Form 804-Why do I need to file it?

[tabithakf]

I did my taxes, double checked the numbers....and then upon filing last night, I see I have to submit an additional few forms:

Send Form 804, Claim for Decedent's Wisconsin Income Tax
| Refund with Form W-RA. You can obtain a copy of this form
| from www.revenue.wi.gov/html/formpub.html.
|
| You entered Gains or Losses adjustments on Schedule I that
| require attachments. Be sure to enclose a revised federal
| Form 1040, Schedule D, Form 4684, and/or Form 4797 marked
| 'Revised for Wisconsin Purposes'.

I have never had to send those in before though I have had nearly the same tax info from year to year.  And the biggest concern is the decedent form--I am not trying to claim anyone's taxes that has passed away and certainly didn't answer that I was.  Help!

[Cynthiad66]

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[tabithakf]

I already submitted them electronically before I realized the coversheets indicated the required forms.  Because I KNOW I filled nothing out about those, is it ok to ignore the suggestion to send those forms in entirely?  I'm just trying to make sure the state isn't waiting on a non-existent 804 for a return that doesn't need it. If the problem lay exclusively with turbo tax, and it didn't get passed on the state causing an ultimate rejection, that's fine.

[RobertB4444]

If you are certain that you have no requirement for a form 804 then you shouldn't send it.  Sending a blank tax form to Wisconsin just seems mean.