Washington State return?

[briandsmith]

I cannot efile because I have not finished my state return! Washington does not require a return; we do not have an income tax. When I go back to State taxes, I get two choices "No thanks" or "Finish my state return with TT". If I choose the former, I'm back where I began! If I chose the latter, I get a screen which lists WA and the choice is continue. Then I'm asked if I want to apply for a credit, hit no and I'm back where I started!!! What gives?

[LeticiaF1]

The program might be wanting you to file a state return because the state of Washington has a new credit for families called Washington State Families Tax Credit.

Can I file for the Washington State Families Tax Credit using TurboTax?

If you do not qualify for this you can delete your state return by following the steps below:

1. Open your return.
2. Select State Taxes from Tax Home.
3. On the Status of your state returns screen
4. Select the trashcan icon next to your state
5. Select Delete

[briandsmith]

Thank you for the reply.

I have not followed your advice because the problem seems to have disappeared today!!

I am convinced that TT either had an error or was misleading, enabling me to get into the situation I was in yesterday.

I downloaded onto another computer and avoided having anything to do with state taxes. I was able to efile as normal.

Somehow, I was able to get into a situation on this computer which got me into the loop I described to you. When I came to this computer today, the problem had disappeared!

There were two situations that were causing me confusion about state requirements. First, I was unaware of the credit, which I do not qualify for, and second, the state has imposed capital gains tax on certain levels of income. I do not know how they know without some sort if return, even though we have no income tax!

So, I thought TT was telling me I needed to file a return but was not letting me complete it!

[briandsmith]

I thought I would add a bit of further info. I reported this by phone to TT this morning

First, the instructions to delete that I have seen do not work for me. There are no forms for the state in my forms window.

I ran the program on a different computer and when I select e-file, there is no indication of a Washington return. I had purposely not selected "State Taxes". There is a window when starting up which has a Washinton "See Amount" option which puzzled me and I originally clicked on it which is probably how I got into my problem.

Since my last put, I have filed the Federal return and told the TT option to file the Washington return that I would do it later.

There is no way to get out of having the Washington file option!

I think most Washinton folks do their taxes without going to the "State Taxes" window on the step by step, so will not run into my problem.