California 540 is available but TurboTax is telling me that it is not.

[dpuma8]

Man, I am having the toughest time with TurboTax this year with a bunch of bugs.  I can't file my taxes so hopefully someone can help me.  Pretty frustrated at the moment.

1) CA state forms tell me that they are not ready yet during the middle of February 

2) I am then able to download CA forms but I have a new error of "Schedule CA: Ln 5-Fed SS Benefits amt must be entered".  Only fix for this is to delete the form

3) I can't submit electronically because TurboTax needs to be updated when it says there is no update available

4) Reopened the program, uninstalled it 3 times, and still get the issue of not being able to file as it was in step 3

5) Now I am back to step 1 where it is telling me that CA 540 forms are not ready and I will be emailed when they are.  I can't skip this because I am stuck in the update loop as well

I am using TurboTax Home and Business 2019

[DaveF1006]

If you're having trouble updating your TurboTax 2019 for Windows Individual software using the "Check for Updates" method, you can get the latest federal program update here:

1. Close TurboTax and all other programs except this browser window.

1. Click here to download the 184 MB update.

1. Save the update file to your Windows desktop.
2. Double-click the update file w_perrelsuperpatch... on your desktop to install the manual update.

[dpuma8]

I downloaded the Manual update but when running it, it tells me that I need to install Turbotax 2019 first......which it already is.  Any hints with this?

[AmyC]

Try this work around for state loop.