJ "Not Eligible for Electronic Filing" message, that TT Software developers also check for a value on Line 62 of the NJ-1040. If Line 62 is blank, no value, zero, then there should be the capability to e-file the NJ Tax return, even though there is a value shown on NJ BUS-1, NJ BUS-2. 

I believe it is a TT issue with checks and transfers of data from Federal Tax information into the NJ tax forms.

Also on the first page of my NJ Tax return, I also have the following incorrect information: Federal extension filed, The address above is a foreign address, Your address has changed, Death Certificate is enclosed, Do not want a paper form next year, I authorize the Division of Taxation to discuss my return and enclosures with my preparer, NJ-1040-O enclosed.

same!!!! this is so frustrating. I paid to get my taxes (federal, state), the payment went through, but it won't allow me to e-file NJ state return.

I am getting the same error message for my return as well. Has anyone figured out what to do next?

Same problem. 

Thanks for confirming this issue.  Having the same problem.

Same issue here - "Not Eligible for Electronic Filing" for NJ state return because of a "Pass-Through Business Alternative Income Tax Credit"

However, I don't even claim that credit.