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December 21, 2019
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"Let's Download Your Free State" does not work

  • December 21, 2019
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I installed Turbotax Deluxe 2019 and went to download the state return for Arizona.  It said to wait, it's not available until December 19.  On December 19 I download it and the download seems to work.  Except - when I click on "See Amount" up top, in the box already correctly labeled "Arizona," it prompts me to "Let's continue your purchase online."  I click Continue, and it shows I have already downloaded Arizona.  There's an option to "check the box next to each state to add it to your return.  You won't be charged for this."  So I check the box for Arizona and download it again.  It again says it was downloaded successfully.

 

After all this, it does the same thing over and over.  I click on "see amount" under Arizona up top, it prompts me to do all this again.

 

How do I get it out of this loop?

 

01/03/2020 Update:

As suggested, I waited until today and opened Turbotax 2019 - as usual it wanted to update itself right away and I noticed it downloaded "Arizona."  Sure enough, my state is now available for me to use.

So this is solved, but I have a few observations: 

1.  The app shouldn't say my state is available on Dec 19 when it's actually not going to be available until January 3.

2. The app should not go into a continuous loop and make me think it's trying to download my state when it's not going to work until January 3, it should simply tell me to wait until January 3.

3. One of the helpful responders who told me Arizona would not be available until January 3 provided a helpful link to the page where it says so, however, it doesn't actually say so.  What it gets me to is a page of "Individual Form Availability" showing which forms will be available to use in my state for filing a printed return or an e-filed return.  It does not explicitly say "you can't even download this state at all until this date," which would have been more clear.

In any event, this issue is solved for me.

Til next year ...

Ciao.

Best answer by bluedeb

Not sure why your software stated Arizona is available 12/19 but according to TurboTax it will not be available to 1/3/19 (subject to change)

 https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/forms/help/state-forms-availability-table-for-turbotax-individual-personal-tax-products/00/26227

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bluedeb
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Alumni - Champ
December 21, 2019

Not sure why your software stated Arizona is available 12/19 but according to TurboTax it will not be available to 1/3/19 (subject to change)

 https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/forms/help/state-forms-availability-table-for-turbotax-individual-personal-tax-products/00/26227

Level 2
December 22, 2019

Ah, that is weird.  I'll wait til then and check it again.  Odd how it told me Dec 19 though, apparently it should not have indicated that date.

Level 2
December 28, 2019

I have the same problem. It says Oregon is available. I now wants me to pay $39.99 for my free State.

Level 2
December 22, 2019

I have the same problem.  I try to download it, it appears to download, but then goes into the same loop of "Let's continue to your purchase online."  Maybe a bug in the software that hopefully they will fix.

Level 2
December 22, 2019

I have the exact same issue

bluedeb
Alumni - Champ
Alumni - Champ
December 22, 2019

For anyone else click on the link in my post above, click on your State and it will show the date your State program should be available to download.

Level 2
December 30, 2019

The only way I got this to work was by doing a system restore. When I reinstalled the State was downloaded with the initial updates. There must surely be a better way to fix this problem

Level 2
December 31, 2019

Agree, I did reinstall windows after a format and it worked. There is something going on with the windows registry or the files that was preventing the state from starting. I tried reinstalling the program multiple times and it didn't cure the issue. I also do not know if the reinstalls trigger the activation counter on the program.

Level 15
December 31, 2019

Try these steps in the following link. 

Solved: Update and state download not working. Update ...

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Level 2
January 21, 2020

I bought the 2019 Premier and I had the same problem when downloading a free CA state. I did uninstall and reinstall 3 times but it was not working and it kept looping around and message came up as it was downloaded ok! although the label did say California but nothing happened!

It seems my problem was the same as all the questions raised in this board and I did try what suggested in this board but it is not working. so please help! Thanks. Luong

Critter
Level 15
January 21, 2020

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